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Jun 6, 2024 · Set in the dying days of World War II, the greatest catastrophe in naval history left over 9000 dead - six times more than in the Titanic disaster - with the sinking of the German passenger ship...
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Mar 2, 2008 · Die Gustloff is a TV movie based on the tragic events of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship hit by Soviet torpedoes in 1945. It follows the evacuation of wounded soldiers and civilians, and the conflicts between military and civilian captains.
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- Joseph Vilsmaier
- 2008-03-02
MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea while evacuating civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and the German-occupied Baltic states, and German military personnel from Gotenhafen , as the Red Army advanced.
In the final months of World War II, 75 years ago, German citizens and soldiers fleeing the Soviet army died when the “Wilhelm Gustloff” sank.
Wilhelm Gustloff, German ocean liner that was sunk by a Soviet submarine on January 30, 1945. An estimated 9,000 passengers were killed in the sinking, making it the greatest maritime disaster in history.
Watch Die Gustloff | Netflix. Based on historical events, a cruise ship being used to transport thousands of civilian refugees at the end of WWII faces a catastrophic fate. Watch trailers & learn more.
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The Wilhelm Gustloff disaster. Jan. 30, 1945 Gdynia, Oostzee. In late January 1945, the German Navy deployed the Wilhelm Gustloff to evacuate German military and civilian refugees from the eastern provinces of Germany (today’s Poland) across the Baltic Sea.
