Throughout World War 2 there have been some strange and bone chilling mysteries and I’m here to tell you three mysteries of World War 2. Starting off at number 3 is the Battle of Los Angeles. It was in the early morning hours of February 25, 1942 just three months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The U.S. had just entered World War II and the military was on high alert when it responded to what was believed to be another unprovoked attack above the skies of California. Witnesses reported a large, round object, glowing pale orange, in the skies above Culver City and Santa Monica, cruising along the Pacific coast.
Number 2 is the Nazi ghost train. In the final days of World War II, in April 1945, with Soviet forces fast approaching, Nazi soldiers loaded valuables onto an armored train in Breslau (now Wroclaw), Poland. The train departed and headed west toward Waldenburg (now Walbrzych). It’s about a 40-mile trip and, somewhere along the way, the train, with all its valuable cargo, vanished in the Owl Mountains. Reportedly, the train was filled with Nazi treasure, including gold and precious metals looted from Jewish families. Over the years, many have tried to find the legendary ghost train, but none have. Historians claim that there is no definitive proof that the train actually ever existed. While it is true that, during the war, Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler ordered the creation of a network of underground tunnels in the Owl Mountains, as part of Der Riese, a Nazi secret facility, there is no concrete indication that a train was ever hidden inside.
And finally for Number 1, we have the Pearl Harbor ghost plane. One of the most intriguing ghost plane reports of World War II, this story involves the P-40 fighter that got shot up and crashed near Pearl Harbor. Doesn’t sound too mysterious, right? Only this plane was witnessed a year after the Japanese attack and, when investigated, no pilot’s body was found in the cockpit. There you have it. Three strange mysteries about WW2.