German WW2 Island hides secret gun test area and FANTASTIC features. 

HistoryvHunter. Thank you for preserving history for the future. I once read somewhere that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Thankfully you and other history buffs are making it available for us, so if things happen again, someone will be able to show where we went wrong. A Canadian history lover.

Beautiful place. And I appreciate your defending history. We're in trouble in America regarding that currently. Thanks for your great work.

I appreciate wherever your able to show me big or small I'll never get to be there this the next best way with someone else who respect what they are filming thanks

Hope you find out more about this island and share the history. Thank you.

That’s a lot of work, way above what is normally seen at these fortifications, keep digging for more info

What i would give to be able to live self-contained on that island and continue your investigations is beyond words.What a beautiful place

Great video my friend, so much History right there! Awesome to see there is still so much left out there.. stunning! Thank you for sharing! :) Gr Nick

at the end of this episode - are there power lines running in the background,above the trees? sad to see people can't leave memorials alone! Question - just what happened to all the equipment,etc and the building structures - was a salvage done after the war or did the builders take everything away?since the German army documented a lot of things,it would be wonderful to find photo's of the island !

it is sad to see a memorial being damaged on purpose... not every German soldier wanted to be at war, they were forced into it... those men, deserve something, commemorate their service...

It is great to see the history of what happened on the past. But also a shame that it has happened. And, hoping that it never happens again.

I salute the way you not only care about artefacts but also about the people who built,use , suffer and died related to those places. And as you said , what a wonderful opportunity for eagle eyes to learn . you give your kid a great gift by sharing with him.

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It is dam shame people just want to destroy history. It is really heartbroken

I never miss one of your videos it's great to see history... This is the most touching ones I have seen. It highlights the follies of war... Such a waste.. Keep them coming. Should be shown to ALL SCHOOL KIDS. THANKS ....

Show us on a map where you went most of us will probably never get there

Im guessing that it wasn't actual POW's(Military) but foreign civilians or Concentration camp inmates.

Crazy Bunker island ,,, i am blown away,, thanks again for showing us this incredible place ,,,,,,

I have to be honest, I'm becoming quite addicted to these videos. Strange thing though is listening to these birds singing and thinking at the same time of those who have lost their lives in there back then. Anyway, sehr gutes Video mein Freund

WOW.. Well my friends you shocked me on this video. The isolated island so beautiful quiet tranquil you could close your eyes and feel so relaxed - blue of the ocean, and sky so green, then comes the bomb shell - it was a POW camp / holding in WW2. The video is excellent and I'm glad you shared it but the realization of its use brings me back to earth realizing the hurt(s) that POW's went through. And you leave me thinking there may have been an even more nefarious reason for this sight... Waiting to hear more !!! Be Well, Be Safe and Be Careful in this virus laden world ... Always watching my Friends.

That was I think one of your best adventures yet. Very sad and sacred place that needs to be respected no mater how one feels about the Germans. As you would say: thank you,thank you, thank you for your efforts to keep these things in peoples minds and memories. Lest we forget.

This blew my mind! I want to go and spend days there just to see what's there! With plenty of Deet of course.... Great adventure! 💖💖

That was incredible, it's hard to believe such a beautiful and idyllic place has such a dark history, nature is a great healer. Do you think the barracks in that great cut out were built in what was originally a stone quarry for other stuff and the space was then used as a protected or hidden area for the barracks. One of my favourite episodes. Bet there would be some interesting metal detecting there. Out of interest was this a place of combat with the allies?

When I see this desecration I understand why you keep the locations quiet 😐

A fantastic find and coverage. Some serious road building to carry weight. Who is maintaining the place? Number of small trees removed from road beds not to mention the 24 inch tree cut out of the barrack area. I was thinking the tunnel was put in as a short cut in lieu of running around the perimeter. Noticed in the end shots the island has power on it or did since you can see a pole and cable. The cable you found would be interesting to follow. might need the metal detector to track it if it is under the surface. Well done video again with a serious amount stone work. The memorial is a shame. Just because they lost is no reason to desecrate what they believed in. Has the island been mapped for the ruins, that would be an interesting project. So did you have crab for supper? Stay safe out there.

Your videos made me garner an interest for WW2 relics. Thank you for making history interesting!

A lot of the forward positions (islands) were used to fire V2 rockets into England among other incredibly large guns. And also early warning systems for the Germans. Little know still today they were working on and operating early radar systems. I really love your infatuation with WW2, I have the same compassions for the era. I actually had family on both sides of the war and I do appreciate you videos, views, and interest in said subject. Thank You for sharing!!!

Another Outstanding video and presentation. I always look forward to seeing any WW2 History Hunter videos. Thank you!

You (and family) are awesome brother! Thank you so much for taking us along on these journeys! There’s no way in hell most of us would ever have the chance to see these things!

We did such things before we got brain washed. But wait, WE are wakeing up !!! 🇩🇪

You seem to have stumbled on a test or development range for what looks like a high energy weapon. The P.O.W. Camp would be like a shield to keep allies from bombing it and the heavy fortifications would stop any beach landing attempt to free the prisoners. Not being able to shell or bomb without endangering the prisoners, the allies would be at a great disadvantage in a beach assault. Whatever was there required a lot of electricity by the size of the insulators in the "3 way" configuration plus the size of the wire. This insulators and the wire are like the ones that hang from the tall towers carrying hundreds of thousands of volts. Anybody an electrician? How many volts would it carry? The machinery to supply the electricity and whatever was in the dugout must have been heavy. I'm sure the entire pit was covered by camouflage. Could the other dugout spot you found with the tile floor remains be where the engineers and scientists were housed? That whole thing could have been covered by camouflage too. The road would also allow them to ride comfortably from "home" to the "office" in relative comfort. Maybe something went very wrong and the monument you found was in their memory. If something did happen and the development didn't/couldn't continue, they might have abandoned the island early in the war. Or possibly they were unable to get whatever it was to work right. The date, 1940, is right before the USA got involved. They had plenty of prisoners by then. In your research, did you find anything about what period the island was occupied? If you go back there, look for any evidence of a good number of generators and a distribution center for the electrical connector near the big dugout place. There would have to be a place where all the generators were placed and the lines were spliced together to increase the voltage then distributed through the 3 legged insulator's wires. I'd love to know what was going on there! Please consider more research and another trip to the island, please, please, please!!! Whatever they were working on, I'm thankful they didn't get it operational. That could have changed the outcome of the war. I heard that Hitler called off development of jet engines for aircraft because he thought it would never work. If he hadn't, that could have changed the outcome too. Remember after the war the German scientists were sent to allied countries. The scientists that the USA got started our rocket program, NASA.

Why don’t you take your medal detectors with you on these trips? There’s got to be a lot of relics in the ground!

Sir really you are the lion of history

Very intriguing place. Around 20:00 definitely looks like a cable termination to me. Could be 3 phase electricity supply, but what is interesting (to me 😁) is that the centre insulator has a different termination at the top to the two outside ones. You can see the one on the right is broken and is hollow. The conductors inside the cable would be separated in the black moulding below the insulators and a conductor fed up the inside of each of them and then terminated at the top. If you can look at the end of the cable, you might be able to make out the individual cores within it, that might give more of a clue. Looks to be a transition from an overhead line to a cable, either due to a building or structure that needed the power, or just part of the transmission line to go from overhead to underground. The size can be a little deceptive, as if the cable is being run a long way, it would be increased in size to reduce the losses.

Hi history hunter! Fantastic videos as usual. Is there anyway of taking aerial shots? With the help of a drone? Might give another insite to how the structure's are laid out, if they can be seen! Keep up the great work, we should never forget our history, but also learn a great deal from it!

Hello History Hunter What a amazing Spot The pow had to work and build this strucktures and roads But the purpus had been something else . So Big powercabels were not necessary for normal guns Eventualy they test a electric gun The Germans Experimentes with free energy and Tesla maschinery Are there any underground installations not the Tunnel but bunkers and such things It is interesting to know that What a Island Thanks for that amazing adventure Greetings to you and eagle eye Yours Frank

What an amazing place. Almost like a FarCry island in the video game. I wonder what they were working on there. That's a pretty hefty power line you found going into the test area.

ਬੁਹਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਲੱਗੀ ਇਹ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਵੀਰੇ ਕਿੰਨੀ ਮਿਹਨਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਸੀ ਜਰਮਨੀ ਵਲੋਂ ਦੂਜੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਯੁੱਧ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਜਵਾਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੀ ਆਪ ਜੀ ਵਲੋਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਇਸ ਉਪਰਾਲੇ ਲਈ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਹੁਤ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ਜੀ

Thank you for the adventure and seeing some awesome pieces of history ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever your adventures make take you ! Doing well here in Kansas !

nice to watch this video where pow built the buildings very interesting video

These places should bePreserved for other generations to see and people should respect these places and thank you for the video it’s amazing to see

Ciao from Italy and thanks for great videos!!!!

Hello from Wales, there is a German prisoner of war camp in Bridgend South Wales may be worth a visit

Awesome place, and I too hate the fact that the monument has been vandalised. I can totally understand if it happened at the end of the war, but by now we should be able to see history for what it is, and enjoy it. If we didn't we wouldn't be watching it on youtube, right?

Did you ever find out what that cable and weird 3 pronged thing was? Thanks history hunter.💜💜💜👍👍👍

what a great adventure and that gigantic cable ,got me thinking about "Hellboy" movie :) keep up the great work:D

Definitely some top secret stuff went on there. Outstanding video. Ty

Such a beautiful place full of mystery!! i wish i could camp there a few nights alone. AWESOME AWESOME LOCATION!! Thank you for all your hard work and efforts my friend!!!

The cable and insulators could have been to bring three phase power from the mainland.

Love you videos! This may have been my favorite so far. Clearly this was a high priority for the Germans. I can't help but think there must be some documentation of what they were doing. I would be very interested to learn more!

19:24... that is rolled copper wire... probably used for those conductors you found.

The lengths you go to All for our entertainment Fantastic video thank you For all your hard work

Curious the amount of construction done at the island. And the large amount of electricity needed on it. Seems an inordinate amount of power for a facility that only functioned as a pow facility.

I may have missed it...but what is the name of this island?? And may I suggest you do some investigating before you go so are better prepared to share where you are? Great possibilities there.

Dear ol' Dad served in the ETO in WW2. As such, he wasn't exactly a fan of the Nazis, but he would have been outraged at the desecration of a war grave from either side. As for taking a couple of broken tile pieces from a barracks... nothing wrong with that.

Great Job, but you could folow the cable until some point that lead to something else... Huge Hug From Brasil!!!

Brilliant video as usual. Such an interesting place and a little weird. Thank you for sharing.

Well now you posed a lot of questions for all of us. I would like to know more about it if you ever find out more

Cool explore. What a mystery ! Thankyou !

Extremely special and mysterious location ❤️

That is a beautiful island! I hope you took time off camera to just sit and have lunch and just think.

Do you have any pictures of what it looked like back then?

It's a privilege to find and explore locations like this one... ! I wonder why that person that erased that zwastik didn't erase the second one...?!? ...kind of 'Alcatraz island'... ? Maybe they tested there one of the "revenge weapons"... It would be interesting to see how looked those barracks then... Apparently no defensive structures... like cannon emplacements, 'tobruks' etc etc... so... a top secret german military base... ?? Thank you for sharing !

Maybe the big cables, insulators and large spot were for the power generator for the island, for potentially radars, search lights, garnison and prisoners?

17.25 Is the rusting iron door in front of an opening to a cave? Another great video and so much to explore and to discover in this site. As ever, thank you for bringing this forgotten area to the attention of those of us who enjoy WW2 history!

That road is awful straight and wide for being in the middle of the woods for 70 years.

Looking forward to watching your next video of this island.

The raised road to me seems to be for railroad tracks, roads can be uneven, but railroad tracks would need to be more level. Thoughts?

Apart from it’s dark past, the island looks like a beautiful place to search for history. It would be exiting to find out just what the German’s were doing there. Keep up the great work WW2HH!

Hello all, like the comments here. I am perhaps the newest patreon supporter to this channel just yesterday. Love this channel and wish I could go on adventures with them. War is war, let us remember the fallen and respect their courage of the countries they served!

Hope Eagle Eye caught his crabs - what a fantastic video, as always, keep up the great work mate - history is there for a purpose, so we can learn from it, not to brush it aside and destroy our past and pretend it was never there - thanks for you bit in preservation - bravo Holly Madonna!! ;-)

Looks like a coastal gun emplacement. The cable could have been for an accompanying radar

Note that the Germans had defenses everywhere. And this is one of those places where few people come. Respect for all monuments should be there. Not all German soldiers wanted to go to war, I know from personal contact. Despite the fact that my uncle was murdered, but was betrayed by his countrymen. But hunger and incarceration do crazy things to people. 19:04 those are high voltage insulators, but they look modern. But is of a high voltage cable going through the air. Beware of the cable, there may still be voltage on it, you never now.

Wow what a place would love to visit

You know what always fascinates me about places like this, is how no one seemed to reuse/re-purpose them after the war ended. Seems like an island like this, with all kinds of buildings and structures, could have made a great home or even a factory. The infrastructure was there...it had roads. Probably had power, water, sewer. Wonder why no one seemed to take advantage of this place being abandoned?

I believe the special gun had booster charges timed to ignite behind the projectile as it passed down the barrel, giving hyper velocities and longer range. Had the problem that the charges weren't timed well and it kept blowing up the barrel. But it wouldn't have required anything like a large amount of power.

my friend there are no words to describe that place o my lord!!! What a find

Outstanding! As always it’s a pleasure to watch thanks again for taking us along on your adventures pal.

One of your best adventures! Thank you for taking us along.

I agree 100%! History good or bad is still history and should be preserved!!

Cool video mate I found a Vickers machine gun at an old smelting site on the River Don England . Going to a museum today.

Thank you so much for bringing it alive

Another awesome video showing the true history. On a side note, I like the old camera better.

Very cool island ,History is history . No matter what side or winner or loser , history is history . They put a lot of work on that Island. A lot of power was on it at one time . Big insulators for distribution to other parts of the island . ✌️

Lest we forget. By defacing and destroying any form of monument or structure will remove it from being found then of we have forgotten. We need to protect these sites.

This channel is so cool, and one of my favorites on here..I'm a huge conflict history enthusiast, but especially the second war as dad was with the US 7th Army 3rd Infantry division and was overseas for almost all 4 years of our involvement in the war. He fought alongside Audie Murphy and was there when they blew the giant swastika on top of Nuremberg stadium, as well as the raid on Eagle's Nest and were real special guys 💪🏼😎

Absolutely amazing , so much history. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

Thank you so much for this!! I admire your efforts on exploring and sharing history with us!!!!

Could some of those thin roads had narrow gauge rail on it carry ammunition trains

Thank you for exposing these amazing lost sites to the light, greetings from Vancouver :)

I saw a docu about the Fly trap structure in Poland and the Wenceslas mine/ cave system. Supposedly sites of Nazi UFO projects. The Wenceslas mine was sealed by the Nazis to try and prevent the allies capturing the black project's technology and the Scientists were sealed in there as well. However some prisoners who worked in there and somehow escaped or survived, said they saw a mysterious, huge bell shape object made of metal and it could hover using electro magnetic vortexes, spinning in countering directions. #in the late 40s/ early 50s, sitings of a bell shape UFO started occurring in the USA, possibly Pennsylvania if my memory serves. At the Fly Trap, supposed to be a launch site, there are huge concrete footings for electric cables, roughly the same size as the ones that you found, about an arms diameter in size. Sorry I can't remember the name of the docu, it was over 5 yrs ago. I seem to remember there was one with Tony Robinson, possibly a Timeline docu, or BBC about the Fly trap as well. Have you visited the Fly trap? Pls do so.

It would be exciting to find a MP 40, Mg 34, 42 that got left behind, or some helmets

That was a wonderful adventure. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

Thankyou so much you are amazing

fascinating location. Very interesting .

Beautiful!!! I'd like to move there! Grow some eatables, have some goats... IT would be awesome. Someone already prepared the ground for my future settlement, so building my a Secure camouflaged Home will be easy! 😉

You should really invest in some mosquito repellent. The isolators you found looks like something out of a Frankenstein movie. Maybe the were preparing to out V2 rockets on the island. The Germans were known to be working on many different advanced weapons during the war. They continually worked to find a super weapon to end the war. Some times you go to a location looking for answers and end up having more questions than answers. Hopefully your explorations will give a clue as to what was going on there.

I love this!, however, i did accuse my wife of putting LSD in my coffee as i started watching😂🥴.

Now that's what I call a Mystery Island. Unless something big was going on, you wouldn't need such a solid well built road complex, not if it was just a POW camp. That huge cable looks very much like an undersea communications cable, which would explain those large insulators and the big square rock cut out could have been for the undersea cable power generators or something. The Germans did have cables running to South America and other places, like Norway etc. So much forgotten history. So sad to see that memorial disfigured. Memorials to the fallen, no matter who or when, should be left as is, as a reminder of the past, and as a reminder to us, who follow, of the good, and bad, parts of human history. Thank you my friends, for bringing us this "Lost Island"

That was one of the most interesting locations you have shared. Such beauty masking what was a lot of horror for the POWs. As always, thank you for your time, effort, energy bringing this to your viewers. God bless you and your family.

Amazing! I love when you curse bc we all know your more articulated but when baffled a bomb comes out and I personally find it hilarious! Thanks for the video!