Wehrmacht Destruction at Lake Nemi
Wehrmacht Destruction at Lake Nemi
At Lake Nemi, about twenty miles from Rome, on May 31,1944, as the German army was retreating from Italy, two ancient ships originally constructed during the reign of the Emperor Caligula were destroyed by fire. These vessels had been salvaged from the lake bottom during the Mussolini regime. Various accounts of the fire blame the Wehrmacht for this destruction. What caused the fire? Did a battle occur in the area? Was the destruction wanton?
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