Could Hitler Have Escaped to S. America?
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.
The U-3523 was located by Denmark’s Sea War Museum, whose director said it was on its way to Norway
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.
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 Type XXI was the first genuine submarine that could sail submerged for a prolonged time, and the U-3523 had a range that would have allowed it to sail non-stop all the way to South America.
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