Sinking of the City of Banares 70 yrs ago (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

Here's to the memory of all those 240 people who died when the ship SS City Of Banares was torpedoed by U48 70 years ago today. The 240 people who died included 77 young children being evacuated to Canada for safety, these young children froze to death in the waters and in their lifeboats after the ship went down.

Not War but murder.

RIP

Rob

 

[jazzeum]

I agree RIP but I doubt the Germans knew that there were children aboard. When reading James Holland's book I believe he said that they sunk one boat which unbeknownst to them contained German POWs headed for Canada.

Children are always victims it seems. I was watching a documentary about the Spanish Civil War the other night and they showed child victims of the bombing of Madrid in 1936 by the Nationalists. It was pretty graphic and terrible to see.

 

[Rob]

Yes to be fair that is true Brad, as you say one of the true horrors of war are the innocents caught up in it.

Rob

 

[debrito]

How long the Battle of Britain bombing lasted?

 

[Rob]

The Luftwaffe bombed airfields and the villages/towns around them throughout the summer and then switched to bombing London and other cities, London had I believe 76 days of continuous bombing.

Rob

 

[Mitch]

If you take into account the raids not on the scale of the blitz and, sporadic attacks and the V1 and V2 then you could say it lasted from early 1940 until the last V2 bombs stopped falling in the last months of the war.
Every attack constituted a battle of britain IMO.
Mitch