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The protagonist of the Rommel story is clams by Peter Fleigh aka Walter Kirner. We have question his motives? He told three different story versions to french, Italian and then the English.
Even confuse the issue even more we have would be book authors making all sort of claims.
In 2004 a book was published by Peter Haining called MYSTERY OF ROMMELS GOLD
The whereabouts of a stolen hoard of treasure knowns as "Rommel's Gold" is one of the most elusive and enduring mysteries of World War II. The fabulous cashe, mainly comprising gold ingots and believed to be worth millions of pounds, was first heard of in 1941 following the German Blitzkrieg of Yugoslavia.
Rumours have abounded regarding what actually happened to the missing gold, and where it might be. These include claims that it was seized by a renegade Panzer unit and hidden in the North African desert for reclamation after the war; that it was despatched to Germany as a gift for Hitler but never reached its destination; or that it was taken by Italian prisoners who set sail for Corsica, where their boat mysteriously sank just offshore.
"The Mystery of Rommel's Gold" examines all the various theories, tracking down the route taken by the missing treasure and reviewing the searches that have taken place since the mid-20th century.
The late Peter Hanning a good friend Ian Flemming Famous for his game bond stories. Wrote novel blending fact with fiction to the point you are not sure if the story they are telling in real or not?
Courtisey of James bond archives.
The story goes, that this a hoard of gold en route from North Africa to Berlin in 1942 on a ship, sunk off the coast of Corsica. German looting was rife and Fleming was well placed working in intelligence, to learn such cases, especially with the set up his 30AU commandos unit, charged with recovering German equipment and secret intelligence.
After a raid on the Tambach Castle in Bavaria by three of his 30AU commandos, they miraculously came across the complete German Naval Archives dating back to 1870 that was in the process of being burned by the Germans. There was so much of it, that Fleming had to charter a fishing boat to get it all back to London. This was where he discovered about Rommel’s gold.
Fleming tried in vain to persuade the Sunday Times to fund an expedition to hunt for Rommel’s treasure as it was deemed too expensive, but he did not give up, and found a way to use briefly this story in his own novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. In the novel, Bond meets the Corsican ‘Capu’ of the Union Corse Marc-Ange Draco and they discuss the Corse’s bloody history. In particular, Bond references two unlucky souls that were poking around the “mysterious business of Rommel’s treasure” off the Corsican coast. One was a Czech diver called Fleigh and the other a French diver called Andre Mattei found “riddled with bullets.”
The discussion between Fleming and Haining at Mitre Court was to change Haining’s life. Over 40 years later, he published a book called ‘The Mystery of Rommel’s Gold: The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure’ and would dedicate it to Fleming:
Here is problem when fictional novel writer take over and try to write a non fiction book they add things promoted as fact that are speculation.
Crow
Even confuse the issue even more we have would be book authors making all sort of claims.
In 2004 a book was published by Peter Haining called MYSTERY OF ROMMELS GOLD
The whereabouts of a stolen hoard of treasure knowns as "Rommel's Gold" is one of the most elusive and enduring mysteries of World War II. The fabulous cashe, mainly comprising gold ingots and believed to be worth millions of pounds, was first heard of in 1941 following the German Blitzkrieg of Yugoslavia.
Rumours have abounded regarding what actually happened to the missing gold, and where it might be. These include claims that it was seized by a renegade Panzer unit and hidden in the North African desert for reclamation after the war; that it was despatched to Germany as a gift for Hitler but never reached its destination; or that it was taken by Italian prisoners who set sail for Corsica, where their boat mysteriously sank just offshore.
"The Mystery of Rommel's Gold" examines all the various theories, tracking down the route taken by the missing treasure and reviewing the searches that have taken place since the mid-20th century.
The late Peter Hanning a good friend Ian Flemming Famous for his game bond stories. Wrote novel blending fact with fiction to the point you are not sure if the story they are telling in real or not?
Courtisey of James bond archives.
The story goes, that this a hoard of gold en route from North Africa to Berlin in 1942 on a ship, sunk off the coast of Corsica. German looting was rife and Fleming was well placed working in intelligence, to learn such cases, especially with the set up his 30AU commandos unit, charged with recovering German equipment and secret intelligence.
After a raid on the Tambach Castle in Bavaria by three of his 30AU commandos, they miraculously came across the complete German Naval Archives dating back to 1870 that was in the process of being burned by the Germans. There was so much of it, that Fleming had to charter a fishing boat to get it all back to London. This was where he discovered about Rommel’s gold.
Fleming tried in vain to persuade the Sunday Times to fund an expedition to hunt for Rommel’s treasure as it was deemed too expensive, but he did not give up, and found a way to use briefly this story in his own novel On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. In the novel, Bond meets the Corsican ‘Capu’ of the Union Corse Marc-Ange Draco and they discuss the Corse’s bloody history. In particular, Bond references two unlucky souls that were poking around the “mysterious business of Rommel’s treasure” off the Corsican coast. One was a Czech diver called Fleigh and the other a French diver called Andre Mattei found “riddled with bullets.”
The discussion between Fleming and Haining at Mitre Court was to change Haining’s life. Over 40 years later, he published a book called ‘The Mystery of Rommel’s Gold: The Search for the Legendary Nazi Treasure’ and would dedicate it to Fleming:
Here is problem when fictional novel writer take over and try to write a non fiction book they add things promoted as fact that are speculation.
Crow
