10 Strangest World War II Unsolved Mysteries

8. Adolf Hitler's 'Führer Globe'

"The Führer Globe" or "The Columbus Globe for State and Industry Leaders" was a globe specifically designed for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler - although his most-prized one has never been discovered. Made famous by Charlie Chaplin throwing about an inflatable replica in "The Great Dictator", Hitler commissioned at least two expensive globes with wooden bases to be made by the Columbus factory - but the one he kept in the New Reich Chancellery was never found by the Allies.

Replicas and other Nazi globes exist - including some with Germany bullet-holed, almost certainly by Soviet or American soldiers - but the iconic "Hitler Globe" has an unknown whereabouts. Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs Lavrentiy Beria was the first to inspect the Reich Chancellery once the Red Army had captured Berlin, and it is possible that he took the globe to the KGB headquarters at Lubyanka. It could still remain there, but the KGB (and now the FSB) refuse to confirm or deny this.

Interestingly, a globe was discovered by an American soldier among the ruins of Hitler's Eagle's Nest complex near the Bavarian Alps, although it is believed to be too small to have been "The Führer Globe". This globe was sold for £68,000 ($100,000) in 2007 - but exactly what happened to the "Hitler Globe" will almost certainly never be known.