Wild stories these are. A variation is that the critical cargo was not the uranium - though that was a nice catch. It was the trigger technology - the German scientist on board was an expert in infrared, who had solved the complex problem of detonating an atomic bomb - not yet completed by the allies, until after this capture.

Even better is that Bormann, Hitler's secretary, arranged for the cargo and sailing of the boat, in exchange for his escape. But is fairly well established that bones found in 1972 in Berlin, right where he was supposedly seen dead in a ditch shortly after escaping the Bunker, were his. Supposedly part of the deal was that Muller, Gesatapo chief who disappeared without a trace, also recieved freedom as part of the same deal. And that he and Bormann were on that last plane flown out of Berlin by the German woman pilot! There is a book about this!

Another new book examines WWII's biggest mystery. It is called "Hitler's Biggest Traitor". This would be "Wurther", the best of several sources for the Swiss based "Lucy" Soviet spy ring. The CIA and many others have long put out guesses on who Wurther was. He undoubtedtedly played a critical role, as he fed Stalin near perfect, hours old, information from Hitler's daily planning sessions. No mere intercepts, this information recorded actual dialogue and info never transmitted - thus, better than even Ultra. This info flowed until Sept. 1944, long after the failed July bomb plot that led to the execution of most conspirators. This book claims Wurther had to be...Bormann! The whole "Lucy" spy ring is nuts, much of it indisputable. Without Lucy, Hitler, who screwed maybe his best chance to win the war when he failed to push and capture Moscow in the fall of 1941, would have captured Stalingrad and the Caccaus (I can't spell) in '42, and certainly prolonged the war, if not won it.