Battle of the Ligurian Sea in Genoa on 25 April 1945. The British destroyers rescued 244 survivors, including Franz Burkart, in rafts and boats from "TA24" and "TA29" and took them prisoner. In 2011, Spencer Tucker wrote that "the British destroyers achieved decisive results against a German unit... and their victory effectively ended the Kriegsmarine's ability to undertake deep water offensive operations". Battle of the Ligurian Sea The Battle of the Ligurian Sea was a naval surface action of the Second World War fought on 18 March 1945, in the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea. A "Kriegsmarine" flotilla of two torpedo boats and
The Arm of the Starfish "The Arm of the Starfish" appearing just three years after "A Wrinkle in Time". The final book in the O'Keefe series, "An Acceptable Time", is also the final book of the Time Quintet. The Murry-O'Keefe books have further connections with other L'Engle titles. The Austin family books have three major crossover characters in common with the O'Keefe books, two of whom are introduced in "The Arm of the Starfish". Canon Tallis meets the Austins in "The Young Unicorns", which takes place a few months after "Starfish". Adam Eddington meets Vicky Austin the following summer in "A Ring of Endless Light",