After 80 years of searching authorities have finally recovered the wreckage of SS Montevideo Maru shipwreck in the South China Sea. Allies sank the ship in 1942 during World War II, drowning more than 800 Australian prisoners of war and civilians. 7NEWS at 6pm. More local news: 7news.com.au/news/sydney #SSMontevideoMaru #MontevideoMaru #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1940, HMS Liverpool stops Asama Maru, a Japanese liner, off Honshu (35 miles from Japan) and takes off 21 German passengers (of 51 total Germans on board). The Germans are sailor survivors of the German liner Columbus that was scuttled off the US east coast on 19 December 1939). They are returning to Germany by a circuitous route and had left San Francisco on the 6th of January. Once in Japan, the would have then travelled to Russia and back to Germany. The men are consider