This picture of the blazing 3,645 tons Finnish steamer, Carolina Thorden, was taken as a rescue boat approached the vessel after she had been bombed by m aircraft off Thorshavm, Faroé islands, located between Norway and Iceland, Neutral were visible on the doomed. ship but this did not deter the valiant Nazi airmen from sending the Carolina Thorden to the bottom—perhaps a reminder to Finland that all would not go so well with that country unless there was full cooperation with the Nazis, Today Fini land is fighting on the Nazi side against Russia.
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