Naval Memorial Stones Laboe

Strandstraße, Laboe
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

This memorial is comprised of three memorial stones commemorating: - The 374 officers and 3131 crew killed in the Second World War in 52 American submarines. They did not return and are "still on patrol". - The Japanese naval casualties of the Second World War. - The 80 German and 645 Australian sailors who fell in this naval battle.

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Text by: Kaj Metz & Fedor de Vries

Photo(s): Maarten Slot (1,5), Stefanie Elder (2), James Steakley (3,4)