Description - Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman
Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, the passenger liner SS City of Benares set out in a convoy of nineteen ships sailing for Canada. On board were ninety CORB children, chaperones, and crew, along with paying passengers. When the warships escorting the Benares to safe waters peeled off and the way forward seemed certain, a German submarine attacked and torpedoed the Benares. What followed is an amazing example of all that people are capable of-the worst and the best.
GODWIN BOOKS
Buy Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.
Other Editions - Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman
A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Available to order, ships in 7-10 business days
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship"
