You Wouldn't Believe What Scientists Found Frozen in Glaciers and Lakes

WWII Battle Frozen in the Alps

During WWII, French and German soldiers took arms against one another in the Swiss Alps. Both sides believed that they had the upper hand in the cold, but it turns out, neither armies were prepared for the devastation that the cold would bring. Only one battle commenced before both sides retreated, body parts and dead soldiers were found recently, frozen into the top of some of the tallest peaks of the Alps. 

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