Salt to the Sea

Any real things that occurred in real life?

Did anything happen in the book(apart from the ship sinking) really happen?

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The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff during Operational Hannibal, which took place during WWII is a real event.

Operational Hannibal, which took place during WWII and was the largest sea evacuation in modern history.

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