TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tougias,Michael J.
AU  - O'Leary,Alison
TI  - Abandon ship!: the true World War II story about the sinking of the Laconia 
T2  - True survival series
SN  - 9780316401371
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Little, Brown and Company
KW  - Laconia (Steamship : 1921-1942)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Steamboat disasters
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Search and rescue operations
KW  - Naval operations, German
KW  - Submarines (Ships)
KW  - Germany
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Submarine
KW  - Informational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - True adventure stories
N1  - "Christy Ottaviano Books"; Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251); Laconia before the torpedoes -- Laconai torpedoed -- American plan e bombing and aftermath -- Weeks in the lifeboats -- Post-Rescue; Ages 9-14; Little, Brown and Company
N2  - "A remarkable true WWII account of the maritime attack on the RMS Laconia off the West African coast"--; "On September 12, 1942, the RMS Laconia was attacked by a German submarine five hundred miles off the coast of western Africa. What the Germans didn't know was that they had just attacked their allies: locked below decks on the British ship were nearly 1,800 Italian prisoners of war. When the Germans realized their mistake, they made the unprecedented decision to rescue all survivors regardless of their nationality, attempting to declare the waters a neutral zone. But when an American bomber flew over the humanitarian effort, he was ordered to drop bombs, contributing to the deaths of many Italian POWs and British civilians in the process. Some of those who remained alive endured weeks adrift at sea, fighting for survival with little water or food, and in shark infested oceans." -- inside front jacket flap
ER  -