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The Wilhelm Gustloff′s final voyage was during Operation Hannibal in January 1945, when it was sunk while participating in the evacuation of civilians, military personnel, and Nazi officials who were surrounded by the Red Army in East Prussia. The Gustloff was hit by three torpedoes from the S-13 in the Baltic Sea under the command of Alexander Marinesko on the night of 30 January 1945 and sank in less than 45 minutes. An estimated 9,400 people were killed in the sinking.[2][3] If accurate, this would be the largest known loss of life occurring during a single ship sinking in recorded maritime history.

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The Wilhelm Gustloff′s final voyage was during Operation Hannibal in January 1945, when it was sunk while participating in the evacuation of civilians, military personnel, and Nazi officials who were surrounded by the Red Army in East Prussia. The Gustloff was hit by three torpedoes from the S-13 in the Baltic Sea under the command of Alexander Marinesko on the night of 30 January 1945 and sank in less than 45 minutes. An estimated 9,400 people were killed in the sinking.[2][3] If accurate, this would be the largest known loss of life occurring during a single ship sinking in recorded maritime history.

MV Wilhelm Gustloff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You might be interested in this item re: February 1, 1979
Ayatolah Ruhollah Khomeini arrived in Tehran [the Shah had left for America for cancer treatment] stating: “I beg God to cut off the hands of all evil foreigners and all their helpers.” Summary executions began....

and, on October 2nd of '79... While Middle-East allies wanted to see a strong US, President Jimmy Carter allowed the dissolution of Iran. On this date, Crown Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia, said to US Ambassador West in Jeddah, “Instead of pressuring the Shah into bringing his thought and actions up to date so as to pull the rug from under the Communist agitators, you let him go. Look what has happened in Iran! They have killed the cream of their society- the best brains in the military, the professions, and the civil service have all been executed or forced into exile. [And] not a word of caution to Iran from President Carter.”

I suspect we won't be getting a lot of this history in our press.

 

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that Gustloff desaster was terrible!