Inside Hitler's Nazi Mega Bunkers | Traces of World War Two With James Rogers 

Hope you enjoy guys! We've got two more great episodes to come in this series. The next one will be available two weeks today.

I love the scene of him walking through the woods like he has to hike in to get there, followed by the next scene of the drone shot showing the road literally right next to the bunker...

The fact that it took so long to build these is astonishing. They were building these guns with the intention of being there for decades.

Also worth mentioning that at 8:40 unworked soil shows the damage, just imagine if it all was left untouch, we could see the entire battlefield...it would be huge.

This is just great, what else can I say? Just wish these we're better taken care of...if we don't learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it. Amazing work History Hit. Cheers!

I love how he has to walk through the bushes followed by an overhead shot showing a road leading up to it...

Few years ago, I went to Denmark for a holiday. Almost all beaches had smaller or bigger bunkers build by the Nazis. In a way, they were quiet beautiful, but at the same time it had this dark aura... It was incredible.

Just had 15 minutes break, made a cuppa and went to sit down with some History Hit and you upload a new video. Perfect timing ☕️

Its both comforting and saddening to witness these moments of humanity's darkest hour slip into the forgotten and gone lest humanity forgets one day

Truly amazing … one can not take it all into perspective until you are actually there . These should be well preserved…

Loveeee me some History Hit!! But especially love this topic. One of my favorite shows of all time is "Nazi Megastructures". It is so fascinating to see what still exists. It's my dream to take a trip across Europe/Asia to see all of the structures that were built by the Axis powers that still exist. Fascinating doesn't even begin to describe how awesome this is.

Awesome video. You should also check the WW2 cannons in Kristiansand, Norway, they are still preserved as a museum. Amazing piece of history there.

Imagine if they were able to build similar scale structures all along the french coast within sight of each other, would the beach landings have even happened?

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. German engineering was awesome. I must visit one day.

Visited this location myself two summers ago, amazing experience and such a beautiful landscape.

When I was a child at the end of the 60's, I played in the "Blockaus" on the beaches of northern France. It was...mysterious!

In 1964 I was a student hitch hiking in Germany. I was given a lift by a very friendly middle aged German. When I complimented him on his good English he told me he'd learnt to speak it whilst a POW. I asked him whereabouts he said Dover Castle. He added that they were put there because Dover was often shelled from France. He was quite indignant about it he thought that putting them where they were in danger from their own side wasn't quite the right thing to do. At the time I thought it was quite funny but nowadays the use of human shields makes us indignant too. viz Saddam Hussein before the 1st Gulf War.

I'm loving the success of this channels re-launch!

fantastic video and unseen construction footage! as a builder the construction of ww2 infrastructure has always been an interest of mine but footage has previously been hard to come by. thanks

What an amazing piece of documentary What scares me is that this shows what was stopped, third reich was a beast that the world have never seen before...when industrialism mixes with militarism. Mechanical inguinity peaks in research, wich we still aid from today...that imo accelerated our modern society. The Germans and its counterparts was sure hard workers to prepare defense structures, Bunkers...something that was an unknown concept to that degree

Wow. I had no idea these guns were so big. No wonder the Allie’s chose Normandy.

Snowflake warning, there is a blurred-out Swastika in this video that may trigger offense

The fact the original Nazi graffiti still exists is amazing.

The Bismarck/Turpitz guns were pretty mental, they really packed a punch. There is grainy footage of Bismarck firing in the distance, and the guns sound bowel-wobbling (despite the poor quality of the film footage). Seeing them mounted on land, makes the Death Star cannon turrets look lame!

Awesome video! But why is the Nazi eagle partially censored at 8:14

How we got through this stuff on D-Day is remarkable. God bless the soldiers of the greatest generation!! ❤️❤️❤️

This was awesome! Thank you.

Sir, I was sent to take part in the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landing......,,,,I will never forget the experiences I was privileged to take part in....my direct family tool part in the war within what is called now the 'French Underground" ........ silly, yes......anyway...................I know exactly what your are attempting to bring to light to all of these future generations.....

These little, "mini-documentaries" are incredibly well put together and presented. Very succinct, very well produced, and easy for anybody, really, to follow along. 👍 I've certainly stumbled upon my fair share of such content that isn't quite backed by some larger professional historical or archaeological organization, usually put together by some dude lol constructed using stock footage and images, to varying degrees of appropriate context, typically narrated by either themselves or more usually, seemingly, using that insanely irritating robot voice. That's without mentioning the creeping doubt that sets in, inevitably, about the basic quality of the information provided. Making it difficult, (if not impossible,) to trust in the credibility in the content being offered. (needless to say, _provisional footnotes and source inclusion notwithstanding,_ one shouldn't have to do even _further_ research verifying something being presented in an educational capacity.) I suppose it's just refreshing to finally get useful historical information presented in a more coherent, more professionally produced video. (despite the ultimate overall length.) It seems so trivial, but it's really not lol the quality control being demonstrated does wonders inspiring confidence in credibility. (I'm just sayin' ✌)

Great video. I love this stuff. I have had many trips to these sites over the years on motorcycle trips with a few fellow bunker and military history enthusiasts and never get tired of seeing them. I was brought up on it with family holidays in the channel islands. I wish the graffiti idiots hadn't ruined the nazi murals. Its history good or bad and shouldn't be defaced. Can't wait to get back out again and do some more bunker hunting.

I was born too late or forgot my previous life.. idk why WW2 is the only fascinating thing that I remember from school. Id go back if I could

Incredible. These places could house a museum.

Those whom do not learn the lessons of the past, are doomed...

This coastal region is awe-inspiring and humbling for what happened there and for what is left. Besides the enormous emplacements seen here, there are hundreds of small dome-like structures that must have housed only one- or two-crew machine guns. Walking along the coastal cliffs, you'll stumble upon things like rectangular holes in the ground that, upon inspection, turn out to have stairs leading down into the darkness of dead bunkers. You can feel the history--the forced labor that built them in occupied France, the men who died attacking and defending them, the failed dreams hang in the air, too. The coolest part, though, is how they've simply been left open. This is a clear difference between American and Euro culture. Here in the US, we'd build walls around such things, preserve them, charge admission, and turn them into parks or museums. There, they simply leave them for discovery, in part because no one wants to undertake the Herculean task of demolishing them, but (I think) mainly so that we can simply see what was, as close to reality as possible, without interference of commercialism or facades of preservation. I don't know which approach is "better." They're just different philosophies. Thanks for this video. It, too, is a record of reality--our reality, now, 75 years later.

You need to visit Jersye to see some of the best examples and best condition German WW2 bunkers in a beautiful setting

why is this left there to deteriorate. This should be preserved.

I was there few weeks ago and super now I found this video about it with old video footage and info about it. Very interesting. Was inside it for a few minutes, too bad we didn't saw the paintings ourselves but it was allready getting dark, which makes being there also litllebit spooky....

Something that always gets me annoyed is when people say “Nazi” instead of German. Nazi is the term used for the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party, and should NOT be used to casually and assign it to military terms. But I guess we have to make everything political right? Even assigning political meaning and names to a non living object like a bunker just because it was built by German soldiers. Have we gone mad? It’s like if I said Capitalist soldier instead of American soldier. Or Communist soldier so instead of Soviet soldier.

Great video. You should come to the Channel Islands if you havnt already been. We got lots of WW2 bunkers, guns and radio towers.

"Last traces" will be with us for centuries. We still find traces of WW1 and the American and Spanish Civil Wars all the time.

Awesome presenter!! Been listening to your podcasts and wanted to put a face to the voice.. fantastic tash! Keep up the good work 👍

In 0,27 min the bunker is in germany hürtgenforest on peterberg/ ochsenkopf area

An interesting video from one of my favourite channels on my birthday, very nice.

Amazing video as always! Keep up the excellent work History Hit team. Say hello to Mr Snow for me.

I was looking for a good short story and this fit the bill. It would be interesting to interview anyone in Dover that remembers being shelled by these guns. Have a Magical Day.

great, but short, these are surely worth more indepth analysis and coverage

you should go to north jutland .to the hanstholm bunker museum .they still have one of the spare guns to bismark there .

I hate that many of these old bunkers are now covered in graffiti. I was lucky enough to walk round many of these structures in the Channel Islands as a teenager when they were relatively pristine. I wish they could be better protected.

Such interesting history, love those drone shots

For some reason I think your voice would be nice for reviewing cars as well 😂. Cool video!

this the kinda content history teachers need to show

How far was it from the sea? From the shots it looks like several hundred metera

Thanks for these free docs historyhit, now I don't have to pay for your excellent content 👍

Audio on this one is a little wonky. Especially the left channel.

Fantastic production quality and content brother. I’m fascinated by WWII, especially nazis. Some scary and ruthless MF’s.

so good that it should have been longer thank you

Very very nice, thanks for this video

That was a Bit short, Just got settled in and it finished Make them Longer please.

What became of the the massive casemates of Siegfried and Roy?

Hitler would be very impressed with Klaus Schwab.

my family and I are form dover, my great grandmother, god rest her soul used to tell me stories about when she was a child, when the nazis first started to bomb dover, she told us her house and her neighbors was some of the only houses for hundred of meters left standing after the attack , she even recalled seeing one of her little girl friends dead in the street as they finally evacuated to london. she then shocked me even further by telling me once she arrived in london, that very same night "the bloody blitz had started" so again she was forced to evacuate, she was seven. i miss her dearly and i will always cherish her stories. im just sad my future children will not be able to meet her and hear her stories.

Like science fiction. Breathtaking

What kind of a drone are you using? Looks pretty neat and sturdy

Would be really interesting to visit sometime!

the short silence before he said, "the poor people of Dover." damn.

amazing channel!!!

What happened to the guns? Who took them apart?

4:37 for anyone who actually just wanted to see the buildings 😂👍🏽

"Ready to take anything the British could throw at it!" I wonder if the tall boy or grand slam would have any issues? Besides the target being fairly tiny.

I visited this place this summer! rlly spectacular!

Fritz Todt, Hmh. don't know why I never heard of him b4? Need 2 look him up since I'm into medieval fortification

Imagine growing up next to these old battle fields

Other than pounding Dover, I wonder how effective they where 🤔 Perhaps in a deterant sense?

Thank you very much.

I have explored some of the German bunkers on Guernsey, in the 90s. We found German graffiti in those too.

Great channel brother 👍 👏

i like how they blur out the swastika in the bunker..... like we don't know wtf that is?

Amazing footage

Wrong. The Lindermann gun battery had the biggest guns.

Remember this. History is so very important to learn as it too often repeats itself.

What’s that behind on 4:22?!

absolutely fascinating video

why are the guns removed?

Incredible!

It is a shame that these bunkers weren't kept up for historians to explore for hundreds of years to come, even tho these bunkers were designed to deliver evil they still are an engineering marvel for that time period, but everything costs money to maintain and it would be quite a lot of money to do so.

Just think of the millions of tons of material and the labor wasted on defensive positions that were simply bypassed when the Allies chose Normandy for the landings

I like that graffiti people were generous enough not to spray over the German WWII graffiti

Good job. Great vid'.

Impressive but not as much as Fort Miles, Cape Henlopen, Delaware. Interestingly, Fort Miles guns only fired once at a foreign merchant ship that didn't understand orders to stop. The shot was aimed high as a warning.

This channel rules, anybody know other youtube channels like it? Good production/good narration/good footage? Diverse historical subjects?

Sniper Elite 5 absolutely nailed it

I'd be moving out of Dover that's for sure.

Damn 2 years to put up a gun crazy!

If they had made Barnes Wallis's earthquake bombs they would have put these out of operation before they became a problem. 3 or 4 years too late. I have been to Normandy with the batteries there. Interesting, tragic and so bloody futile

Uncle A was a great man! Watch “The greatest story never told”

As a 25 year old guy idk why but i was always interested in history esp world war

German engineering... They don’t fuck around.

Some of these places will be a semi-permanent part of the landscape for a very long time to come. Perhaps even lasting _long,_ arguably even centuries, (if not even millenia,) into the future. Archaeologists will be digging these things up in another thousand or two years and, (depending upon the intervening years,) likely ultimately basing the early to mid 20th. century European civilization on them entirely! Between so many hardened, (especially reinforced concrete,) emplacements and defensive military installations, in particular, (mostly from World Wars I and II,) and the steadily increasing paradigm of plastics constituting our current archaeological "layer" in the ongoing fossil record, (unfortunately persisting even _further_ into the distant future,) 30th. (and maybe even 40th.) century archaeologists and historians are going to have constructed _quite_ the interesting view of our contemporary society lol that we're in the process of depositing today! (I mean, just think for a moment what our modern archaeologists have thus far discovered, in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, Egypt, Greece, and the Middle East, Central America, and China, etc. Some of which is interpreted by context alone, like the enigmatic Lake Titicaca region sites at "Tiwanaku" and "Puma Punku," and the pre-bronze age Turkish site "Göbekli Tepe." Places infamously not easily contextualized with any associated writing, from their respective time periods, at all.) Of course, future historians will have the benefit of plenty of ours, but it's not all _that_ difficult to imagine some far distant future human, (or other, for all we know,) civilizations stumbling upon places like the Siegfried Line, (or any other heavily fortified WWII defensive structures,) possibly even significantly below the current topographical layer, and finding themselves suddenly quite perplexed, indeed. It's kind of fun to imagine lol isn't it? They'll have assembled _quite_ the picture of us, won't they?!👍😅

You lost me at the slo-mo with the wind blowing your hair talking about cap-sewels.

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