Parts of hidden World War II history Danube drought reveals
The worst drought in decades in Europe hasn’t only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic but also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten. As its water levels dropped the hulks of dozens of German battleships emerged from the mighty Danube River. Separating Serbia and Romania near the Serbian port of Prahovo in the middle of the mighty river, a rusty hull, a broken mast where the swastika flag used to fly, where a command bridge an upper deck used to be, a barrel that could have been holding fuel or even explosive materials lean on a pebblestone dune that has emerged from the water. Accompanying Giaufret was Alessandro Bragonzi, the head of the European Investment Bank in the Western Balkans. He said the project consists of the removal of 21 sunken vessels. On a pebblestone dune they all lean that has emerged in the middle of the huge river that separates Serbia and Romania near the Serbian port of Prahovo. To Nazi Germany...