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The Nazi Titanic : the incredible untold story of a doomed ship in World War II / Robert P. Watson.
Van Pelt Library VM383.C365 W38 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watson, Robert P., 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cap Arcona (Ship).
- Ocean liners--Germany--History--20th century.
- Ocean liners.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Shipwrecks--Germany--Lübeck Bay--History--20th century.
- Shipwrecks.
- Military operations, Aerial--British.
- History.
- Atlantic Ocean--Lübeck Bay.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 292 pages, 8 pages of unnumberd plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
- Contents:
- Introduction: history's secrets
- Part I. Opening act: Germany's Titanic
- A bold idea
- The queen of the Atlantic
- An urgent message
- Part II. Starring role: Nazi propaganda film
- Rewriting history
- Hollywood on the Rhine
- Raising the Titanic
- The celebrated Selpin
- A new star
- Blockbuster
- Part III. Third role: evacuation ship
- The tide of war changes
- Evacuation
- Neuengamme
- A cruel race
- Swedish savior
- Part IV. Final role: floating concentration camp
- Exodus
- Floating concentration camps
- In the bunker
- Operation Rainbow
- Death from above
- Waves
- Part V, Curtain call
- Final act
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780306824890
- 0306824892
- OCLC:
- 920018249
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