. . . "large numbers of German civilians were being evacuated" . . "''Hannibal''" . . . "evacuation of East Prussia" . . "evacuating" . . "Operation Hannibal" . "Hannibal" . "Operation Hannibal" . "from the East to the West of Germany" . . . "troop transports" . . "perilous voyage westward" . . . "east Prussia evacuation fleet" . . "Germany" . . . . "Baltic Sea evacuations" . . . . . . . . . "evacuated German troops and civilians from the path of the Red Army" . "mass evacuation" . . "seaborne evacuation" . "in the Baltic" . . . . . "evacuated to Western Germany" . . . .