{"product_id":"atrocity-on-the-atlantic-9781459751347","title":"Atrocity on the Atlantic","description":"\u003cem\u003eFinalist, 2025 Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book • Honourable Mention, Keith Matthews Best Book Award presented by Canadian Nautical Research Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a German submarine sank a Canadian military hospital ship during the First World War and sparked outrage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the evening of June 27, 1918, the \u003ci\u003eLlandovery Castle\u003c\/i\u003e — an unarmed, clearly marked hospital ship used by the Canadian military — was torpedoed off the Irish Coast by U-Boat \u003ci\u003e86\u003c\/i\u003e, a German submarine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSinking a hospital ship violated international law. To conceal his actions, the U-\u003ci\u003e86\u003c\/i\u003e commander had a submarine deck gun fire on survivors. One lifeboat escaped with witnesses to the atrocity. Global outrage over the attack ensued.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe incident became a pivotal case at the Leipzig War Crimes Trials, an attempt to establish justice after the Great War ended. The \u003ci\u003eLlandovery Castle\u003c\/i\u003e trial resulted in a historic legal precedent that guided subsequent war crimes prosecutions at Nuremberg and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtrocity on the Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ship’s sinking, the people impacted by the attack, and the reasons why this wartime atrocity was largely forgotten.","brand":"Nate Hendley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281985351931,"sku":"9781459751347","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_ffe50b52-ec07-4cf5-9bad-1537014302bd.jpg?v=1777515308","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/atrocity-on-the-atlantic-9781459751347","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}