Missing Nazi Submarine Found Near Denmark; Spoiler: Hitler Is Probably Not Onboard
Source: NPR
For more than 70 years historians have wondered what happened to a Nazi U-boat that disappeared after going "on the run" following the German surrender to Danish and Dutch forces at the end of World War II. And now there is an answer.
Researchers from the Sea War Museum Jutland, in northern Denmark, say they found the wrecked submarine earlier this month. Apparently, the U-3523, the most advanced sub of its day, has been partially buried in the seabed off the north coast of the country all along.
The discovery has put an end to decades of speculation that upon their defeat a crew of Nazis had used it to flee to South America. CBS reported some conspiracy theorists contended Adolf Hitler was with the officers who had been aboard and allegedly made it safely to Colombia.
"After the war, there were many rumors about top Nazis who fled in U-boats and brought Nazi gold to safety, and the U-3523 fed the rumors," the museum said in a statement published on its website.
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Read more: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/19/604169042/missing-nazi-submarine-found-near-denmark-spoiler-hitler-is-probably-not-on-boar
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Tactical Peek
(1,212 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)That looks like quite an impact in a silt seabed.
MFM008
(19,827 posts)He is not on board.....
7962
(11,841 posts)rickford66
(5,530 posts)TeamPooka
(24,286 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Quemado
(1,262 posts)wasnt on board this wreck.
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)Well. it doesn't really matter, but the surrender of the Germans who occupied Denmark was to the British Field Marshal Montgomery. Danish soldiers had very little to do with this. After WW2 they were under British high command for some time. Denmark had cooperated with Germany during the war, since our country was full of their soldiers...
machoneman
(4,016 posts)I wonder if the scuttling or depth charging still had the sub at full power, driving it nose-down into the seabed. Having seen many wreck pics of sunken U-boats (and other ships) I've never seen such a weird landing. I do hope they attempt a re-floating of this well-known yet previously mysterious sub.
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)Skagen Sea War Museum Jutland has no plans for salvage.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I like the recent group of WW2 ships being found.
Archae
(46,369 posts)The Lexington, Indianapolis, and this sub.
Won't be long before the 5 Grumman Avengers of Flight 19 are found, ending the most famous "Bermuda Triangle" story.