A group of journalists claims that Adolf Hitler did not die in his bunker in 1945, but instead escaped to Argentina with the help of Martin Bormann, the head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. According to their investigation, Hitler and his wife Eva Braun were replaced by doubles, who were killed and buried in their place. The real Hitler and Braun escaped through a secret passage and made their way to a submarine, which took them to Argentina. They lived in hiding for several years, during which time Eva Braun gave birth to two children. The family eventually separated, with Eva Braun leaving Hitler in 1954. Hitler died in 1962 at the age of 72, while Bormann and his accomplice Heinrich Müller disappeared and their fate is unknown. The investigation also suggests that Eva Braun and her children may still be alive, although their whereabouts are unknown.
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1. Adolf Hitler was reported to have shot himself in his bunker on April 30, 1945.
2. His wife, Eva Braun, took potassium cyanide on the same day.
3. Foreign journalists discovered that Hitler was still alive on April 28, 1945.
4. Joseph Stalin, the leader of the USSR, did not believe Hitler was dead despite having his remains.
5. Stalin was skeptical about Hitler's death due to his psycho profile, which indicated that Hitler was not suicidal.
6. Martin Bormann, the head of the party chancellery and Hitler's personal secretary, began planning an operation to escape Germany in 1943.
7. Operation Flight of the Eagle was planned to withdraw looted gold, precious stones, and other valuables to quiet harbors.
8. Bormann's second operation, code-named Tierra del Fuego, was intended to provide a safe refuge for Hitler and his inner circle.
9. English historians Simon Dunston and Eagert Williams conducted an independent investigation into Hitler's escape.
10. They discovered that Hitler was able to hide in Argentina with the help of Martin Bormann.
11. Bormann organized the escape of Hitler and Eva Braun from Berlin on April 28, 1945.
12. They were flown to a temporary runway on the Hohenzollern Dam, where a Ju-52 plane was waiting to take them to the Danish town of Tonder.
13. From there, they were flown to the Spanish Air Force base in the town of Rios, where they boarded a Spanish plane that took them to the top-secret Nazi facility of Xhosa Vinter.
14. Xhosa Vinter was located on an uninhabited island in the Canary archipelago.
15. Hitler and his inner circle were then moved onto a submarine, U-518, which took them on an 8,500-kilometer journey to Latin America.
16. The submarine reached Argentina on the night of July 28, 1945.
17. Hitler and Eva Braun spent the night at Villa Miramar and then flew to the San Ramon ranch on an Argentine Air Force biplane.
18. They lived at the ranch for 8 months before moving to the inalco mansion, a secluded mansion located at the foot of the Andes.
19. Hitler lived in solitude at the inalco mansion until 1955, when he was moved to a small place in a remote corner.
20. Hitler had a stroke on February 12, 1962, and died on February 13, 1962, at the age of 72.
21. Bormann and Müller were still alive in Argentina in 1980, but their exact dates of death are unknown.
22. The fate of Eva Braun and her daughters is also unknown.