Laconia incident

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The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 September 1942, during World War II, and a subsequent aerial attack on German and Italian submarines involved in rescue attempts.

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Image: Leopold Schuhmacher, born 22. Oct. 1917, deceased 8. Mar. 1943, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.