Hitlers geheimes Gefängnisschiff – das fast dreihundert Gefangene durch zwei Ozeane verschleppte!

Hitler's most mysterious supply ship – the one that fooled the entire Royal Navy! In the early months of World War II, an unassuming tanker named Altmark supplied the feared pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the middle of the ocean, transforming itself into a floating prison for nearly three hundred captured sailors. This video tells the true story of a months-long escape across two oceans, the dramatic capture in the icy Jøssingfjord by the British destroyer HMS Cossack, and the incredible fate that led the tanker, under a new name, to a Japanese port, where it met its end in a massive fireball. A gripping journey through one of the most extraordinary episodes of the entire naval war. Music used: Eyes of Glory by Aakash Gandhi and Duty Calls by Rod Kim. The historical photos are from archive.org and are in the public domain.