LASCARIS WAR ROOMS (Museum in Malta) | Secret World War 2 HQ in VALLETTA
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Visiting the Lascaris War Rooms in Valletta Malta deep under the rocks of the Upper Barrakka Gardens & from where operations during World War II were directed. It's now a museum so join me for a tour!
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My solo trip to Malta ends underground at the Lascaris War Rooms where I learn about the top secret location in Valletta that was used to organise and prepare military operations in the Mediterranean area during World War II. It’s a true part of Malta’s heritage. Who would think that when you’re standing in the peaceful and serene Upper Barrakka Gardens there would be a secret military compound below the surface, let alone the Lascaris War Rooms.
The digging of the tunnels and compartments began during the rule of the Order of St John way back in the 16th century and were extended by the British military during World War II. The British realised how important the islands of Malta would be and set about defending them with all their might - after Italy joined the war bombing raids over Valletta and the rest of Malta intensified as the battle for control of the Mediterranean raged around them.
During the Second World War the Lascaris War Rooms were classified top secret and every attempt was made to keep their location hidden. They were operational until 1977 at which point they were decommissioned and later turned into a museum and opened up to the public.
Join me as I take a self guided tour around the war rooms and historical tunnels to see what life was like underground when the country was at war. I learned about the telecommunication rooms, how accurate data was identified in the filter room, where military personnel slept during bombing raids, and how all the information was collated in the map room.
It’s also possible to visit the place where General Eisenhower from the United States launched Operation Husky - which is the Allied invasion of Sicily during the Summer of 1943. Back above ground I stopped by the Saluting Battery where a canon was fired out towards the Grand Harbour of Valletta, a sound that historically rang out at midday so that Ship Masters could calibrate their chronographs.
And with that my incredible week long road trip around Malta was over. Thanks for watching and I look forward to seeing you in the next country!
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E3 - Old City of Mdina + St Paul’s Catacombs in Rabat • Historic Malta | Old C...
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E5 - Exploring Fort Campbell WWII Base + Red Tower • MALTA'S FORGOTTEN PAST...
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E8 - A Tour of Victoria Gozo • A Tour of VICTORIA GOZ...
E9 - Blue Lagoon & Beyond | Exploring Comino Island • BLUE LAGOON & BEYOND |...
E10 - Valletta | A Tour of Malta’s Incredible Capital City • Introducing VALLETTA |...
E11 - Malta’s Three Cities | Cospicua, Vittoriosa & Senglea • A Walk Around the THRE...
E12 - Lascaris War Rooms in Valletta (currently watching)
📖 CHAPTERS:
📖 00:00 Intro
📖 01:04 Upper Barrakka Gardens
📖 01:59 Valletta Saluting Battery & Ticket Info
📖 03:34 Secret War HQ Tunnels
📖 05:49 Valletta Saluting Battery Ceremonial Cannon Salutes
📖 06:42 Lascaris War Rooms
📖 15:54 Malta’s George Cross
📖 16:50 What a Trip!!
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Excellent clip on the importance of Malta in WWII.
Thank you. Really enjoyed learning about it!
Another fantastic informed talk by Mike.
Who's Mike?
Interesting video. Thanks 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
I've been to all of these locations myself - just want to say that you did an amazing job with this video and with your commentary. Thank you and well done!
Thank you very much Sir, I appreciate you saying. I found all of those places fascinating, none more so than the Lascaris War Rooms - some amazing history right there!
Such an interesting WW2 well kept place that brings very sad wartime nostalgia but that still needs to be passed on. GRAZZI 🇬🇧🇲🇹🇺🇸🇩🇪🇮🇹
Yes that’s very true Karm. It’s almost unimaginable what things were actually like back then. A very different place that’s for sure. Glad I was able to learn a thing or two about the what happened there. I was engrossed and didn’t want to leave. Thanks for watching!
Great video and presentation thank
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment.
@MattWhitingsEurope Thanks Matt , l am half Maltese and my father told me a lot about the WW2 siege of Malta and how hw witnessed the aerial dog fights and harbour attacks at Valletta.
I recall as a child visiting the site where you showed the guns and the firing of one !
I look forward to seeing the rest of yoyr Maltese videos and keep them comming!
Thanks again, very kind of you! Fascinating that your father experienced those brutal times, I can't even imagine how frightening it would have been to live through it. We really have got it good these days compared to what people like your father went through. Hope you like the rest of my Malta videos, I thoroughly enjoyed my trip out there and remember being amazed by just how much there is to see and do on such a small island. Incredible place!
Very interesting and again Matt you put a great video together.look forward to your next video 👍
Thanks very much John. Much appreciated. I found the war rooms totally fascinating, I learnt a great deal from my visit and I’m always glad when I can pass it on. Thanks again.
Thanks for these malta video's. Love them a lot! will be following you on others journeys!
Glad you like them! Really enjoyed this trip, so much incredible history and beautiful scenery. Thanks for watching!! 👍
That tunnel has so much history! So cool that you got to see the canons fire! Those models look like chocolate - we may be hungry. The war rooms are impressive. Once again you covered so much in Malta! Really enjoyed this series.
Thank you very much. Hopefully I’ve done Malta justice over the last few months, thoroughly enjoyed my visit! Great to see the war rooms and tunnels - found the experience so interesting and educational, I certainly learnt a lot about Malta’s role in the second would war. Have limited wi-fi at the moment but looking forward to seeing your latest video.
@@MattWhitingsEurope you isn't definitely done it justice! We have not seen anyone do into this amount of detail on Malta.
I've really enjoyed these videos. I love the Mediterranean which I've only experienced from Greece.
Thanks Kathy, really loved Malta. Fantastic island. Thanks for watching! Lots of islands in Greece, another beautiful country.
Wow, wow, wow. Yes, not as cheap as a lot of other entrances in your previous Malta videos, but fascinating and well worth it (well I would say that as I got to see it for free thanks to you 🙏) Created for a very different reason, but if you've not already, I'd highly recommend a visit to the Unterwelten in Berlin - created as underground bunkers for a disaster during the Cold War.
Thanks Caroline, glad you enjoyed my little tour of the war rooms. Fascinating place and it was great to learn so much about them. Very sad that my Maltese road trip has come to an end, what a journey! Thanks for the tip about the Unterwelten, I visited Berlin many years ago but unfortunately did not know they were there. I have made a note on my map for when I go back. 👍
great job! what camera did you use for this?
Thank you. I used a Canon G7X Mark II to film it. These days I use a Sony ZV1 which is similar but has some updated features. Hope that helps.