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The Sinking of the Laconia is a two-part television film, first aired on 6 and 7 January 2011 on BBC Two, about the Laconia incident; the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Laconia during World War II by a German U-boat, which then, together with three other U-boats and an Italian submarine, rescued the passengers but was in turn attacked ...
- Drama
Six hundred miles from the coast of Africa, in September 1942, a German U-boat, U-156, sinks the British troopship Laconia carrying 1,800 Italian POWs, 80 British civilians, and 268 Polish and British soldiers.
- (1.2K)
- 2011-01-05
- Drama, History, War
- Andrew Buchan, Ken Duken, Lindsay Duncan
Two-part drama based on the true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew.
Jan 8, 2011 · Documentary on the sinking of the Cunard Liner Laconia in WWII, featuring real life accounts from the survivors, archive footage and photographs. Narrated by Lindsay Duncan.
Episode 1. 1/2 True WWII story. After sinking the Laconia, a U-Boat attempts to save its civilian crew.
Jun 7, 2016 · The B-24 ended up killing dozens of the Laconia's survivors with bombs and strafing attacks, forcing U-156 to cast their remaining passengers into the sea and crash dive to avoid being...
- 86 min
- 816.8K
- Bretton Ferguson
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BBC Interviews with survivors of the Laconia sinking. Following the story of the sinking of the Cunard Liner Laconia in World War II through the pe...
- 29 min
- 21.7K
- Bretton Ferguson
