Soviets Drive Fleeing Nazis Into and Under the Sea - Ship Hits the Fan Podcast

Ship Hits The Fan

Rooster Teeth

Documentary, Society & Culture, History, True Crime

4.4 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

January 30, 1945 - The curtain is falling on Nazi Germany, and the Eastern Front is collapsing as the Soviet Army advances. Thousands of panicked German evacuees and soldiers pile onto an ocean liner in the hopes of escaping via the Baltic Sea. Most would never make it. What happened next would be the deadliest disaster in maritime history. Go to http://meundies.com/shiphitsfan to get 20% off your first order plus free shipping. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get $100 off any eBike purchase. Go to http://solostove.com and use code SHIPHITSTHEFAN for $10 off on top of their Summer Sale discounts. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a rooster teeth production.
0:04.0	January 30th, 1945.
0:15.0	The curtain is falling on Nazi Germany, and the Eastern Front is collapsing as the Soviet Army advances.
0:22.4	Thousands of panicked German evacuees and soldiers pile onto an ocean liner in the hopes of escaping via the Baltic Sea.
0:30.0	Most would never make it. What happened next would be the deadliest disaster in maritime history.
0:37.0	I'm Charlotte. I'm history. I'm Charlotte.
0:37.9	I'm Patrick.
0:38.6	I'm Brian.
0:39.6	Ahoy and welcome to Ship Hits the Fan, a podcast about some of history's most notable
0:44.3	uh-ohs and whoopsies on the high seas.
0:46.6	Once again, a massively high death toll that the uh-oh and whoopsies.
0:53.1	It's a tough one because there's a lot of people that died
0:56.0	but also a lot of them were Nazis yeah
0:59.0	so yeah real bittersweet one here
1:01.9	yeah it's like it's like eh
1:03.8	a lot of kids a lot of civilians
1:07.1	well I mean it's an ocean liner Rick so women and children
1:10.2	yep of course the first to go um enter Charlotte stage right civilians. Well, I mean, it's an ocean liner, Rick. So women and children. Yep. Of course,
1:11.3	the first to go. Um, enter Charlotte. Stage right. Spotlight. Can we get some footstep fully
1:17.6	of me walking out into the middle? Flowery intro. Hamfisted analogy. Trivialization of incredibly
1:26.4	tragic events. Personal personal confession Patrick sighs says that's it
1:33.2	grown from Brian finito this one's about Nazis gang that's really all you need to
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