Plundered WW2 Shipwrecks: Inside The World's Biggest Grave Robbery
Published 2024-05-11
One of the most perplexing and wide-ranging marine mysteries of our time unfolds through the visceral first-hand accounts of reporters, scuba divers, marine archaeologists and scrap ironworkers. They recount the efforts to understand what happened and why, while searching for justice. The heinous crimes against history are dissected by an Indonesian investigative journalist, who recalls and uncovers an unlikely chain of circumstances that helped set the stage for these atrocities.
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All Comments (21)
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"Revered" historical sites are only revered by the cultures who are powerful enough to protect the areas around them. Eventually all of the so-called "revered" sites fall to time and newly grown cultures.
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This is disgusting. Salvaging any ww2 wrecks is unthinkable. The family members of sailors, pilots, etc that went down during that time would be disgusted. They are war graves not man made reefs, test boats for weapons, none of that. Its basically the same concept if a group of people went into a cemetery and just started digging. Its grave robery simple as that
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I remember watching an episode of “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau” in which the Calypso crew went diving on WW2 shipwrecks in Truk Lagoon. It was fascinating and eerie (and thanks for the reminder, now I’m going to see if it’s available online somewhere) Edit: I did find that episode here on YouTube (and as an added bonus, it’s narrated by Rod Serling)
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I'm not surprised.anything that isn't under lock and key or guarded will eventually be taken by somebody.
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It's Monday May 27th, happy Memorial day from Boston Mass. Boston born 1960 I owe my freedoms to these men lost, I'm eternally grateful for them, it's sad but I know they'd want us to celebrate our freedoms. God bless all who served and all who serve today.🇺🇸🇬🇧
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He is the one that shredding up the UN charter
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So F'd up! I also suspect there's some corruption going on here too...
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pre nuclear metal value has been known for years now...this should not be any surprise
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....Seems like an awful lot of work just for some scrap metal....
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It's the damn Chinese!
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Groovy video, sad story.
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5:23. The smell of charred flesh from cutting metal submerged in the sea for 80 years? BS.
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Animal bones/remains? I call bullsh*t. Truth be told, I'd venture to guess they never even went to that cemetery.
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You have to wait 1000 years, then it's not grave robbing, it's Archeology.
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Its sad
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It's the ccp
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Sharp!
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Those poor despicable soul's who read this and thought they got away with these robberies!! You'll have a righteous comeuppance waiting for you !! When your denied entrance though Them beautiful & righteous Peary Gates!!! 💐🙏🏼💐
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What are we gonna do when we run out of non radioactive steel from these ships? Since they use it to make sensitive equipment like Geiger counters.
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I grew up in boston mass so Ashamed of the state now
