The Laconia Order (Laconia-Befehl) was issued by German Grand Admiral (Großadmiral) Karl Dönitz during World War II as a result of the Laconia incident.
Prior to this incident, vessels of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine), like most other navies, customarily picked up survivors, with the exception of German submarines, which were already under orders not to do that as per the War Order No. 154. In 1942, off the coast of west Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, the German vessels attempting to rescue survivors of the ocean liner RMS Laconia were attacked by an American aircraft.
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