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Pictured is U-3008 another Type XXI submarine and sister vessel of the U-3523. The submarines were new and highly advanced design but came too late to stop the allied victory in WWII |
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The U-3523 was located by Denmark's Sea War Museum, whose director said it was on its way to Norway |
- U-3523, one of Hitler's Type XXI submarines, was a highly advanced design
- Could sail for a prolonged period of time including to South America
- Was sunk in attack by British B24 Liberator bomber on May 6, 1945, off Denmark
- The inability to locate the wreck fuelled rumours that it had escaped
- US intelligence documents in 1950s led rumours Hitler fled to South America
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5625619/Nazi-supersub-rumoured-smuggled-Hitler-South-America-Denmark.html#ixzz5D7HTno7y