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Originally Posted by aka123
Yes, allies had troubles with all the prisoners, but it wasn't chaos; especially regarding this submarine issue. There weren't that much "misplaced persons" at the sea, and especially with submarines. And even in the land there were rear echelon troops after rear echelon troops.
Of course they could have dressed Hitler as some grandma and taken quite easily to the coast, if Hitler would have just wanted that. Getting some submarine and traveling to Argentina is a tad harder to accomplish.
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It was pure chaos all around. You had multiple US armies rushing in, millions of people displayed, and little to no infrastructure. You couldn't check IDs; Most people were homeless and didn't have them. And it's not like the Nazis couldn't forge an ID by it's own government. Give Hitler some extra padding, shave off his mustache, give him a haircut and a pair of glasses, and no one would know who he was. Some nine thousand Nazis escaped to South America - It wasn't very difficult and much easier if you had money.
As for submarines, you make it sound like it's easy to find a submarine at sea and easy to destroy. Nothing could be further from the truth. They sneak in at night, pick him, and stay under water until nightfall. I can think of two Uboats that surrendered in South America after the way - U-530 and U-977.
While I believe Hitler committed suicide at the bunker, anything was possible and it's obvious it could have happened because thousands pulled it off.