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So, this is from June 12, 1945.
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"At this time, the decision
had been taken
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to divide the ministries
in two parts
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and establish one government in
the north and one in the south."
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What this file tells me
is they're splitting up,
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creating multiple escape routes.
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This is big.
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We have Hitler spotted
on the 24th of April
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in Hohenlychen.
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And this is six days
before he supposedly
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committed suicide in the bunker.
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Four days later, we have
a separate independent witness
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identify him
leaving by airplane.
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We got to see
what's going on down there.
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Holy...
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For the Me 262.
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This is the fastest jet
the world has ever seen.
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If Hitler himself was here
and boarded one of these things,
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he was out of here in a hurry.
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This file tells us
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that Kaltenbrunner,
commander-in-chief
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of all German forces
in Southern Europe,
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crosses the border into Austria
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with more than
a ton of paper and dumps it.
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This is huge.
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He is saying he is
absolutely positive
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Kaltenbrunner would have hid
something in the lake.
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Wow.
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It's quite a large,
rectangular object.
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This is huge.
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And it could be nothing
other than man-made.
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Let's get to shore. We need to
get this dive started.
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HUNTING HITLER - SEASON 3
EP - 3 - Nuclear Nazi Weapons
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Kaltenbrunner is the center
of Hitler's network.
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If Hitler intended
to escape Berlin,
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he would use Kaltenbrunner.
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His activities at the end
of the war are gonna tell us
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what their intentions were.
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21-year CIA veteran Bob Baer
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and former terrorist
targeting officer
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Nada Bakos are using
asset-mapping,
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the strategy used to dismantle
the leadership of Al-Qaeda
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and ISIS to track Hitler's known
associates and pinpoint
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exactly where he could have gone
after the end of World War II.
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The team is investigating
two potential escape routes
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for Adolf Hitler
after the war...
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A northern route
through Hohenlychen, Germany,
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and a southern route
through Altaussee, Austria,
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where a declassified
CIA document
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claims Hitler's close associate
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
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discarded a cache
of secret documents,
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including possible Nazi
escape plans in a nearby lake.
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I think things probably
collapsed a lot faster
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than they expected.
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And any time people like this
are on the run,
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they're disposing of stuff
any way they can.
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This tells me that they
didn't have a lot of time
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'cause the proper protocol
for any government
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when they're extricating
from a facility
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is to burn the documents.
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Throwing things into the lake
is the next best step
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if they don't have
time to burn it.
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They have to
do something that they think
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will get rid of it.
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If the plan was to get Hitler
out of Europe,
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into South America,
it would be in these documents.
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Let's get them diving.
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-This is your tank.
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Okay. Everything's looking good.
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Along Hitler's potential
southern escape route
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in Altaussee,
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World War II historian
James Holland
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and U.S. Army Green Beret
Mike Simpson have assembled
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an expert dive team
led by Gerhard Kaiser.
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The team prepares to dive
on a large manmade object
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they identified
using side-scanning sonar.
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It's quite a large,
sort of rectangular object.
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And it could be nothing
other than manmade.
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Worth diving on that?
- Absolutely.
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If this documents cache
is here and we find it,
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this could potentially unlock
all of the secrets
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to every escaped Nazi
of that time period.
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Potentially, this is like
a big water-filled time capsule
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that's just been
preserving all this stuff.
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Whatever it might have been
could still be out there.
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We'll be right by you, Mike.
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- Let's go.
- Let's do it.
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Mike and Gerhard will
swim the 65 feet from shore
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to the location
of their sonar hit.
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Mike. Can you see anything?
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Yeah. It's a vehicle.
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-Yes.
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You're kidding.
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It looks like a vehicle
was pushed out into the lake.
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Looks like some type
of cargo utility vehicle.
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The metal frame is very rusted,
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but there's wooden slats
in the roof.
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The fact that
we're able to identify
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possibly an abandoned
Nazi vehicle is huge.
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It could have been filled
with these documents.
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Can you swim around it
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and see if you can find
anything from it?
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Yeah.
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Mike.
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Let me get
a little closer to the boat.
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What have you got there?
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-Yeah.
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Looks like a bayonet
of some type.
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Yeah, it is a bayonet.
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That's a Goebeler German
infantryman's bayonet.
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I mean, that's just
standard issue.
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This is in amazing
condition, isn't it?
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Look at this.
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Oh, wow!
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Pretty sure
that's an Iron Cross.
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And that is a kind
of, like, a wound medal,
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or a campaign medal.
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We didn't find quite
what we were looking for,
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but we have found this vehicle,
we have found some medals,
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and we have found a bayonet.
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That means that the Nazis
were dumping stuff.
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The question is why.
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Why are they doing this?
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What we found was this vehicle,
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and then we found medals,
a bayonet, which was thrown in
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contemporaneously
with the fleeing Nazis.
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While the team
continues to investigate
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Hitler's potential southern
escape route in Austria,
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Bob and Nada
turn their attention
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to the northern escape
route Reichlin, Germany,
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where a declassified file claims
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Hitler was taken away
from an airfield two days
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before he was believed dead.
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The team at Reichlin
found a bunker
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that actually
ended up being bombed,
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but within that wreckage,
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they found a part of
the Messerschmitt Me 262.
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This is the fastest jet
the world has ever seen.
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At the time, it's flying
100 miles per hour faster
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than any jet out there.
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Put it simply,
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you could just outrun
the Allied Air Force.
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This is the flight radius
of an Me 262.
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At the end of the war,
everybody's heading south.
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The Russians are heading south.
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The Allies are here.
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So where do you go?
You go north.
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But what do we get up here?
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Well, Sweden, we know,
was neutral during the war.
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Norway, on the other hand...
There were still Nazi troops,
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and he could have been
perfectly safe for months.
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On April 9, 1940,
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the Nazis
successfully invaded Norway.
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The Norwegian government
was forced into exile,
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and the Nazis continue
to rule the country
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until the end of World War II.
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Allied forces
never landed in Norway,
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and the last German soldier
there did not surrender
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until four months
after the war had ended.
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The Germans looked at Norwegians
as a superior race,
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as one of them,
as part of the tribe.
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It was a place that the Nazis
felt comfortable.
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Here we go,
"Reporting agency... MI6.
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Nazi defensive strategy Norway."
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"The line of coastal fortresses
in Southern Norway
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started from Kristiansand
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with the Nazi base
of Battery Vara."
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This file's telling us that
they've got Nazi bases up there.
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If Hitler was flying
up to Norway,
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they would have had support.
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Which airfield would be closest?
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This is Southern Norway.
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We know that the range of
the Me 262 could cover all this.
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And what do we have here?
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Kjevik Airfield...
Well-known Nazi air base.
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And then going back
to that document,
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you've got Battery Vara,
coastal defense.
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And this is clearly
in range of Reichlin.
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We've got to check this out.
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If you didn't want someone
to get through this pass,
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you put one gun there,
and it's locked down.
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Tim Kennedy,
U.S. Army Special Forces,
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investigative journalist
Gerrard Williams,
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and their local contact,
Ashborne,
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land in Kristiansand, Norway,
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a possible stop along Hitler's
potential northern escape route.
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We're heading to Battery Vara,
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which is on the tip
of Kristiansand.
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We're going there to see
whether or not this huge base
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would have been part of
a northern escape route.
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If you try and put yourself in
the place of a high-ranking Nazi
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trying to flee the collapse
of the Nazi Empire,
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you would need
safety and security.
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-How are you. Tim. Pleasure.
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-I'm Gerrard.
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The team makes contact
with Arold Anderson,
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the caretaker at Battery Vara.
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We're interested
in this area to see
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if this could have been
a stop-off point
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for escaping Nazis.
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Who was stationed here?
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So, it was 50 houses
with soldiers here.
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It was 10,150 land mines
around there.
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- Yeah.
- That's a lot of land mines.
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Can you tell us
a little bit about the cannon?
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So, this is, like,
a German-style cannon.
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What's the range of this?
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34 miles.
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So, on the northern coast
of Denmark,
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we have a massive battery...
A cannon.
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And on the southern tip
of Norway,
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we have these lining the coast
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with interlocking
sectors of fire
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that's completely
locking down the coast.
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It was a choke point.
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Nobody can get in and out
without being
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in the effective range
of these massive guns.
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You can't successfully invade
Denmark or Norway by sea.
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I've been in the military
for 15 years.
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I have never seen
a gun that size.
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This might have been one of
the largest weapons on Earth.
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Why did they build them here?
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What were they protecting?
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If this is part
of Adolf Hitler's
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northern escape route,
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I have to see what else is here.
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1,000 feet north of
the coastal defense cannon,
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the team gets access
to one of Battery Vara's
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heavily fortified bunkers.
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All right, where's the entrance?
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Right there.
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Wow. This is massive.
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The size of the room is good.
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Oh, my God.
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Holy
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"Die treue
ist das mark der ehre."
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"Our belief is at the core
of our world,"
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or, "the core of us"...
"at the heart of us."
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This is... This is
rich Nazi propaganda.
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It's probably straight
out of "Mein Kampf."
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What were they doing here?
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So you'd be able to talk
to somebody from here...
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Somebody in the battery.
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This is still in great shape.
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130 land lines are
running directly to here?
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- Yeah.
- Yeah.
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At Battery Vara,
you have four 15.5-inch cannons,
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fortified bunkers,
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and a complex system
of communication.
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These are all things
that need to be there
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if this is part
of Adolf Hitler's
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northern escape route.
253
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Why, at the end of the war,
is this so important?
254
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It's to protect the exit point
and the entrance point.
255
00:16:04,664 --> 00:16:06,299
Yeah, but... but of what?
256
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:10,003
So, we're talking 1945,
after the fall of Berlin.
257
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So what are they
protecting here?
258
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And what is so important
that you still need 15-inch guns
259
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in a complex,
interconnected battery system?
260
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He don't want to say it,
261
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but he thinks
it's about special weapons.
262
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Nuclear weapons.
263
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Okay, I mean, that's...
That's massive.
264
00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:45,405
Adolf Hitler... His only hope
for any significant existence...
265
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Is a vengeance weapon
of some sort.
266
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This is incredibly important
at the end of the war.
267
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He's obsessed with it.
268
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And these guns are protecting...
269
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A wonder weapon, a super weapon,
270
00:16:56,116 --> 00:16:57,660
whatever you want
to call the damn things.
271
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There are rumors
that Nazi scientists
272
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are working as fast and as hard
as they can to develop
273
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Hitler's vengeance weapons.
274
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He wants to see
New York in flames.
275
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He wants to destroy 4 million
Russians on the Eastern Front.
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It would be enough to enable
Nazi Germany to go on to do
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what they originally planned
to do... world domination.
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In the 19th century,
this place was
279
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an absolute hotbed of Nazis.
280
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Along Hitler's
potential southern escape route
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in Altaussee, Austria,
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James and Mike are following
a declassified CIA file
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claiming that Nazis
had discarded
284
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potential escape plans
in the nearby lake.
285
00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:48,135
Okay. It's right in there.
286
00:17:48,168 --> 00:17:51,204
After finding Nazi
artifacts in Lake Altaussee,
287
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the team and their
translator, Katja,
288
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,508
make contact with
Gerhard Zauner,
289
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a local diver and historian.
290
00:17:58,411 --> 00:17:59,655
During the dive
into Lake Altaussee,
291
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we retrieved some artifacts...
292
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A bayonet and a couple
of German badges.
293
00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:05,785
Gerhard Zauner...
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He's been diving these lakes
for over 50 years.
295
00:18:08,255 --> 00:18:10,323
Hopefully he can answer
why two badges
296
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and a bayonet went in the lake.
297
00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:13,760
I found these.
298
00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:15,395
And we were hoping
that you could tell us
299
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a little bit more about them.
300
00:18:23,470 --> 00:18:25,572
That's called
the Frozen Medallion
301
00:18:25,605 --> 00:18:27,507
because it's from
the war in Finland.
302
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,515
And that's from a battle
on the Eastern Front.
303
00:18:35,548 --> 00:18:37,217
There were a great many battles,
304
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:40,420
and for each one,
they created a different medal.
305
00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,222
And everyone
was just throwing it away
306
00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:43,223
at the end of the war.
307
00:18:43,256 --> 00:18:45,392
Ja. Ja.
308
00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:55,902
Oh, wow, look at that.
309
00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:57,437
So, what's this one?
310
00:18:58,938 --> 00:19:00,607
An EK1, he says.
311
00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:03,276
That's an Iron Cross,
first class.
312
00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:06,713
So, these aren't
just dog tags and unit insignia
313
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people are throwing in.
314
00:19:08,415 --> 00:19:10,917
I mean, people are throwing in
the equivalent
315
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:13,653
of Silver Star,
Distinguished Service Cross.
316
00:19:13,686 --> 00:19:16,723
It must have been difficult
for somebody to let it go.
317
00:19:16,756 --> 00:19:18,825
As someone who's spent
three decades in uniform,
318
00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:21,394
I can say that
your personal identity
319
00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:24,464
is very much entwined
with who you are as a soldier.
320
00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,499
The idea that these soldiers
were stripping off
321
00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:27,934
their uniforms entirely,
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awards of valor,
campaign medals,
323
00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:32,539
and throwing them into the lake
tells me
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00:19:32,572 --> 00:19:35,508
they were literally
shedding their identities.
325
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The way that I look at it...
326
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You're standing on
the edge of the water
327
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throwing all of your insignia
and your medals into the lake.
328
00:19:43,283 --> 00:19:45,485
You're about to start
a new life on the run,
329
00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:47,420
and you're preparing to flee.
330
00:19:47,454 --> 00:19:49,222
Everyone threw everything away
331
00:19:49,256 --> 00:19:50,757
because then no one was a Nazi.
332
00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,498
Wow.
333
00:19:58,531 --> 00:19:59,942
He says there was
something more important,
334
00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:01,634
and that was survival.
335
00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:03,546
You have to remember
that you have the Americans
336
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coming from the West.
337
00:20:05,372 --> 00:20:08,275
You have the Russians coming
from the East and Southeast.
338
00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:09,842
You know,
before the Allies come,
339
00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:11,711
you're just gonna
get rid of this.
340
00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:13,613
This is a classic tactic
341
00:20:13,646 --> 00:20:16,283
that is used for fugitives
all around the globe.
342
00:20:16,316 --> 00:20:18,551
The Nazis were able to shed
their identities
343
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:21,554
and freely travel just
about anywhere in the world.
344
00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:24,257
The question now is where
were they going from here?
345
00:20:24,291 --> 00:20:25,425
Hmm.
346
00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:27,394
I find this really chilling.
347
00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:37,036
The team's local contact has
uncovered a living eyewitness
348
00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:40,039
who may have information
on Nazi war criminals' movements
349
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:42,575
through the area
at the end of the war.
350
00:20:42,609 --> 00:20:45,712
It's so rare in Austria to find
what we call Zeitzeuge,
351
00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,847
time witnesses,
who are still alive today
352
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,316
and are willing
to talk about it.
353
00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:50,983
Yeah.
354
00:20:51,017 --> 00:20:53,486
They make contact
with Johan Lidnorner,
355
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,489
one of the oldest living
residents of Altaussee.
356
00:20:56,523 --> 00:20:57,690
Herr Lidnorner.
357
00:21:00,026 --> 00:21:02,862
What's suddenly becoming
really, really clear
358
00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:07,467
is Nazis in this area
were discarding their identities
359
00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,902
and going on the run.
360
00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:14,374
What's less clear is where
they could have escaped to.
361
00:21:14,407 --> 00:21:16,809
We're really hoping he's gonna
be able to cast some light
362
00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:22,014
on those final days of the
Third Reich here in Altaussee.
363
00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:24,651
We've known lots of Nazis
were fleeing here,
364
00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:26,919
but what we're trying to to
is get a picture
365
00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:30,289
of what Altaussee's like
at the very end of the war.
366
00:21:33,693 --> 00:21:36,329
There were so many
Nazis here that the
367
00:21:36,363 --> 00:21:38,931
general population didn't really
think about it too much.
368
00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,937
Eichmann? As in Adolf Eichmann?
369
00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:47,840
He said Eichmann.
370
00:21:47,874 --> 00:21:50,009
We all know
what happened to him.
371
00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:51,978
He got away. - Yeah.
372
00:21:52,011 --> 00:21:54,747
And knowing
that he used Altaussee
373
00:21:54,781 --> 00:21:57,550
potentially as
a stepping-off point, as well,
374
00:21:57,584 --> 00:21:59,786
and got away,
that's interesting.
375
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:01,921
Eichmann is the administrator
376
00:22:01,954 --> 00:22:05,525
who organized
the rounding up of the Jews
377
00:22:05,558 --> 00:22:08,561
and sent millions of them to
their deaths in the death camps
378
00:22:08,595 --> 00:22:11,431
and then eventually made
his escape to South America.
379
00:22:11,464 --> 00:22:15,502
Now we're hearing that Eichmann
was here in Altaussee,
380
00:22:15,535 --> 00:22:17,504
so you have to ask yourself,
381
00:22:17,537 --> 00:22:19,672
"Well, if Eichmann
was in Altaussee,
382
00:22:19,706 --> 00:22:22,509
there has to be
a way out of here."
383
00:22:22,542 --> 00:22:27,680
So he fled from here to the West
with false papers and money
384
00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:31,718
that he'd been given
by Kaltenbrunner.
385
00:22:31,751 --> 00:22:33,453
What happened to Kaltenbrunner?
386
00:22:33,486 --> 00:22:36,155
Kaltenbrunner fled from here
to a hunting lodge
387
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:39,025
that was up in the pasturelands
of the Totes Gebirge...
388
00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:41,093
Of the Dead Mountains here.
Do you have a name?
389
00:22:43,162 --> 00:22:46,933
So while Kaltenbrunner was
in the Northeast,
390
00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:48,601
Eichmann fled west.
391
00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:51,070
- Yes.
- Interesting.
392
00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:53,940
Eichmann and Kaltenbrunner were
both here at the same time.
393
00:22:53,973 --> 00:22:55,708
Two people who were
directly tied
394
00:22:55,742 --> 00:22:57,944
into Adolf Hitler's
circle of trust.
395
00:22:57,977 --> 00:23:00,613
But the fact that Eichmann
escaped to the west
396
00:23:00,647 --> 00:23:03,550
while Kaltenbrunner fled in an
entirely different direction...
397
00:23:03,583 --> 00:23:04,751
That raises a question...
398
00:23:04,784 --> 00:23:06,486
What was going on here?
399
00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:17,806
One of the reasons
they went to Austria
400
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,866
was to shed their identity.
401
00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:22,502
What you're getting rid of
is the swastika,
402
00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:25,805
or any campaign medals to show
that you've been a soldier.
403
00:23:25,838 --> 00:23:28,641
While the team
continues to investigate
404
00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:31,844
Hitler's potential southern
escape route through Austria,
405
00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:34,814
Bob and Nada shift
their focus to the findings
406
00:23:34,847 --> 00:23:37,684
from the northern escape route.
407
00:23:37,717 --> 00:23:39,519
The team's found
a lot in Norway.
408
00:23:39,552 --> 00:23:40,887
It's a fortress.
409
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:45,191
The bunkers, the communications,
the defense.
410
00:23:45,224 --> 00:23:47,470
This evidence points to the fact
that this could have been
411
00:23:47,494 --> 00:23:49,896
the next stop on
the northern escape route.
412
00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,564
Not only that...
413
00:23:51,598 --> 00:23:55,067
They're protecting
a secret weapons operation.
414
00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:58,871
Hitler was obsessed
with the ultimate weapon,
415
00:23:58,905 --> 00:24:01,641
which would allow them
to conquer the world.
416
00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:05,878
We found in South America
the physical evidence
417
00:24:05,912 --> 00:24:09,982
they were making
a secret weapons program.
418
00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:14,220
This map depicts a plan
to bomb the United States,
419
00:24:14,253 --> 00:24:18,791
and more specifically
Manhattan Island.
420
00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:21,628
This is to prevent
radiation from escaping.
421
00:24:21,661 --> 00:24:23,630
That's how close they were.
422
00:24:23,663 --> 00:24:26,799
Can we find proof of
a weapons operation in Norway?
423
00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:29,869
Let's take a look.
424
00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:33,506
Here we go.
425
00:24:33,540 --> 00:24:37,877
MI6, 1944,
"Intercepted Telegram."
426
00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:42,682
"The most important
technical advance in the war
427
00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:45,752
is the research
on this new type of weapon.
428
00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:49,956
Germany has a large
hydroelectric plant for this
429
00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:53,526
in the vicinity
of Rjukan, Norway.
430
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,664
They've got a special weapons
plant here in Rjukan, Norway.
431
00:24:57,697 --> 00:25:00,667
When ISIS went into Mosul
and captured territory,
432
00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:01,810
they were using
the infrastructure
433
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:03,770
that the Iraqis had built.
434
00:25:03,803 --> 00:25:05,905
They took over their oil supply.
435
00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:07,215
Yeah, I mean,
this is what the Nazis did.
436
00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:09,709
Every country
they invaded they used
437
00:25:09,742 --> 00:25:12,211
whatever technology
was predominant.
438
00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:15,047
If the Nazis are taking over
a hydroelectric plant,
439
00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:16,683
it's for a purpose.
440
00:25:16,716 --> 00:25:17,726
They're not doing it
to make money.
441
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:19,151
They need this facility
442
00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:23,222
to create
weapons of mass destruction.
443
00:25:23,255 --> 00:25:25,792
I want to know how far
they got with this plan.
444
00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:27,960
What's going on in Rjukan
will tell us
445
00:25:27,994 --> 00:25:31,931
what their plans
were for the Fourth Reich.
446
00:25:31,964 --> 00:25:34,567
We've got to find out
what they were doing there.
447
00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:49,057
We're getting close
to where we're supposed to be.
448
00:25:49,081 --> 00:25:51,017
It's very rugged.
449
00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:53,820
Following Hitler's
potential northern escape route,
450
00:25:53,853 --> 00:25:56,956
Tim and Gerrard hit the ground
in Rjukan, Norway,
451
00:25:56,989 --> 00:26:01,594
home of the Vemork
Hydroelectric Plant.
452
00:26:01,628 --> 00:26:03,329
God it's incredibly well-built.
453
00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:04,797
- Hello.
- Hi.
454
00:26:04,831 --> 00:26:06,599
- Hi.
- Hello, there.
455
00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,901
The team makes contact
with facilities manager
456
00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:12,939
Runor Lay and Vemork historian
Frederick Seride.
457
00:26:12,972 --> 00:26:15,642
We have intelligence that
they were making components
458
00:26:15,675 --> 00:26:18,778
of a weapon of mass
destruction here at Vemork.
459
00:26:18,811 --> 00:26:20,388
We need to find out
what they were making
460
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:24,383
and what happened to it.
461
00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:26,018
Huh. It's impressive. Yeah.
462
00:26:39,966 --> 00:26:41,668
- Made fertilizer.
- Yeah.
463
00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:43,646
- So, phosphate mining here.
- That's right. Yeah.
464
00:26:43,670 --> 00:26:45,638
But you can also make
explosives from fertilizer.
465
00:26:50,242 --> 00:26:51,944
No.
466
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:57,049
Heavy water... It was made here.
467
00:26:57,083 --> 00:26:58,885
It was made here, yes.
468
00:26:58,918 --> 00:27:00,763
Heavy water's one of the most
important components
469
00:27:00,787 --> 00:27:02,054
of a nuclear bomb.
470
00:27:02,088 --> 00:27:05,157
Heavy water plus uranium
equals plutonium.
471
00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:07,359
And that's a nuclear bomb.
472
00:27:07,393 --> 00:27:09,929
Heavy water is a form
of water with added mass
473
00:27:09,962 --> 00:27:11,798
and alternate
chemical properties.
474
00:27:11,831 --> 00:27:13,933
It is created by
running large amounts
475
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,868
of electrical current
through normal water.
476
00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:20,306
In the 1940s, heavy-water
reactors fueled by uranium
477
00:27:20,339 --> 00:27:22,709
were used to create plutonium,
478
00:27:22,742 --> 00:27:26,212
the explosive component
in a nuclear bomb.
479
00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:27,947
How much did they make here?
480
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:44,764
This is scary.
481
00:27:44,797 --> 00:27:46,374
This is Adolf Hitler
developing a component
482
00:27:46,398 --> 00:27:48,467
for a nuclear weapon.
483
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,012
Adolf Hitler could have
a nuclear bomb.
484
00:27:50,036 --> 00:27:52,304
- Before you had.
- Yeah.
485
00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:56,308
And that would have changed
the world completely.
486
00:27:56,342 --> 00:27:58,945
So, this heavy water,
which is what they needed
487
00:27:58,978 --> 00:28:01,380
for their nuclear program...
- Yeah.
488
00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,694
Where were they making it,
and where were they storing it?
489
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:14,827
Does it still exist?
490
00:28:18,931 --> 00:28:23,435
Is there any access into
what that basement area was?
491
00:28:26,338 --> 00:28:28,450
We have to find if there's any
way to get into this basement.
492
00:28:28,474 --> 00:28:30,242
I completely agree with you.
493
00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:32,444
I need to find out what happened
to that heavy water.
494
00:28:32,478 --> 00:28:34,881
If they had hopes,
any aspirations,
495
00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:36,849
of having a Fourth Reich
in South America,
496
00:28:36,883 --> 00:28:38,160
they're not gonna be
leaving Europe without it.
497
00:28:38,184 --> 00:28:39,886
They're gonna bring it
with them.
498
00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:43,289
Can you get us to that area
where we could maybe
499
00:28:43,322 --> 00:28:44,390
find an access point?
500
00:28:46,826 --> 00:28:49,295
- Let's go see.
- Yeah.
501
00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:51,998
The team travels to
an overlook a half mile away
502
00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:53,766
from the hydroelectric plant
503
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,168
to gain a better
vantage point of the area
504
00:28:56,202 --> 00:28:58,404
where the heavy-water
factory once stood.
505
00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,872
Let me take a look at those.
506
00:28:59,906 --> 00:29:02,942
Yeah.
507
00:29:02,975 --> 00:29:06,078
I can see the power plant.
508
00:29:06,112 --> 00:29:09,148
So, this is our perspective
right here.
509
00:29:09,181 --> 00:29:12,251
At least we can see where
the corner of the factory was,
510
00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:13,886
and the bottom floor...
511
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,154
It's where that tree line is.
512
00:29:15,187 --> 00:29:17,423
- Yeah.
- Which means the basement
513
00:29:17,456 --> 00:29:20,092
is gonna be even below that.
514
00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:22,328
Now it's figuring out
where to go in.
515
00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:23,538
Where do you think
our best chance
516
00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:24,931
to find an entry point is?
517
00:29:32,304 --> 00:29:36,175
There is something...
518
00:29:36,208 --> 00:29:38,477
right on that cliff face.
519
00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,446
That could be our access point.
520
00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:42,849
Tim has spotted
what could be an entrance
521
00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:45,451
into the factory's
former basement.
522
00:29:45,484 --> 00:29:49,989
We know what Adolf Hitler did
with trains and gas chambers.
523
00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:52,191
Millions of lives were lost.
524
00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:54,136
The thought of him having
a weapon of mass destruction...
525
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,929
A nuclear weapon...
There's nothing scarier.
526
00:29:56,963 --> 00:29:59,431
We need to figure out exactly
how close they really got.
527
00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:01,000
So, how the hell
do you get up to it?
528
00:30:01,033 --> 00:30:02,201
We got to climb.
529
00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:12,378
The team in Rjukan found out
530
00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,280
they were manufacturing
heavy water.
531
00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:17,583
They were not using heavy
water for a power reactor.
532
00:30:17,616 --> 00:30:20,352
They were using it
to make a nuclear bomb.
533
00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:23,022
While the team in
Norway continues investigating
534
00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:25,424
Hitler's potential
northern escape route,
535
00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:28,060
Bob and Nada
turn their attention
536
00:30:28,094 --> 00:30:29,437
to the southern
escape route through
537
00:30:29,461 --> 00:30:32,131
Altaussee, Austria.
538
00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:35,234
The team has actually talked
to a resident in Altaussee
539
00:30:35,267 --> 00:30:38,304
who said that Kaltenbrunner
fled up into the Alps.
540
00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:41,908
Adolf Eichmann is
in Altaussee, too.
541
00:30:41,941 --> 00:30:46,312
Eichmann was one of the most
wanted Nazis after Hitler.
542
00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:48,614
We know he made it
to South America.
543
00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:52,218
So we now know
the southern escape route
544
00:30:52,251 --> 00:30:56,588
was absolutely
a legitimate escape route
545
00:30:56,622 --> 00:30:59,025
for high-ranking Nazis.
546
00:30:59,058 --> 00:31:01,928
We no longer have to prove
this route would have worked.
547
00:31:01,961 --> 00:31:03,930
It's not a hypothetical.
548
00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:07,166
We've got a mass murderer
who takes the route
549
00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,600
and gets to Argentina.
550
00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:10,236
Now we have to find out
551
00:31:10,269 --> 00:31:12,939
could Hitler have used
the southern route.
552
00:31:12,972 --> 00:31:15,908
So, we know Eichmannts away to.
553
00:31:15,942 --> 00:31:18,044
But what happens
to Kaltenbrunner?
554
00:31:18,077 --> 00:31:20,446
The witness in Altaussee...
555
00:31:20,479 --> 00:31:22,648
He told us about a hut
up in the mountains
556
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:24,583
where Kaltenbrunner
was hiding out.
557
00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:27,119
I want to find out
what went on at this hut.
558
00:31:29,956 --> 00:31:33,325
Here we go.
559
00:31:33,359 --> 00:31:35,194
So, this one's from U.S. Army...
560
00:31:35,227 --> 00:31:37,129
"Last days of
Ernst Kaltenbrunner."
561
00:31:37,163 --> 00:31:38,630
On 12 May 1945,
562
00:31:38,664 --> 00:31:41,667
Kaltenbrunner was arrested
at Altaussee, Austria.
563
00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:45,704
He had been hiding in a mountain
cabin called Wildensee Huette.
564
00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:48,107
So Kaltenbrunner was captured.
565
00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:49,617
Why is Eichmann getting away
from Altaussee,
566
00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,543
and Kaltenbrunner is not?
567
00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:56,215
If anybody knows his way out
of Austria, it's Kaltenbrunner.
568
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:58,951
He's got networks.
He's got people.
569
00:31:58,985 --> 00:32:00,452
He knows how to get away.
570
00:32:00,486 --> 00:32:03,489
So why'd he hang out
in this hut?
571
00:32:03,522 --> 00:32:05,591
What was so special
about this hut?
572
00:32:18,337 --> 00:32:20,973
Along Hitler's
potential southern escape route
573
00:32:21,007 --> 00:32:25,244
in Altaussee, Mike and James
secured a helicopter to travel
574
00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:29,181
the nearly 5,000 vertical feet
up to the remote Alpine hut
575
00:32:29,215 --> 00:32:31,683
where Ernst Kaltenbrunner
was captured.
576
00:32:31,717 --> 00:32:33,685
As an investigator,
it's very important
577
00:32:33,719 --> 00:32:36,555
for me to see the location
of the Wildensee Huette.
578
00:32:36,588 --> 00:32:38,224
I know that Kaltenbrunner
was there.
579
00:32:38,257 --> 00:32:40,059
I know he was captured there.
580
00:32:40,092 --> 00:32:42,294
That tells me there's
something going on here.
581
00:32:42,328 --> 00:32:45,364
I need to know why
this location is so important.
582
00:32:56,075 --> 00:32:58,277
What really strikes you
when you're in a helicopter
583
00:32:58,310 --> 00:32:59,778
is just how remote this is.
584
00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:02,381
I mean, you know, there is
nothing else around.
585
00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:06,985
All you can just see is vast
expanse of mountainous terrain.
586
00:33:44,190 --> 00:33:46,158
Let's go and have a look.
587
00:33:46,192 --> 00:33:47,535
This is exactly
what they saw back then
588
00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:49,595
when they came up here.
589
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:55,267
Once on the ground, you can see
590
00:33:55,301 --> 00:33:56,835
what a treacherous
landscape this is.
591
00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:58,670
And then you get into
the actual hut.
592
00:33:58,704 --> 00:34:01,173
It's rustic. It's roughly made.
593
00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:05,177
This is just a simple
wooden mountain shack.
594
00:34:05,211 --> 00:34:08,447
This is not a place
for long-term habitation.
595
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,082
It's got a stove.
596
00:34:10,116 --> 00:34:13,819
It's got some facilities,
but pretty basic.
597
00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:16,488
If you're trying to flee,
surely he couldn't have gone
598
00:34:16,522 --> 00:34:18,357
all this way to this hut
599
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:22,261
with no ongoing escape route
already prepared.
600
00:34:22,294 --> 00:34:26,298
What was this guy up to?
601
00:34:26,332 --> 00:34:28,334
We should see where there
is a path out of here.
602
00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:32,171
So we're looking
east-southeast this way.
603
00:34:32,204 --> 00:34:35,207
Okay, that's not a route, is it?
I mean, look at that.
604
00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:36,875
No, not a place you want to go,
605
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:39,278
either coming up or going down.
606
00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:40,679
That way is Altaussee.
607
00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:42,581
That is the route
from which he's just come.
608
00:34:42,614 --> 00:34:45,117
You know, he knows the Americans
are hot on their tails.
609
00:34:45,151 --> 00:34:47,319
He's not gonna go
back down that route.
610
00:34:47,353 --> 00:34:50,256
There's no way
you're gonna escape this way.
611
00:34:50,289 --> 00:34:51,723
This is what we're looking at.
612
00:34:51,757 --> 00:34:52,900
Here's that ridge
that we're looking at up here.
613
00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:54,660
- Yep.
- It's a monster ridge.
614
00:34:54,693 --> 00:34:56,262
And what's the other side?
615
00:34:56,295 --> 00:34:57,839
More of the same,
so it just gets higher.
616
00:34:57,863 --> 00:35:00,732
Yeah, look, we're in a nice,
little bowl here...
617
00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:03,469
Yeah.
...but we're literally
surrounded.
618
00:35:03,502 --> 00:35:07,539
Surrounded.
So you're going into
a boxed canyon.
619
00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:09,775
- This is a dead-end spot.
- Terrible.
620
00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,543
Everything about
Kaltenbrunner's capture
621
00:35:11,577 --> 00:35:14,146
just seems slightly
out-of-kilter to me.
622
00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:16,415
You look at the simplicity
of this hut,
623
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,917
you're looking at the difficulty
of the terrain around you,
624
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:21,887
and you realize that this
is clearly a dead end.
625
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:25,257
And Kaltenbrunner
must have known this.
626
00:35:25,291 --> 00:35:30,196
So you're starting to think,
"Why did he come up here?"
627
00:35:30,229 --> 00:35:34,666
What if his sole purpose
was drawing somebody up
628
00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:36,502
into the absolute
worst direction
629
00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:39,805
to flee that it's gonna take him
a long time to get up into
630
00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:41,773
and only one way back out
631
00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:45,311
to give somebody else more time
to get out of here?
632
00:35:45,344 --> 00:35:46,845
You know, if he's up here
633
00:35:46,878 --> 00:35:48,880
kind of waiting
to be the fall guy,
634
00:35:48,914 --> 00:35:51,483
that would give time
for other people
635
00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:55,387
to start moving these
networks elsewhere.
636
00:35:55,421 --> 00:35:58,590
He's gonna draw
all that attention on himself
637
00:35:58,624 --> 00:36:00,426
in this little cabin.
638
00:36:00,459 --> 00:36:03,729
Meanwhile, everyone else,
including Adolf Eichmann,
639
00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:05,931
or possibly
Adolf Hitler, himself,
640
00:36:05,964 --> 00:36:09,835
is using all these better
routes to get out of here.
641
00:36:09,868 --> 00:36:12,671
That basically, he's willing
to give himself up here
642
00:36:12,704 --> 00:36:14,440
at this cabin.
643
00:36:14,473 --> 00:36:16,742
Kaltenbrunner was fiercely
loyal to the Reich,
644
00:36:16,775 --> 00:36:18,710
fiercely loyal to the Fuhrer.
645
00:36:18,744 --> 00:36:21,213
Could it possibly have been
that Kaltenbrunner
646
00:36:21,247 --> 00:36:24,250
was being a sacrificial lamb
to draw suspicion away
647
00:36:24,283 --> 00:36:26,618
and give others time to escape
648
00:36:26,652 --> 00:36:28,887
and time to plan
the Fourth Reich?
649
00:36:40,899 --> 00:36:43,869
So, we know that there's
a subterranean area here.
650
00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:45,971
Without a doubt.
651
00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:48,015
Along Adolf Hitler's
potential northern escape route
652
00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:49,408
in Rjukan, Norway,
653
00:36:49,441 --> 00:36:51,377
Tim and Gerrard
are investigating
654
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:52,878
a hydroelectric plant
655
00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:55,381
where a declassified
MI6 telegram
656
00:36:55,414 --> 00:36:58,917
claims the Nazis were running
a secret weapons operation.
657
00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:00,786
- That's hopefully our guy.
- Okay.
658
00:37:00,819 --> 00:37:03,589
To reach a cliff-side location
of a possible entry point
659
00:37:03,622 --> 00:37:07,293
into the basement of a former
heavy-water storage facility,
660
00:37:07,326 --> 00:37:09,928
the team has called in local
climbing guide Hogan Skipper.
661
00:37:09,961 --> 00:37:11,463
- Hogan.
- Hello.
662
00:37:11,497 --> 00:37:13,299
Tim. Pleasure to meet you.
663
00:37:13,332 --> 00:37:15,467
The Nazis were making
heavy water in the basement
664
00:37:15,501 --> 00:37:19,338
of a facility that was
destroyed on this property.
665
00:37:19,371 --> 00:37:21,273
No one knows what happened
to the heavy water
666
00:37:21,307 --> 00:37:22,974
that was in that facility.
667
00:37:23,008 --> 00:37:25,644
We have to see
if there's any still here,
668
00:37:25,677 --> 00:37:27,679
or if this heavy water
could have moved
669
00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:29,848
out of Norway to South America.
670
00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:31,883
When we were scouting
and reconning from over there
671
00:37:31,917 --> 00:37:35,754
with binoculars, we could see
that retaining wall,
672
00:37:35,787 --> 00:37:39,458
or what could potentially
have been an entrance.
673
00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:42,828
I want you to get on a radio
with my binoculars,
674
00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:45,731
get on that side,
and you're gonna be my eyes.
675
00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:47,799
You're gonna walk me
into that door.
676
00:37:47,833 --> 00:37:50,502
Okay.
677
00:37:50,536 --> 00:37:53,772
Good luck.
678
00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:56,675
Safety lines first.
679
00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,577
Tim will be
the first person to try
680
00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:03,349
and access the basement since
it was destroyed in 1945.
681
00:38:03,382 --> 00:38:05,617
Gerrard travels to
the other side of the ravine
682
00:38:05,651 --> 00:38:08,787
to guide him
toward their target.
683
00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:11,390
All right,
lock that in right there.
684
00:38:11,423 --> 00:38:13,659
- Locked.
- Okay.
685
00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:19,465
Gerrard, this is Tim. Over.
686
00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:27,373
Understood.
687
00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:41,119
Tim, I can see the crack
we were talking about earlier.
688
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,689
You seem to be
just on the tree line.
689
00:38:43,722 --> 00:38:46,558
You need to come
maybe 30 feet to your right.
690
00:39:00,806 --> 00:39:02,941
Stop right there, Tim.
691
00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:14,753
Underneath the wall,
it's just rock.
692
00:39:17,122 --> 00:39:20,826
There's two more overhangs,
but there's nothing below it.
693
00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:22,528
This is not a way in.
694
00:39:22,561 --> 00:39:24,996
We're gonna have to scout
this entire mountainside
695
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:27,032
to see if there is
another access point.
696
00:39:30,436 --> 00:39:32,504
In order to find
an alternate entry point
697
00:39:32,538 --> 00:39:35,441
into the basement of
the former heavy-water factory,
698
00:39:35,474 --> 00:39:37,743
Tim scours the square mile
of forest
699
00:39:37,776 --> 00:39:39,778
where the facility once stood.
700
00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:41,980
Rather steep here.
701
00:39:42,013 --> 00:39:44,916
This is the area.
702
00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:46,452
There's something over there.
703
00:39:46,485 --> 00:39:48,554
There's some cement.
704
00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:52,524
All right, here.
705
00:39:57,028 --> 00:40:00,732
This is a space.
This is a hole right here.
706
00:40:00,766 --> 00:40:06,838
It's only a couple inches,
but it goes straight back.
707
00:40:06,872 --> 00:40:08,707
200 feet from the main building,
708
00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:11,943
Tim has located what appears
to be a small hole
709
00:40:11,977 --> 00:40:16,014
leading into the basement of
the former heavy-water factory.
710
00:40:16,047 --> 00:40:17,783
This has potential.
711
00:40:17,816 --> 00:40:20,118
Right now this hole
in the ground is our best chance
712
00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:23,021
at finding out what potentially
happened with this heavy water.
713
00:40:23,054 --> 00:40:26,825
I could be just feet away
from real, actual,
714
00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:31,497
physical evidence that the Nazis
were developing a nuclear bomb.
715
00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:32,974
We should be able to lift
some of this off
716
00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:35,901
and then cut one
or two of these bars,
717
00:40:35,934 --> 00:40:37,812
which might give us a big
enough hole to get in there.
718
00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:39,046
- Let's try it out.
- All right.
719
00:40:46,812 --> 00:40:48,780
Almost there.
720
00:40:51,517 --> 00:40:54,252
- That's a cave.
- It is.
721
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,755
I think I can fit in there.
722
00:40:56,788 --> 00:40:58,924
Gerrard, this is Tim. Over.
723
00:40:58,957 --> 00:41:00,759
Yes, Tim.
724
00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:04,095
Hey, we made about a ·foot hole
725
00:41:04,129 --> 00:41:06,698
probably big enough
for me to slip down.
726
00:41:06,732 --> 00:41:09,535
I'm gonna go in
727
00:41:09,568 --> 00:41:13,004
to see what exactly's
around this corner.
728
00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:15,907
Roger that.
729
00:41:24,550 --> 00:41:26,785
Tim?
730
00:41:31,056 --> 00:41:34,793
Tim?
731
00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:37,028
Yeah, I'm in. Hogan?
732
00:41:37,062 --> 00:41:38,664
Yep?
733
00:41:38,697 --> 00:41:42,534
Everything is just rubble.
734
00:41:42,568 --> 00:41:45,270
It's all rebar and cement.
735
00:41:45,303 --> 00:41:47,773
Okay. No way of going further?
736
00:41:47,806 --> 00:41:49,274
No, there's not...
737
00:41:49,307 --> 00:41:53,812
There's no way we're gonna
get one foot deeper.
738
00:41:53,845 --> 00:41:55,781
I can see deeper
through this rubble.
739
00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:03,321
I see a room back there.
There's nothing in there.
740
00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:07,058
It's empty.
741
00:42:07,092 --> 00:42:10,762
Those barrels of
heavy water are gone.
742
00:42:10,796 --> 00:42:13,164
We have to know where it went
743
00:42:13,198 --> 00:42:15,867
and what they were
gonna do with it.
744
00:42:15,901 --> 00:42:17,202
This was their chance
745
00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:20,005
of making the Fourth Reich
a reality.
746
00:42:25,811 --> 00:42:28,614
What was going on in this place?
747
00:42:28,647 --> 00:42:33,318
At the end of the war, the Nazis
counterfeited British money.
748
00:42:33,351 --> 00:42:36,354
Counterfeit money?
749
00:42:36,387 --> 00:42:37,956
That's incredible.
750
00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:39,991
If you want a system
that can help Nazis
751
00:42:40,025 --> 00:42:41,993
get out of here
and away to freedom,
752
00:42:42,027 --> 00:42:44,696
this is about as good
as it gets.
753
00:42:44,730 --> 00:42:48,033
If we're gonna find
any evidence of heavy water,
754
00:42:48,066 --> 00:42:51,637
one of the necessary components
to making a nuclear weapon,
755
00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:53,271
where should I look?
756
00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:56,675
The best place to look
is in this area under water.
757
00:43:02,814 --> 00:43:05,984
This is unbelievable!
758
00:43:06,017 --> 00:43:09,187
We have a U-boat!
759
00:43:09,211 --> 00:43:11,211
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