German ship Totila

Totila was a German cargo ship which was sunk during World War II on 10 May 1944 near Khersones during the Axis evacuation of the Crimea, killing up to 5,000 German and Romanian soldiers. Totila was built in 1942 as the Hungarian cargo ship Magyar Vitez. The Germans confiscated her in 1944. In 1944, the German Army′s 17th Army was cut off by the Soviet Red Army in the Crimean Peninsula. At first, Adolf Hitler did not allow the 17th Army′s 235,000 German and Romanian troops to be evacuated by sea, but on 11 April 1944 the evacuation began.

German ship Totila

Totila was a German cargo ship which was sunk during World War II on 10 May 1944 near Khersones during the Axis evacuation of the Crimea, killing up to 5,000 German and Romanian soldiers. Totila was built in 1942 as the Hungarian cargo ship Magyar Vitez. The Germans confiscated her in 1944. In 1944, the German Army′s 17th Army was cut off by the Soviet Red Army in the Crimean Peninsula. At first, Adolf Hitler did not allow the 17th Army′s 235,000 German and Romanian troops to be evacuated by sea, but on 11 April 1944 the evacuation began.