Neither Fuerteventura was a supply base for German submarines in the Second World War nor did the Winter house in Cofete, on the west coast of the Majorera island, serve as a rest area for its officers. Everything has been legend and popular imagery. The coming to light of documents referring to the activities of U-type ships in the Atlantic demonstrates this: only six submarines were supplied in the Canary Islands by a German merchant ship and they did so in the Port of La Luz. Of course, in the early hours of the morning and with great discretion.
The Tale of Cofete
“Fuerteventura was not a supply base for German submarines during World War II, and the Winter house in Cofete, on the west coast of the island, was not used as accommodation for German officers, everything has been a fabricated story and a fantasy popular"
Submarines in Jandia?
On February 2, 2002, Mr. Luis Delgado Rodríguez, who worked as a teacher in Morro Jable for eight years, was encouraged to publish a letter in LA PROVINCIA - Diario de Las Palmas, based on his interviews with locals who lived there in those years.
