The true story of the uboat that escaped to argentina. Because of continuing allied naval activity the commander decided to make the first part of the journey underwater. The submarines voyage to argentina led to legends, apocryphal stories, and conspiracy theories that she and u977 had transported escaping nazi leaders andor nazi. This boat was fitted with a schnorchel underwaterbreathing apparatus in february 1945.
Uboat rumoured to have helped nazis escape to argentina. On 17 august 1945, over 3 months after germanys surrender, the submarine u977 suddenly appeared in argentina. German submarine u977 was a world war ii type viic uboat of nazi germany s kriegsmarine which escaped to argentina after germanys surrender. Before surfacing near the west coast of africa, the vessel. A german submarine sank to its watery grave somewhere off the coast of south america in 1943. Uboat 977 was the german submarine that escaped to argentina at the end of world war two. German submarine u977 was a world war ii type viic uboat of nazi germanys kriegsmarine which escaped to argentina after germanys surrender. This is the story of u977, the german submarine that escaped to argentina at the end of world war ii. This epic journey started from bergen in norway, where in april. This epic journey started from bergen in norway, where in april 1945 it was temporarily based, and took three and a half months to complete.
A submarine linked to rumours that adolf hitler survived and escaped to argentina in a uboat has been discovered lying wrecked at the bottom of the north sea between denmark and norway. With an informative introduction by heinz schaffer, uboat 977 is an invaluable and appreciated contribution to the growing library of world war ii memoirs and biographers, making this new edition very highly recommended for the personal reading lists of dedicated military history buffs, as well as both community and academic library wwii military history collections and supplemental studies. Uboat rumoured to have helped nazis escape to argentina is discovered. Uboat 977 is a terrible, heroic record from the other side of the battle of the atlantic. Uboat rumoured to have helped nazis escape to argentina is. After crossing the equator on july 23, u 977 arrived in mar del plata, argentina on 17 august after being at sea for 108 days.
The true story of the uboat that escaped to argentina schaeffer, heinz on. The commander, heinz schaffer, published a book, uboat 977 about the voyage in 1952. On 17 august 1945, over 3 months after germanys surrender, the submarine u 977 suddenly appeared in argentina. She was the second uboat to surrender at mar del plata in mysterious. German submarine u530 was a type ixc40 uboat of nazi germanys kriegsmarine during.