Danube River reveals Nazi warships hidden underwater for 80 years: Record-low water levels are exposing the World War II wrecks near Serbia

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Wreckage of a WWII German warship, emerged from the Danube river.
Image Credit: Darko Vojinovic/APThe Danube River has fallen to exceptionally low levels this summer, exposing the remains of Nazi-era warships that have spent more than eight decades beneath its waters near Prahovo, Serbia.
The wrecks are part of a much larger graveyard of vessels deliberately sunk in 1944 as German forces retreated from advancing Soviet troops during the Second World War.

Wreckage of a WWII German warship, emerged from the Danube river.
Image Credit: Darko Vojinovic/APThe Danube River has fallen to exceptionally low levels this summer, exposing the remains of Nazi-era warships that have spent more than eight decades beneath its waters near Prahovo, Serbia.
The wrecks are part of a much larger graveyard of vessels deliberately sunk in 1944 as German forces retreated from advancing Soviet troops during the Second World War.

Sources: Times of India