Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 17. Juni 1940 / Time Line June 17, 1940
Version 3.006/17/1940
Det britiske passagerskib RMS Lancastria sænkes ved
Saint-Nazaire i Frankrig under Dunkirk evakueringen af de britiske
soldater.
Kilde: The Lancastria Association of Scotland.
'The Lancastria Association of Scotland is the leading campaigning
organisation which aims to raise awareness of the sacrifice made on
the 17th of June 1940 when an estimated 4000 people lost their
lives when the Clyde built troopship Lancastria was sunk of the
French coastal town of St. Nazaire by German bombers. The former
Cunard liner sank in just 20 minutes. It is the worst disaster in
British maritime history and the worst single loss of life for
British forces in the whole of World War 2. The number of victims
claimed in the Lancastria disaster was greater than the combined
death toll of the Titanic and Lusitania sinkings combined.
Estimates on the number of victims range from 2500 to 6000. The
most common figure quoted is 4000, twice the number lost on Titanic
and the Lusitania combined. The exact death toll will never be
known. It has been established however that the loss of Lancastria
is the worst disaster in British maritime history and the worst
single loss of life for British forces in the whole of World War
2'.
06/17/1940
Estland og Letland besættes af Sovjetunionen.
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