Antarctic Nazi base, ( NeuSchwabanland), page 1

Originally posted by SabbyJ

Originally posted by intelgurl
That said, It is true that Admiral Robert Byrd led an expeditionary/invasion force into Antartica in 1947 and the force sustained losses; Whether those losses were due to adverse weather conditions or hostilities the fact remains that a combat ready force was indeed taken down there.

Admiral Byrd is also credited with stating that it was "necessary for the US to take defensive actions against enemy air fighters which come from the polar regions" and that the US could be "attacked by fighters able to fly from one pole to another with incredible speed."

That is totally false. The expeditionary force returned in the shame shape as it had originally left the US with NO casualties. There was NO attack or combat of ANY sort. Admiral Byrd may well have been 'credited' as saying there was, but he was credited falsely. Now you have to ask yourself why this was and who it suits. Answer: only those purveyors of this Nazi/UFO Antarctic base nonsense.

This is just another case of people taking Internet rumour as fact without even bothering to check anything out for themselves.

Begin your education yourself with THIS link.

www.south-pole.com...

Accordingly to the link which you provided, there were in fact four deaths and some injuries, mainly from the crash of a PBM. A helicopter was also lost, both in accidents. There were apparently no combat aircraft aboard the carrier USS Philippine Sea, only six modified R4D transport aircraft (DC-3 variants) plus the helicopter. There would have been no room on deck for fighter aircraft, presumably, and the crew was also inexperienced and the ship brand new - hardly something you'd send into a combat zone.

So, what you said about there being no casualties was false. Kindly bear it in mind when you contradict somebdoy in future.

Douglas R4D

Still, from the website you provided, a few interesting tidbits emerge:

After the outbreak of the war, a few German trading vessels, essentially pirate ships, cruised Antarctic waters in search of potential victims. In January 1941, German Commander Ernst-Felix Kr�der, aboard the PINGUIN, captured a Norwegian whaling fleet (factory ships OLE WEGGER and PELAGOS, supply ship SOLGLIMT and eleven whale-catchers) in about 59�S, 02�30'W. The PINGUIN was finally sunk off the Persian Gulf by HMS CORNWALL on May 8, 1941, after she had captured 136,550 tons of British and allied shipping.

However, the basic objectives were not diplomatic, scientific or economic -- they were military. OPERATION HIGHJUMP was, and to this day still is, the largest Antarctic expedition ever organized.

Thanks for the link, anyway, very good and informative site!