Battleship Musashi
One of the most surprising findings from the World War II times was the discovery of the Japanese battleships namely Musashi in March 2015. The battleship has been located in the Sibuyan Sea off the coast of the Philippines. Musashi was the second of the country’s Yamato-class ships built by Imperial Navy. It was the heaviest and the powerful one from the war times. Unfortunately, Musashi sank in a battle with the U.S forces towards the end of 1944.
Nuclear Weapon Complex In Austria
A 45,000-square-metre network of tunnels, the cave has got much of the attention in Austria due to extremely high levels of radiations in that area. It is believed that it was first used as a secret aircraft production factory. However, Andreas Sulzer, a documentary film-maker in an interview tells something different about the cave. He says that ” the cave is believed to be involved from 1941, under the strictest secrecy, in St Georgen on SS research projects. He warned colleagues in letters that he was involved in ‘atom smashing’.”
WWII Bomb
A major accident took place at the German construction site where an explosion occurred due to the driver digging in at the place where an old WWII bomb was lying. The explosion took the life of the digger and other workers at the site were heavily injured. The driver was lifting the debris from the ground and then only the bomb dislocated and exploded. The bomb blast caused vibrations up to some kilometers.
Remains Of Marine
The missing remains of Staff Sgt. Thomas L. Meek of Lisbon La. and Capt. Henry S. White of Kansas City, Mo. are discovered some 70 years later after the crash in the South Pacific. The plane crashed near the coral reefs and until 2010 there was no evidence about their missing remains. The plane took off from the Turtle Bay Airfield on Espiritu Santo Island in New Hebrides in the month of July 1943 but nothing could be heard after that.
Million Of Silver Coins
Silver coins worth $44 million dollars have been discovered from a steamship which was defeated by the Germans. It has been discovered from the recorded depth of 17,000ft. This steamship named “The City Of Cario” was commanded by Captain Williams and was a mixed ship carrying cargo as well as the passengers. The passengers were carrying nearly 100 tons of silver coins and bars belonging to the UK Treasury.
Panther Tank in Basement Garage
In June 2015, the existence of war relics in a villa in the town of Heckendorf was suspected. Possession of war relics and weapons of those times were a punishable offense. The villa is owned by a 70-year-old man, who was seen driving this tank in WWII in 1978. Authorities have suspected this man of still having one and the same has been found in the basement garage.