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Finnish Diver Finds German WWII Submarine Near Estonia
jones_supa writes: A wreck of a German submarine, presumed lost more than 70 years ago, has been discovered near the Estonian coast. The submarine, which dates back to the Second World War, was found by Finnish diver Immi Wallin in July. The U-679 was apparently the last lost German u-boat in the Gulf of Finland. It was presumed destroyed by depth charges in January, 1945. However, the wreck was found in its own patrol zone, sunk by an underwater mine. After the wreck was discovered, the first dive down to its 90-metre grave was undertaken by a six-person group on September 10. The mission was to investigate the condition of the submarine and photograph it. Wallin says that she believes the submarine had remained lost due to the great depth at which it was destroyed.
I doubt that it was destroyed at that depth, that depth is just where it ended up AFTER it was damaged and could not surface.
There are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third is statistics.
I'm a nerd, and I love this kind of news. It isn't like this is a sports team having to change their name... like they had on here earlier.
On the one hand, the members of the crew were probably Nazis in the technical sense...as in a member of the party.
On the other hand, they were also probably just kids following the path that was laid out for them...join the party and fight or go to the camps.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.