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The last of the few German colonies, New Swabia, was located in the antarctic, the Nazis planned on colonizing it for either whaling, military base purposes or both, however with the war, they didnt sucseed and New Swabia was essentially scrapped. The area is now called the Queen Maud Land however there are many area with German names such as the Mühlig-Hoffman Mountains. Germany has never made a claim to the land.
P.S the nazis werent the first Germans interested in Antarctica, in 1873 a German by the name of Dallman went on an expedition on behalf of the German Society of Polar Research.
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:iconarminius1871:
There are several legends about Neuschwabenland, some say, that the 100 german u-boats that were never found after the war, built up a base there after the war, and when Admiral Byrd went there on the operation High Jump 1947, they were defeated by the Germans there. But then they left to south america after some time.
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:icontigergirl1945:
Yes, I've even been told of a rumor that there are still nazis hiding down there! Which is unlikely as they would either have frozen to death at this point or they would be a hundred something.
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:iconarminius1871:
Ever heard of the Reichsflugscheiben and Haunebu? Also an interesting legend XD
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:icongermanvisitor:
What were you thinking? :no: They obviously advanced to the dark side of the moon.
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*julius1880 Sep 2, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
very interesting.
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