Danube river's low water levels reveal remains of WWII German soldiers in Hungary - BBC News

A remarkably well-preserved motorcycle and identification tags were found alongside the bodies.

Image source, German War Graves CommissionImage caption, A German army Wehrmacht motorcycle was found alongside the soldiers' bodies

The bodies of two World War Two German soldiers have been found in Budapest's Danube river, due to record-low water levels after an intense drought.

Found alongside their remains were the identification tags of the two soldiers, a largely intact German army Wehrmacht motorcycle, a wedding ring and a Kuban shield - a combat badge of the Wehrmacht, the German War Graves Commission said.

The remarkable finds have sparked hope that some families could finally discover the fates of their ancestors, more than 80 years on from the war.

"Now begins a puzzle, in which we will try to determine the identity of the two dead," Arne Schrader, of the German War Graves Commission, told German newspaper Bild.