The success of the German submarines during World War One had been startling and at the end of the war, those U-boats that had survived were surrendered to the Allies. Britain, America, Japan etc all took their share of the U-boats and used them as templates for their own versions.rom 1918 on, Germany was technically not allowed to have submarines or submarine crews. However, no mechanisms were in place to stop research into submarines in Germany and it became clear that during the 1930âs, Germany had been investing time and men into submarines.
Scarred trees are found wherever there are mature native trees, especially box and red gum. They often occur along major rivers, around lakes and on flood plains, but also at significant (sacred) sites. The scarred tree in the image above stands near the Parramatta River.
Claim: Illegal loggers in the Amazon rainforest accidentally cut down the world's oldest tree. Example: [Collected via e-mail, December 2014] I just read an article that illegal loggers just cut down the world's oldest tree located in the rain forest on the Brazil border. Origins: On 6 December 2014, World News Daily Report published an article titled Loggers Accidentally Cut Down World's Oldest Tree in Amazon Forest.. In that article, the site claimed illegal loggers had mistakenly destroyed the oldest living tree on Earth: