The German weather station in Labrador, Canada 1943

Thus the station was a secret known only by a handful German seamen and scientists. The story became known in the late 1970s, when an engineer named Franz Selinger after his retirement from Siemens decided to write a history of the German weather service. Among Dr. Sommermeyer's papers he found photographs of one weather station and a U-boat that did not fit in with the eastern Arctic installations he had previously been able to identify (Greenland and Svalbard). He identified the Labrador coast, but neither Canadian nor American authorities could provide evidence. Via Jürgen Rohwer and the son of Dr. Sommermeyer he then identified the U-537 and located the logbook at the archives in Freiburg.

In 1980 he wrote to the official historian of the Canadian armed forces, W.A.B. Douglas. Douglas and the Canadian Coast Guards were able to go and look and actually found the remains of the weather station. Some parts were missing, but the canisters, tripod and mast, and some dry-cell batteries was left to identify.

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Kristina

Sounds about right Kristina. So long ago I can barely remember myself!

Your turn

Originally Posted by perseus

Sounds about right Kristina. So long ago I can barely remember myself!

Your turn

Haha I ha even forgotten there was a question in play, good question though.

When and where did the last German unit surrender in 1945…?

This one is very easy... Arguably, the last unit to surrender is a forgotten 11-man unit that was stationed in the Arctic. It was a small outpost, and the 11 men were part of the top secret Operation Haudegen. They were fending off polar bears and was eating canned rations.... They surrendered to a bemused Norweigen captain in September 4, 1945. Is this right?

Now if they radioed the information back then these messages would have been picked up by the allies. Now they may have missed to odd message but every day for years. A part of the fight against the U Boats was to pick up the radio transmissions and the fix their positions. So they must have laid a telephone line from Canada to Berlin. Did I mention that I have fairies at the bottom of my garden

Hmm you should do something about the fairies because if they are as real as Operation Haudegen then you will make a fortune.

The account of the Haudegen base isn't quite right. contact wasn't lost at the end of the war. The weather station and communcations base at Tromsø kept in touch with them. The reason they weren't picked up until September was simply because there were other priorities and it wasn't until then that a ship could go and pick them up.

Originally Posted by Korean Seaboy

This one is very easy... Arguably, the last unit to surrender is a forgotten 11-man unit that was stationed in the Arctic. It was a small outpost, and the 11 men were part of the top secret Operation Haudegen. They were fending off polar bears and was eating canned rations.... They surrendered to a bemused Norweigen captain in September 4, 1945. Is this right?

Sorry it took some time to answer but my internet connection has been down for two days

Korean Seaboy you are spot on

Your turn!

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Kristina

HHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMM.......... I'm thinking.......
Well, who was the center of the plot to kill Hitler besides the famous Bomb Plot? It's a different plot and was formed during the Phony War.
(Hint: This person began carrying pistols to meeting with Hitler, but couldn't bring himself to shoot an unarmed man. This plot was never put into place)

Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager..?