Little-known facts of World War II: Salvatore Todaro, italian lieutenant commander of the Cappelini submarine.
During a patrol off the coast of Madeira, the Italian submarine Cappelini sank the Belgian steamboat Caballo, which was carrying spare parts for the British aircraft.
After that, the submarine rescued the lifeboat of the 26 survivors aboard the Caballo, spent 4 days to tow it to the Azores, then took the survivors to the submarine and sent them to Salt Island, so that 26 people were safely saved.
The Belgian captain of the Caballo was surprised by his humanitarian initiatives, to which Lieutenant Colonel Todaro replied, "I am a seafarer just like you." I'm sure if it were me, you'd do the same."
In December 1940, during another patrol mission from the Bordeaux base, between the Canary Islands and the African coast, Capellini sank the British armed ship Shakespeare. After that, Todaro once again towed a lifeboat carrying 22 survivors to Cape Verde island and let the survivors land safely there.
Dönitz was upset by these things, and he told Todaro that he should not be a good man in war.
At the end of 1942, Todaro was killed in a mission in a french North African allied port and was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal.
