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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marko Drobnjakovic

Secret Nazi ships emerge from riverbed as the Danube runs dry

The wreckage of a WWII German warship emerges, due to the drought, in front of Djerdap II, a large dam on the Danube River, between Romania and Serbia, near Prahovo, Serbia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) - (AP)

The Danube River, the second longest in Europe, is running so low that dozens of Nazi battleships are emerging from the riverbed.

The river runs through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine

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