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For years there were plans to take the ships out of the muddy waters, but the operation was considered too risky because of the explosives they carried and there were no funds to do it until recently. But most of them remained, hampering shipping, especially in summer when water levels are low. Some of the wrecks were removed from the river by the Communist Yugoslav authorities right after the war. The wrecks appearing from the depths are an impressive sight, but they have caused decades of trouble for those using the river, and now the Serbian government, with European Union support, is planning to do something about them.ĭanube, Rhine, Yangtze, and Colorado rivers /5EowyWGwPw

Authorities in Serbia have used dredging to keep vessels moving. The dropping water levels created dangerous conditions for shipping on many rivers on the continent, including the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river that flows through 10 nations. The unusually hot weather across Europe this summer was linked by scientists to global warming and other factors. But it didn’t help as Nazi Germany surrendered months later, in May 1945. The idea behind the deliberate sinking was to at least slow down the Soviet advance in the Balkans. Historians say up to 200 German warships were scuttled in September 1944 near Prahovo in the Danube gorge known as The Iron Gate on the orders of the fleet’s commander as they came under heavy fire from the Soviets. Europe water levels are so low that sunk nazi warships are popping up in the danube /Dmtn9KtGvz

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