The US Navy and the Greatest USO Hunt in History. Antarctica - the Ice Reich. Thule - Vril - Black Sun. The key improvement in the Type XXI was greatly increased b. The ability to outrun many surface ships while submerged, combined with improved dive times, made it much harder to chase and destroy.

The value of this gold was 378. Around 218 million francs worth of this treasure was resold by the Swiss to fund its banking operations. In 1945, France restored the gold that was entrusted to her in 1940 but Switzerland claimed that only 160 million francs worth was held in its banks. The Greatest Unsolved Bank Robbery in History. The Nazi Spoils of War. Deutschland das Land der Musik. Mysteries of the Lost Amber Room.

Near the end of the Second World War, a National Socialist resistance movement, known as the Werwolf, flickered briefly to life in Germany and its borderlands. Dedicated to delaying the advance of the Allies on both fronts, the Werwolf succeeded in scattered acts of sabotage and violence. By the spring of 1945, it also showed signs of becoming a vengeful Nazi reaction against the German populace itself. Attempts to blow up factories, power plants or waterworks.