10:25 - in the 1950's this place was still undergoing demining which did not complete before the end of the decade. The whole complex was fenced off immediately after the war with barbed wire and considered an off-limits military area. Assuming you'd have been able to get inside and not arrested, or even shot on the spot for attempted "espionage" (what with you clearly being foreigners from the West), you'd most likely have stumbled upon some unexploded ordnance. English wikipedia article on the place completely disregards this subject with barely half a sentence, but the Polish language article has a whole section on demining efforts, dates and how much effort it took. Including a lot of fatalities due to sophistication in the construction and placement of the mines, many which were not detectable by any equipment available at the time. The demining in its latter phase consisted of just straight-up blowing up entire sections of land, because the mines could not be detected and disposed of safely in any other way. There was a number of fatalities among civilian population who just carelessly walked into the area either by ignorance or on purpose and stepped on something. In the process, 3 sappers died as well and were later commemorated by a plaque. I know you guys like the thrill of exploring, but I'm sorry, that was just a dumb take.
Your interest in ww2 history for young guys is refreshing. The thing about ww2 history is that you never get to the end of learning amazing things about it. I have my interest because my dad landed on Sword beach on D Day. Fought in the battle for the city of Caen just inland, then the battle of Normandy (3 months) then up to the Netherlands to Nijmegen bridge, then down to the Ardennes northern shoulder for the Battle of the Bulge, across into Germany, down through Germany and was at the liberation of Belsen concentration camp. Then he guarded the river Elbe to make sure the Russians didn’t cross, as that was their agreed boundary and they were running riot. You never get to the end of interesting things about ww2! Good video guys. 👍🇬🇧
@@a.y.t.a.s.494 hi. He was with the Royal Artillery. And for a time he was attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was a great man. He passed New Year’s Day 2013 age 92.
@@TheGreatest1974 hi. My grandad fought for Caen too, I’ve done some research, he never spoke about the war. They were an anti tank team with a 12 pounder. They fought through to Holland and he met my nanna during the liberation of Amsterdam area. God bless them all 😇👍
@@TuckFrump01 Thankyou. He was a lovely man, but he never knew fear of any man in civvy street. I guess once you’ve been faced with the German army no one in civilian life is going to put any fear into you. We lost him New Year’s Day 2013 age 92. 7 children. Great dad. 👍🇬🇧
I find it fascinating that so much was achieved in WW2 in relative short few years, in the taking of land by Germany and the recapture by allies. But also structures like this were built so fast. The world today could never industrially produce all that it did between 1939-1945 in my eyes.
Yeah, it was a different time. A different World almost. A lot of our military equipment (that we know about anyway) relies on high tech. There isn't as much of it as the mass produced stuff back then, but it's capable of doing more, much more accurately. Not forgetting that even the stuff they made back then wasn't always brilliant. As far as bunkers go, we still do brick, steel and reinforced concrete. But surface facilities wouldn't be expected to last too long without a strong defence. And we don't know much about current underground facilities.
This place is massive even blown up! The thickness of the concrete is mad & when you lads stood next to it you looked quite small . It's way bigger than I thought when you said you were visiting Hitlers bunker. It's a beautiful area its in though. ❤😊👍
The messages were sent using CW (carrier wave) before being manually typed into the Enigma machines to decrypt them, the messages still had to be transmitted using CW, it just wasn't "in the clear".
10:25 - in the 1950's this place was still undergoing demining which did not complete before the end of the decade. The whole complex was fenced off immediately after the war with barbed wire and considered an off-limits military area. Assuming you'd have been able to get inside and not arrested, or even shot on the spot for attempted "espionage" (what with you clearly being foreigners from the West), you'd most likely have stumbled upon some unexploded ordnance.
English wikipedia article on the place completely disregards this subject with barely half a sentence, but the Polish language article has a whole section on demining efforts, dates and how much effort it took. Including a lot of fatalities due to sophistication in the construction and placement of the mines, many which were not detectable by any equipment available at the time. The demining in its latter phase consisted of just straight-up blowing up entire sections of land, because the mines could not be detected and disposed of safely in any other way. There was a number of fatalities among civilian population who just carelessly walked into the area either by ignorance or on purpose and stepped on something. In the process, 3 sappers died as well and were later commemorated by a plaque.
I know you guys like the thrill of exploring, but I'm sorry, that was just a dumb take.
Your interest in ww2 history for young guys is refreshing. The thing about ww2 history is that you never get to the end of learning amazing things about it. I have my interest because my dad landed on Sword beach on D Day. Fought in the battle for the city of Caen just inland, then the battle of Normandy (3 months) then up to the Netherlands to Nijmegen bridge, then down to the Ardennes northern shoulder for the Battle of the Bulge, across into Germany, down through Germany and was at the liberation of Belsen concentration camp. Then he guarded the river Elbe to make sure the Russians didn’t cross, as that was their agreed boundary and they were running riot. You never get to the end of interesting things about ww2! Good video guys. 👍🇬🇧
I was in Caen as an exchange student in ‘94. Lovely city that still showed some of the scars of war. Your father was a hero to many, many people. 🙏🏻😊
Which division was he in? My grandad did a very similar journey in the Polar Bears.
@@a.y.t.a.s.494 hi. He was with the Royal Artillery. And for a time he was attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was a great man. He passed New Year’s Day 2013 age 92.
@@TheGreatest1974 hi. My grandad fought for Caen too, I’ve done some research, he never spoke about the war. They were an anti tank team with a 12 pounder. They fought through to Holland and he met my nanna during the liberation of Amsterdam area. God bless them all 😇👍
@@TuckFrump01 Thankyou. He was a lovely man, but he never knew fear of any man in civvy street. I guess once you’ve been faced with the German army no one in civilian life is going to put any fear into you. We lost him New Year’s Day 2013 age 92. 7 children. Great dad. 👍🇬🇧
Very impressive bunkers! The explosions that destroyed them must have been incredible! Thanks for the tour guys, onto the next episode...
❤ Thanks for being a little naughty and showing us the extra bits! 😊
You not seen anything yet folk lol 😂
@@IKS-Exploration Looking forward to it!👍
I find it fascinating that so much was achieved in WW2 in relative short few years, in the taking of land by Germany and the recapture by allies. But also structures like this were built so fast. The world today could never industrially produce all that it did between 1939-1945 in my eyes.
Yeah, it was a different time. A different World almost. A lot of our military equipment (that we know about anyway) relies on high tech. There isn't as much of it as the mass produced stuff back then, but it's capable of doing more, much more accurately. Not forgetting that even the stuff they made back then wasn't always brilliant. As far as bunkers go, we still do brick, steel and reinforced concrete. But surface facilities wouldn't be expected to last too long without a strong defence. And we don't know much about current underground facilities.
This place is massive even blown up! The thickness of the concrete is mad & when you lads stood next to it you looked quite small . It's way bigger than I thought when you said you were visiting Hitlers bunker. It's a beautiful area its in though. ❤😊👍
Interesting to see Wolf's Lair now considering what whent on there all those years ago
The thickness of the walls is unbelievable 🤯but thats what you expect for the protection of Hitler from bombing and breaching
Yeah it really is madness
I was surprised that they had Morse code going , when the Germans had the Enigma machines
The messages were sent using CW (carrier wave) before being manually typed into the Enigma machines to decrypt them, the messages still had to be transmitted using CW, it just wasn't "in the clear".
Their real hideout was and still is Antarctica.
guys, when are you going to visit us here in Jersey? plenty of fortifications to see!! only a stone throw away
Battery Todt is indeed impressive too.
Tony Struckman is brilliant on WW2 vids ...
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Interesting explore folks Cheers Ian Thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the upload enjoyed it Daz..
Glad you enjoyed it
"Drink your Ovaltine" lol
what on earth blew that up ????
Well worth sneaking in too.
Indeed
great it was weird hearing Morse code but now you have filmed it you can sit down and work it out later..
lol that’s would be interesting to know what it says
Another great video folks , a truly amazing place , that was the seat of evil back in the day q
From what I heard of the morse code it was being sent as CQ CQ CQ
That’s interesting thanks for sharing
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Thank you
these bunkers were repurpesed the old world originally built thsi 300 +years old
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