THE BARE BONES OF A WW1 FORT - BREENDONK

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We spend so much time going through tunnels and forts and bunkers, did you ever wonder what they would look like if completely uncovered?
Well that is where we are going on this trip, one of the great forts around Liege a fighting fort of the first world war, and the HQ for King Leopold II during the second.
Sadly it was preserved as a prison during WW2 but at least it was preserved and it in a most interesting way.
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Комментарии : 71

@chucckb463 2 года назад

Thank you again for keeping history alive. Many are not aware that history is again repeating itself.

@Itsaboutthewaterlife 2 года назад

Well said.

@MaraDaCoriovallum 2 года назад

This is a very impressed place....I was there in the middle of the 90's....and I passed it so many times by truck and every time it' makes me think what happened there..... .... thanks for share this nice produced video...I really appreciate the drone views.... even better than the Google Maps zoom....

@zen4men 2 года назад

Well done, Tino! ...... A Man following his passion.

@oedsnicolai4989 7 месяцев назад

I come past Breendonk at least twice a week in the middle of the night in my truck. So nice to see it all in daylight. And it is Belgian resistance of course.

@blzr1155 2 года назад

Great video Tino, Thanks

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@cliffordfreeman7829 2 года назад

Thats an Amazing story Tino.Thank you for taking the time to show us this historic site and its history.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@oldminer5387 2 года назад

Very interesting to see a fort uncovered, thank you Tino.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@darryllabine2750 2 года назад

I love your work. Please keep it going brother. I'm always waiting for the next video.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

I promise I'm not going anywhere :-) except to Film more

@darryllabine2750 2 года назад

@@tinostruckmann You're the best Tino. I hope we can have a beer together some day.

@ageingviking5587 2 года назад

Great Job Tino! As always it was amazing. WW1 forts are seldom seen so thoroughly. Thank you . Stay safe buddy !

@brucevanderzanden9638 2 года назад

Great job showing us this exposed WWI fort. Interesting to see the different components exposed.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

I thought it would be interesting to see too, just wish there was more on the forts ww1 battles

@TheHistoryWonderer 2 года назад

I always wondered what the forts looked like underground. Pretty dang cool.

@alannapier1081 2 года назад

I was there while in Europe when I was about 14, about 50 years ago. My friend and I were driven by his uncle to Breendonk from Brussels in the late afternoon. I'll never forget the deep mist that covered the ground or the profound sadness knowing the blood of the tortured and murdered soaked the ground I walked on in the courtyard.

@WojciechP915 4 месяца назад

This is super interesting. I have been very interested in the forts of the 1880s through WW2, especially the system style forts.

@lookson624 2 года назад

Thanks tino I loved this video. I want to see in the closed tunnels. Keep it up big lad 😀😀

@Rustinox 2 года назад

I've visited fort Breendonk years ago. And even if you know the history, it kicks you right in the face while visiting. Thanks for posting, Tino.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

I just wish they had preserved and displayed some of the forts ww1 history too

@jonwatt678 2 года назад

What an amazing and intriguing documentary. Thank you Tino for a wonderful look at history. Without these videos there would be a big part of history that was missed by so many!

@dpt6849 2 года назад

Couldn't figure this fort out. Your intro is outstanding. Thank you. 7:11 not suprising in Dutrouxland

@jonathanchalk2507 2 года назад

It's a huge fort. More please 🙂

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

of course just wait until Saturday

@burningb2439 2 года назад

Its a staggering thought all those Prisoners digging that place out with just picks and shovels an barrows , great vid as always Tino..

@christofklicmann6073 2 года назад

Thank you 👍👍👍

@trevorwilliamgrindrod3999 2 года назад

Loved this episode, full of pre and post WW2 Fort history all in one! I do miss watching yr episodes a lot but the hour or 2 hour long one's I just struggle to find that spare time too 😢 If you could possibly consider breaking them down to say 30 minutes you'd get more from the algorithms I believe? Sorry for the long winded comment but I do love watching yr channel as its one of the best WW2 history ones I've found too date👌 And keep up the amazing work Tino 👌

@pablopeter3564 2 года назад

Thanks for paying tribute to the ones who went into harms way.

@russellnixon9981 2 года назад

A remarkably well preserved for / prison, although chilling to see the execution yard and interrogation room. Yet another interesting voyage into the past. Thanks for bring this to us.

@jillkeeley3443 2 года назад

Watching this , as your going through it, it's looking kind of Erie

@bryanevans1487 2 года назад

ONELOVE FROM LLANELLI WALES. Morning TINO. See you later.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

sure will

@patrickbanzai6329 2 года назад

Ah cool,i've been here too :-)

@williambryant5946 2 года назад

In the powder room converted into the interrogation room, there was a large hook left hanging from the ceiling I suppose from before when it was a powder room. I'm guessing they kept that in there as a "tool" of interrogation. Yikes! Doesn't look like a place anyone would want to hang around in! LOL! Seriously though I bet it was a horrible place to be imprisoned. Great video. Stay well on your travels. -Wil 👍

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Yes that is what appear to have happened

@robertsmart4628 2 года назад

Got to be the most frightening fort you have been to . Is to me .

@stevej3166 2 года назад

In the Uk forts Rowner and Grange, both still in government hands. were built in the 1850's+ are great examples of this, both built very similar but, one stripped of the earth embracements and the other to get overgrown.

@VAMO_-tn9yv 2 года назад

In Belgium there is a better underground fort ( fort Eben- Emael). It's one of the largest underground fort. This fort served in ww1 & ww2. In ww2 there were some heavy fights against the german fallschirmjägers in and outside the fort.

@lalumiereetoileequirayonnenosc 2 года назад

Connu ou pas, on en parle pas beaucoup et ça mérite aussi d'être entendu. A part Auschwitz, je n'ai pas encore eu la chance de le visiter dans mon pays et j'ai hâte de le voir car j'aime l'histoire en général dont tout ce qui touche à la guerre jusqu'à la shoah à titre personnel. Merci beaucoup pour nous et pour tout le monde. I'm sorry, my english is not very good. Thank you so much for all. Respect ✌️✨☀️🇧🇪

@geoffburrill9850 2 года назад

Fascinating. I wonder if anyone ever escaped?

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Nobody escaped from the prison however everybody was evacuated in lieu of the allies arrival at the site they went to various camps in the east in 1944 many of them did not survive that for certainly there were survivors after the war

@johanpeeters4188 2 года назад

Hah! You’ve been to the fort of Breendonk? If I knew you’d be there… I live close, we could’ve had a beer together!

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Ain't that just typical:-)

@johanpeeters4188 2 года назад

@@tinostruckmann I emailed you yesterday. There’s some nice juicy info waiting for you. Newt time you’re in Belgium, get in touch :)

@SebastiaanKr 2 года назад

Too bad you didn't tell us more about how it really happened there. Also if you had the listening tour device, you would also have known why those impacts were in the concrete. ps, no Dutch resistance has been imprisoned there, only Belgian ones.

@ilsefluck1200 2 года назад

Are you sure that was members of the Dutch resistens not the belgian???

@JohnSmith-oh9ux 2 года назад

Been there. Such letdown. I wanted coupolas, guns, FORT STUFF but instead I paid 20€ to visit a prison...

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

I do somewhat agree, I was rather sad there was absolutely no mention of the WW1 fighting or history. But at least its different. However you will love tomorrows episode from Tancremont

@sinmelr Год назад

Should have gone to liezele, 5 kms distance. Everything you looked for - for free..

@russcattell955i 2 года назад

I wonder what the prisoners did with all the dirt. Perhaps they dug a hole and buried it (sorry that's an old joke)

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

they built a large earth wall around the fort on the other side of the moat

@DavidHuber63 2 года назад

WT, i want answer's please

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

Whats the question

@DavidHuber63 2 года назад

@@tinostruckmanni really don't, i was fishing for a reply, lol rock on Brother!

@DavidHuber63 2 года назад

@@tinostruckmann I always get the picture after you're lectures Tino!

@paulcock8929 2 года назад

Well done, but you are mixing up Belgians, Flemisch, and Dutch. The prisoners were Flemisch Belgian resistance fighters, some Jews, and the guards were Belgian Flemish collaborators.

@tinostruckmann 2 года назад

The guards we're Flemish SS Gestapo and SD

@paulcock8929 2 года назад

@@tinostruckmann Well yes, you are right. It was a mixed company I am from Flanders (Belgium), and all the schoolchildren had to visit this creepy place. Some of the Flemish guards were shot after the war. Vae victis.