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Drought exposes WWII battleships in Danube

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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29. The worst drought in Europe in decades has not only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten. The hulks of dozens of German battleships have emerged from the mighty Danube River as its water levels dropped.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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European Investment Bank head for Western Balkans Alessandro Bragonzi, left, and Serbian minister of transport Tomislav Momirovic talk to media in front of the wreckage of a WWII German warship in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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A boat on the Danube river passes by the wreckage of a WWII German warships near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.
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The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in front of Djerdap II, a large dam on the Danube River, between Romania and Serbia, near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29.

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