German WWI Weapons Found at Dead Sea

(Israel Daily Picture) Lenny Ben-David - Last month Israeli newspapers reported on the discovery of a huge cache of guns, bullets, artillery shells and mines in the Dead Sea. It was believed the weapons belonged to the German army during World War I. The salt water preserved the weapons which were exposed as the Dead Sea waters receded. Photographs in the Library of Congress show that the Turkish-German army was well dug-in along the shores of the Dead Sea.


2012-07-06 00:00:00

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