▲ Nazi German motorcycle
As droughts dry up the Danube River, remnants of the Nazi German military from World War II are successively being exposed.
According to the German War Graves Commission on August 6 (local time), the remains of two Wehrmacht soldiers, a military motorcycle, and plate-shaped anti-tank mines were discovered on August 2 along the banks of the Danube River in downtown Budapest, Hungary.
The site where the remains were found is the quay in front of Batthyány Square, across the river from the Hungarian Parliament Building.
The commission stated that the soldiers' dog tags remained intact for over 80 years thanks to diesel fuel mixed into the riverbed soil, and the remains were recovered over the course of two days.
Wehrmacht refers to the regular armed forces operated by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945, distinguishing them from the post-war German Bundeswehr.
In Prahovo, eastern Serbia, multiple sunken Nazi warships have also appeared.
This location is a natural bottleneck along the Danube River where Serbia and Romania currently share a border, characterized by a narrow width and rugged terrain.
The Wehrmacht used the Danube River as a supply transport route when invading the Balkans.
However, as they retreated in September 1944 while pursued by the Soviet army, they intentionally scuttled some 200 warships in the Danube River off Prahovo to block pursuit.
The Nazi warships sunken in the riverbed have previously exposed their wrecks during droughts, acting as a gauge for the Danube River's water levels.
Still presumed to be loaded with explosives, these warships have been cited as a hazard to navigation for vessels in the region.
Serbian authorities salvaged and removed seven sunken Nazi warships from earlier this year through April.
(Photo: German War Graves Commission website, Yonhap News)
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