Edward Michaud discovers
German Type XIB U-Boat off
Cape Cod -
Project CA35 (
1998). @TonyGosling
Tony Gosling, Edward Michaud.
Hitler's secret escape sub Type XIB sunk off Cape Cod on
25th August 1944 while attempting to negotiate early end to
WWII en route to
Argentina
Apologies for the somewhat sloppy interview technique here but I think you'll agree the historic content makes it all worthwhile.
see also
Martin Bormann Post-War
Nazi 4th
Reich Financial
Network
http://spitfirelist.com/books/martin-
...
http://911forum.org.uk/board/viewtopi...
Nazis fleeing
Germany in 1944 used this unique submarine with a massive cargo hold (to carry gold?) in an attempt to secretly escape to the
United States and thence to Argentina. They never made it past Cape Cod where the sub was sunk with depth charges dropped by a
US Navy blimp. The sub was jamming radio frequencies which was unfortunate, if the blimp's radio had been working it would have almost cretainly been told NOT to sink the sub. Recorded by Tony Gosling in
Framingham Mass.
December 1998.
See also http://www.combatsim.com/htm/feb99/ty...
Very little is known about the Type
XI-B U-Boat. All official histories state that the vessel type was never built and numerous publications indicate that the Type XI-B submarine design went only as far as a preliminary 'keel laying' at the building yards of
Deschimag -
A.G. Weser in
Bremen, Germany. However, there is a subtle hint that at least one vessel of this type was indeed launched from the Deschimag yards. Contained within the records of the
Military archive at Freiburgim-Breisgau, Germany is a brief mention of the "actual" yard trials in the
Weser River of the Type XI U-Cruiser having attained a surface speed of 26 knots. This is supported to some degree by Eberhard Roessler's impressive publication "The U-Boat", in which this trial record is partly quoted.
Amplified reports obtained from interviewed veterans of both the
Allied and
Axis intelligence services indicate very strongly that at some
point during its existence, most probably in early 1944, the Type XI was berthed at the supposedly neutral ports of
Vigo, Spain and
Lisbon, Portugal on the
Iberian Peninsula. These same sources have stated that the unofficial reference to the Type XI was "Die
Schwarz Ritter", ("
The Black Knight"). There is no "official" documentation of this but the sources seem reliable. Of primary importance in connection with this area are the German series of
Special Operations known as "JOLLE", (translated as "
Happy Boat") and "AKTION FEUERLAND", (meaning "
Action Land-of-Fire", referring to the southern geographical area of Argentina). These two operations were intended to pave the way for German post-war survival. Noted
Nazi leaders and war criminals were in the process of laying the financial foundation for a "
Fourth Reich" within the borders of such countries as
Chile,
Paraguay,
Uruguay and, most importantly for reasons of easy access, Argentina. CONTROLLED
PANIC As previously outlined within the 'Overview', the German
Opposition groups associated with German
Industrial concerns were increasingly bold in their contacts with the west, and possessed all the right connections to persue negotiations for an acceptable armistice. The sole motive for the German
Industrialists was to maintain their corporate identity AND their financial assets for the post-war period. There were also many
American Industrial concerns who wished to see this as well since a large percentage of ownership in these
German companies were held by large American corporations - a blatant violation of the 'Trading With
The Enemy Act'. Research documents show that by June of 1944 there were eight separate meetings between German Industrialists and agents of the
Office of Strategic Services, including
Allen W. Dulles, the
OSS Chief of Station head quartered in the neutral city of
Berne, Switzerland.
Allen and his brother,
John Foster Dulles, were heavily involved in pre-war dealings between American and German Corporations through their law firm of '
Sullivan & Cromwell' in
New York City.
Official documentation points attests that these men were motivated by personal reasons to help in creating an acceptable form of armistice which would benefit the German Industrialists directly. This also involved the safe guarding of certain negotiable German securities.
Both John Foster and Allen Dulles actively assisted in the process - regardless of its direct violation of accepted
U.S. Treasury and
Presidential administration policy.
- published: 02 Mar 2011
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