As the Nazis had UFOs in Antarctica

The Nazis established in ice southern continent underground fortresses to take flight from Germany Fuhrer. After the war there tested mysterious aircraft, and stood on alert missile launchers. Historians explain what facts based on this theory is impressive.

Since 1938, German warships are beginning to run regularly in Antarctica. According to scientific theory, which believes in the Nazi leadership, the Earth inside the field, and in the region of Antarctica are entrances to the giant underground cavities. Since 1940, at the personal direction of the Fuhrer starting to build two shelters east of the Weddell Sea in Queen Maud Land, a vast area along the Atlantic coast of Antarctica, lying between the western and 20 ° 44 ° 38 'E longitude. Thus, at least, argue fans of conspiracy theories.

Until the end of the war in secret team erected large caves where the alleged strongholds "New Swabia" and "New Berhtesgaden" with food and independent system for life on the roads face new types of submarines, underground airfields based jets, but remained on alert rockets with nuclear warheads. After the war there were to find refuge surviving Nazis, the approximate Martin Bormann, Hitler and Eva Braun, or at least, urns with their ashes.

All the above has anything sexual fantasy lovers fish in the troubled waters of history.

About this widely to trumpet legend in the tabloids print, Internet and cheap popular scientific literature. Recently, a polar researcher thoroughly proshtudiroval book "Hitler's Base in Antarctica". The results of his research he presented at 21 - and the January page numbers of specialized authoritative journal "Polar Record".

"Were in Antarctica German submarines U-530 and U-977?", "Vzryvali there atomic bombs?", "Is on the South Pole five ballistic missiles," the FAA "?", "Could be Destroyed" Noyberhtesgaden " in 1958 through 3 of American atomic bombs? "- to these and other issues that for decades opinions Laity, competently meet American Colin Sammerhays (Colin Summerhayes) and his Canadian co-author Peter Biching (Peter Beeching).

"It was great pleasure to work on the topic - said in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE polar explorer Sammerhays - if all these theories have been caused only" a very serious look at Antarctica ".

"We thought: what if write, as the situation looked really - and why could not happen in another way", - so the scientist explained why he had to knit in a dispute with dilettante.

"Enter a Google search on the words" Nazis "and" Antarctica ", - Sammerhays continues, pointing out that more than 800 thousand first discovered so will tell these legends.

"Enter a Google search on the words" Nazis "and" Antarctica ", - Sammerhays continues, pointing out that more than 800 thousand first discovered so will tell these legends.

The historian Holger Meding (Holger Meding) from the University of Cologne, which specializes mainly in the Anglo-Saxon history, often faced with these legends. He expert on the history of Latin America, writes about German immigration to South America, including also the old Nazis. "In recent months from Spanish-speaking countries have sent me 5 or 6 books, in which fuel these myths", - historian shared his observations.

"Reports of bases in Antarctica come from representatives across the political spectrum. The first publication met more frequently in the left press, and were directed against the Nazis ", - argues Meding.

In postwar Argentine these tales serve criticized right government Perona, who attributed the support from some dubious Nazis.

By the legendary creators of this myth relates, and enjoys the notorious Canadian neo-Nazi Ernst Tsyundel (Ernst Zündel), who under the pseudonym Christoph Friedrich (Christof Friedrich) in 70 - wrote a couple of years, e books. "Tsyundel from this then made a heroic history:" We're still here ", - continues to tell Meding.

For the first time, "historically unjustified" legend of the fortress in Antarctica was published in 1947 in Buenos Aires book "Hitler está vivo" ( "Hitler is alive")-Hungarian emigre Ladislav Sabo (Ladiszlav Szab ó). He wrote there on the "new Hitler's Berchtesgaden in Antarctica". "But to write such a book were a few occasions - believed Meding - which was not complete nonsense".

December 17, 1938 ship "Shvabenland" withdrew from the harbor of Hamburg and approximately one month - 19.01. In 1938 - reached the coast of Antarctica in 4 degrees 15 'west longitude and 69 degrees 10' latitude. The expedition was led by Captain Alfred Ritsher (Alfred Ritscher), composed of teams which were a significant number of engineers, geophysicists, oceanographers and zoology, has been studying whales. The main task - the study of the continent through the flights over its territory and the release of steel pennants with the swastika.

Two seaplanes type Dornier Whal, named "Boreas" (in honor of Boreya - the god of the north wind - Ed.) And "Passat", with several 38 mm cameras on board each day for several hours were in the air. They made 11 thousand 600,000 square images. km territory. In the archives preserved photos of mountain peaks, a height of 4000 meters, and endless ice desert. One area got its name in honor of the expedition leader Ritsherland.

However, as claimed Sammerhays and Biching: "In all these stories there are only a tiny grain of truth".

1). In fact, the Argentine harbour Mar de la Plata in July and August 1945, announced two German submarines U-530 and U-977. The members of the crews of both boats in vain tried to escape captivity, skryvshis in South America. Not only because of lack of fuel stocks, submarines could not deliver the goods or passengers on the Queen Maud Land, as the creators versions of the Fuhrer to escape the South Pole. "These people simply forget that summer here reigns terrible cold absolute darkness", - stresses Sammerhays. Metre thickness of the ice prevented the submarine would emerge in the right place.

2). Imaginary British command operation code-named "Tabarin", in which soldiers allegedly attended an elite SAS unit - pure fiction, too. The sources, which spoke of this operation, very unreliable. On the contrary, the British archives Sammerhays Biching and found only information that the British royal marine fleet is not put to their subordinates the task of organizing the Antarctic expedition "Tabarin", because even in July conveyed its implementation to civilian authorities. Finally, the special SAS in October 1945, was abolished and recreated again only in 1948.

3). The key element of the legend tells of the fictional British defeat of the German defenders of "ice fortresses". Then fantasy did not know very much limits. The American military operation "Highjump" ( "High jump"), which was held in the winter of 1946/1947 he was., Supposedly intended to destroy the remaining Nazis living in fortresses. In a fictitious operation involved some 4700 soldiers, 33 aircraft and 13 ships - it would be the largest military operation on the southern continent. "But Americans have not shown any interest in Queen Maud Land", - underscore Sammerhays and Biching.

4). Of the one made by the commander of Operation "Haydzhamp" Richard Byrd Tale-Tellers legend composed of stories that the Nazis created in Antarctica flying plates. In fact, Byrd attributed a quotation from the Chilean newspaper "El Mercurio" incorrectly translated into English. The authors of the study note that Byrd talked not about the Nazi UFOs, and the possible "invading enemy planes from the polar region" - under which he, of course, meant a Soviet aircraft.

5). However, the most brutal, though most sensational allegation is a fabrication of nuclear attack, allegedly caused by "Noyberhtesgadenu" the United States. Three atomic bombs the Americans, in fact, blew up in 1958 south of Cape Town in atmospheric layers at an altitude of 160 to 750 km, between 2200 and 3500 km north of Queen Maud Land. These data are available in the archives of the army, which had long been secret.

Countries victorious in the Second World War, each in its own way, too, have strengthened the legend: "The atmosphere of secrecy is always a basis for producing myths", - believed Meding.