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Adolf Hitler's 'lost fleet' found in Black Sea
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This is freaking weird… a friend of mine emailed me this same link today, but he has no knowledge of this site and does not even know what Axis and Allies is. Strange coincidence
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@Imperious:
This is freaking weird… a friend of mine emailed me this same link today, but he has no knowledge of this site and does not even know what Axis and Allies is. Strange coincidence
There’s this thing called news that most people know about. Maybe you’ve heard of it? :-P
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Theres also a thing called news that is so marginal that only a few sources will report it. Perhaps you may consider this story as not really such a newsworthy “event” perhaps not. You may have taken the day off from work to reflect on its significance. Most of us don’t really care.
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It’s very interesting news and would be incredible if one of the U-boats was in good enough shape to possibly be raised. From my understanding there is only one U-boat left in the world that is displayed to the public and it is in dry dock. I think it would be amazing if a U-boat was made sea worthy again for studies. There are quite a few German tanks left from WW2 that are in working order and are used every year at various demonstrations throughout the world, why not a U-boat.
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There’s only one in the US, there are a few in Germany. In fact the U-2540 was only decomisioned in 1982 as far as I know it could still work today.
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There’s only one in the US, there are a few in Germany. In fact the U-2540 was only decomisioned in 1982 as far as I know it could still work today.
Based on the ship number, I do not think that was a WWII era unit.
U-1062 was the highest number UBoat in WWII according to Hitler’s U-Boat War by Clay Blair.
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I was in error.
2540 was indeed completed, but never sailed on patrol, during WWII
And the above referenced book only covers through 1942.
My apologies.
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Is the U-2540 still in the US? Or has it been shipped to another country for display or storage? I would love to visit the ship and get a small feeling for what life on board must have been like. I know for the movie U-571 a working WW2 era submarine was actually built for shooting. I am not certain of the model of sub it was based off of, does anyone know?
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The U-505 is the only German WWII German Sub in the US it’s in Chigago.
The 2540 is in Germany I believe.
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Thank you. Hopefully I will be able to make it out to Chicago and check it out someday. I would really like to visit Germany and see the various places of battle, along with any other history preserved.
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Subs rule! :wink:
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They kick some serious butt.
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There is a correctly built model built by Bavaria Film Studios for Das Boot that was at one time and probably still open for tours. That model is for a Type VIIC. I am not sure if it was used for U-571 if it was that would be that movies ONLY redeeming quality.
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From what I have read the boat in U-571 was built for that movie. There were actualy 5 subs built for Das Boot 2 full size and 3 scale models. The scale models were used in Raiders of the lost arc.
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Speaking of Raiders, I always wondered where Indy was hiding on the U-boat, after he swam to it. They show him on the deck of the U-boat and then you just see him on the docks of the U-boat pen. I’m probably too picky, but it would be nice to know what he did aboard the sub.
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There is a deleated sceen where Indy clings to the periscope of the submarine all the way to the secret base by wrapping his whip around it and himself.
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That’s pretty crazy. I’m guessing that they never submerged, or the world would have been out an action packed, archaeologist. Do you know if that clip can be found online? I haven’t seen it in the Indiana Jones DVD box set.
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This is the best I can do for you I’ll keep an eye out though :-o
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I guess the link would help:
http://jamesgroome.com/pages/personal_site/raiders.html -
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