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“Decisive Blow To Germans” — Russians Commemorate ‘Most Successful Submariner’ For Heroic Act 80 Years Ago
On January 30, 1945, approximately 80 years ago, the Soviet submarine S-13, commanded by Captain 3rd Rank Alexander Marinesko, struck a decisive blow to Nazi Germany by sinking the Wilhelm Gustloff, a former cruise liner repurposed as a floating barracks …