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DNHG Lecture: UAE during WW2 — incidents & accidents presented by Ali Iqbal
About this event
Ali Iqbal will be speaking about Air & Maritime accidents and incidents that occurred during WW2 in this region. This shall include (but certainly not limited to) the story of the Luigi Galvani submarine incident.
23 June 1940: An enemy submarine arrives off the coast of modern-day UAE to cause havoc in the Gulf of Oman. The Luigi Galvani aims to disrupt tanker traffic around the Strait of Hormuz to resupply the British war effort.
The conditions in the Italian submarine were harsh and the sweltering summer heat tough. The waters of the Gulf were eerily quiet that day with not a tanker in sight. It was an ominous sign.
“We always read about submarine warfare in the Atlantic,” said Ali Iqbal, a UAE-based historian who has researched Luigi Galvani’s story. “But that kind of history also exists off the waters of the UAE.”
Speaker’s Bio:
Ali Iqbal is a 38 year old independent researcher and Dubai resident of 33 years- with a passion for the History of the UAE, over the past few years he has carried out extensive research that has led to some fascinating discoveries of the history of the second world war and the region.
Through this research he has been able to identify and publish previously forgotten stories behind Crashed Aircraft, Lost crew members and Sunken submarines among other things. His research has been published in several UAE publication such as The National Newspaper, Academic Journal: Tribulus and books.
He has held presentations for The British Embassy in Dubai, The Sharjah Museums Authority among other establishments.