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Coverup: The Sinking of the S.S. Leopoldville

, The History Channel

History Undercover 1998, US, 50 min.
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This is the VHS release.

Summary

Part of the History Undercover series, this documentary tells the story, classified until 1996, of the sinking of the troopship SS Leopoldville by U-486. The Leopoldville was carrying 2200 US infantrymen of the 66th Division, reinforcements for the Battle of the Bulge, across the English Channel when she was fatally holed by a single torpedo.

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