The Sinking of the Laconia2011 Sæson 1 · Episode 1 · Part 1S1 · E1 · Part 1On the 12th September 1942 the Laconia - a cruise ship turned troop ship - was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-156 commanded by Werner Hartenstein. She carried a motley crew of women, children, wounded soldiers and Italian Prisoners of War. Having sunk the ship, Hartenstein should have left them to their uncertain fate in the water, but instead he made the incredible decision to save as many lives as he could. A true story of unexpected gallantry and humanity in the fog of war.

1 / 2

E1 E2

Om serien

The Sinking of the Laconia

20116

DramaKrig & Politik

I 1942 fragter det britiske passagerskib Larconia krigsfanger og civile fra Vestafrika til England. Undervejs angriber en tysk ubåd i den tro, at Larconia er et krigsskib. Da fejlen går op for den tyske kaptajn igangsætter han en redningsaktion, men så angriber et amerikansk bombefly den tyske ubåd.