What's the betting conspiracy theorists refuse to accept this? "A missing German submarine said to have taken the defeated Nazi leadership to South America has been discovered after nearly 73 years. The U-3523 was one of Hitler's Type XXI submarines – a new and highly advanced design which came too late to stop the allied victory. It was the first class of U-boats designed to sail submerged for a prolonged period of time and had a range which allowed it to sail non-stop to South America. The U-3523 was thought to have been sunk by a British B24 Liberator attack on May 6, 1945, but the inability to locate the wreck fuelled rumours that it had escaped. Now the wreck has been located ten nautical miles north of Skagen – Denmark's northernmost town – and nine miles west of the position reported by the British bomber. Denmark's Sea War Museum, which found the submarine, said there was no evidence that it was escaping with Nazi leaders or loot. " Nazi sub which 'smuggled Hitler to South America' found off Denmark | Daily Mail Online
I guess we know Hitler didn't take it to Argentina now, then. Any thoughts on why it was headed to Norway as it was reported?
I havent been on this forum too long but I hope that there aren't too many of these conspiracy theorists here.
They pass through occasionally. The mods usually let us have fun with them for a bit before excising them.
Maybe they were trying to meet up with the other German forces in Norway to continue the fight? Or (Hopefully not) they were trying to surrender themselves somewhere else....
"The southern port of Bergen was captured by the Germans on 9 April 1940, on the first day of the invasion. The Germans immediately saw the potential for several Norwegian harbours and ports to function as bases of operation for the Kriegsmarine's U-boats patrolling the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean. It would become the home of the 11th U-boat Flotilla. Bergen was the first Norwegian port to be established as a U-boat base. From July 1940 to the end of the war in May 1945, 270 U-boat patrols originated in Bergen. Bergen was also the site where the only type XXI submarine left for a patrol in the war; U-2511 left the port on 3 May 1945." -wikipedia Also "The U-boat base at Bergen grew exponentially after the liberation of France by the Western Allies, when the senior commanding officer of U-boat operations in the west ("FdU West") was moved from Angers, France to the city. A large expansion program was conducted at the base and several new anti-aircraft guns were set up to protect the U-boat bunkers. More engineers and technicians were moved to Bergen to accommodate the increased technical requirements of the base as well. Two more bunkers named Werft Gemeinschaftslager 1 and Gemeinschaftslager 2 were also built during this time." -wikipedia Nothing unusual or untoward. Just BAU.
I thought the U-Boats most associated with Hitler were U-518, U-880, and U-1235. I have never heard of U-3523 being associated with Hitler in anyway, until now.
