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KulFlux3 t1_ixnfnoa wrote

Reply to comment by Octavian1453 in Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo. by ArtOak

The Nazis dumped lots of ammunition in various different lakes and harbours near the big cities after WW2. There was also an ammunitions factory near this lake which used to dump various ammunitions and other waste in the lake if i recall correctly from the Norwegian article on this.

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MBH1800 t1_ixs99yo wrote

>The Nazis dumped lots of ammunition in various different lakes and harbours near the big cities after WW2.

Just a nitpick, but the Nazis left the ammunition/munitions, locals had to clean it up. And at the time, the general consensus about any kind of trash is that "if it won't burn, it'll sink".

If we knew the amount of 1960s washing machines on the bottom of Norwegian fjords, we'd be surprised.

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