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3 unusual facts about Alexander Marinesko


Alexander Marinesko

He is one of the more prominent characters in the Günter Grass' novel Crabwalk (2002), which describes in detail the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff.

Leaving the base in the Finnish town of Hanko in October 1944, S-13 took position near the Hela peninsula, where the main German communication lines passed.

Its task was to attack a German headquarters and capture an "Enigma" coding machine.



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