We thank you so much for that Muttley. Our upcoming summer explore will benefit greatly from your very kind support. Thank you again for your kindness and take care out there. Eagle Eyes says hello here on his way to school :)
Thank you so much for your appreciation of genuine WW2 history and for your generous support Myttley. HH has so many supporters supporting them with whatever means they can and he sure shows his thanks.
Something I've always found interesting, is that the German military had NCOs and Officers acting as pilots, whereas the allies only had their officers. The German Aces Speak is a great book on the topic, very eye opening.
Beautiful find. That a percentage of the training base is still standing is remarkable. Since the Russians used it after is a surprise that anything is still standing, they were known for destroying for spite. I had a relative by marriage who flew a JU-87, from 42-45. Got to meet him once my German was terrible and he spoke no English, we made his sister (my great aunt) translate. Now I wish I had asked where he trained. Another great video HH. This trip was just fabulous. The tower at time mark 2:15 is a raiseable radio tower. I have installed 10 of them in my life one on a flatbed trailer used for field communications. At 2:58 that is a tensioner, the left is missing whatever it was connected to. The both of you stay safe and well. EE how is school going?
2:10 it's a pylon mast for antennas, which you can turn out and in. When retracted, not visible to the enemy. The main building is really recognizable by its construction.
This is such a great lost city location. I read an earlier post that the German military had their NCO's and Officer's were also pilots. That is so interesting. Thanks again Eagle Eyes and History Hunter for another great episode.
Incredible to imagine what that place would be like when it was full of personnel and apparatus. Thanks for taking us along on the journey. Look forward to the next installment!
Yes just what i imagine being out there. All of the gear , aircraft and people doing their things. Loving this and we thank you for your great support :)
EE was very right. It is a city. A Luftwaffe city. It is fascinating to walk around such areas, and to speculate on what all these buildings were for, and who worked there, learned there, and taught there. It would be very eerie at night to walk around such an area, that is full of WW2, and Post-War, History. Thank you both for showing us this amazing place. Cheers to you all!
I did too EE it was very interesting place ! Fantastic ! Amazing at how many different buildings were there ! Thank y’all for taking me along ,great journey!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!Be careful! Be safe!!
Ty, both of u, for another interesting video. We can always count on learning from you. Your subscribers are great contributors to additional background information. Keep well.
We are simply amazed at how many buildings and installations are still there after so many years. Nice find together to this complete city. Definitely interesting and top again from you, thanks on behalf of the two of us
Fantastic tour, I would like to have seen this location before it fell into such disrepair. Thank you and EE for the tour. Can't wait to see where you go next. Stay safe my friend.
Yes we would have too and it is such a great place to look into Allen. We thank you for your support making us able to go out there and share with you. Thanks so much.
Amazing to think of a whole city built to train future airforce members. Germany was super prepared for WW2! Thank you HH and EE for sharing this with us and for the extra insight of cold War usage ❤
Thank you for taking us to the huge Luftwaffe Casern. Some of the buildings resemble the Heer Casern in Lahr that I used to go to school in. When the Canadian Army tool over the Casern and Flugplatz they converted the old barracks to offices and at my time there we had 1 for our Intermediate School and one for the High School that still had the weapons racks in the hall ways.
Great intro. Hard to believe that much of the training base is still intact. Certainly says a lot that the Russians ended up utilizing it. A testiment as to how well engineered and effectively designed it was. Can't improve on perfection. What an incredible site. Wish they could preserve it. I bet EE gets an A+ in history class for his WW2 presentations. Thanks so much EE & HH. ❤
That tower structure at the beginning of the video reminded me of the ejection seat trainer that was used when I was in the military. It was at Fort Hood, Texas, and was used for those who were piloting or riding in the C-12 aircraft cockpit. You had to pull the ejection device and the seat shot upwards before slowly sliding downwards.
I believe the first metal structure you saw was a retractable antenna they are still made today and that basic same form. Using pulleys and cables, all they need to do is crank the winch to wind up the cable and extend the antenna upwards
That is kind of you my friend. Yes i know even personally a person who bought a house with a bunker in the garden and restored it very nice. Thanks and greetings from us :)
We must remember that the young German soldiers right from the start believed in their hearts that what they were being trained for was honouorable. They fought for their country as all soldiers would do. Their pilots and soldiers were extemely well trained and some of those practices and techniques are still used today. Well disciplined. Those buildings were still still so beautiful and mesmerizing to this day. One can imagine what they looked like in their prime. They treated their soldiers well. Just imagine the time spent designing and building them. They thought of everything. Such a shame they could not have been preserved or restored. To be a fly or bat on the wall during those times. You could almost hear the soldiers. The graffitti sucks. Some inconsiderate humans with too much time on their hands. Thank you so much for taking us there HH and EE. We never would have been able to experience that piece of history without you. So much more to see. Stay safe.
Back in the 80s when I was regular Army, I had met a fmr. Luftwaffe ground crewman whom was part of Galland's command, very pleasant, well mannered and a pleasure to speak with. He later joined and retired U.S.A.F in Japan and Korea. Also I met a few RAF personnel, one in particular was a flight Sgt., the things they saw could fill a book but it was meeting Gen. Benjamin O. Davis of the Tuskegee Airmen.he loved the P47 D and P 51 D, don't believe the movies either, what he told me was totally opposite. Among making friends was my dearest friend Sen. Daniel K inouye of the 442d RCT. I was invited to his funeral services but couldn't make it. Ordinary men caught up in extraordinary events, just like any other caught up in war.
@@WW2HistoryHunter You're very welcome indeed my friend, if those structures could talk huh ? I remember my grandmother who was a WAC in ww2 talking about the POWs from Africa how well mannered they were, most spoke several languages especially the officers. The Kriegsmarine and luftwaffe officer's were perfect gentlemen, all had a job to do, all had families, homes, lives etc..., just like anyone else, it bothers me so much when people call them nazis, murderers, etc...., sure some were like Kurt Meyer, Wolfgang Ludwig, and others of the SS, anyway, shame others paid the price for those people
That was great, even after Soviet occupation there is so much left from the WWII Germans - the shower room certainly looked original as well as quite a few fixtures. Great day out! Thanks HH and EE
What an amazing site. I have seen a tower like that one at about 2 mins before. My memory says it was use to raise up a steel cable that had a camouflage net on it to act as a screen in front of aircraft on dispersals, easy to raise and drop. I hope there is a lot more to come form this training airfield, and I wonder what else you have found for us here. Stay safe and well my friends
That could be it or as others has mentioned a hoist for a antenna for radio gear. Great place and loved to be there. Will share more later and you will love that :) Thanks Barry and take care out there :)
Would love to wander around there! Always love the sites that were taken over by the allies and used after the war for years. These Soviet military cities were quite something. Shame it's slowly falling apart. Thanks so much for taking us along. Looking forward to more.
I agree with the other commentor that the hoistable structure is an antenna tower. I'm a ham radio operator and some of us have crank up antenna towers similar to the one you found.
Awesome thank you! I don’t think that the rearmament was that quiet. The Allies just didn’t want to face reality. Chamberlain looked like a complete fool with signing the Munich Agrrement.
2:49 We had similar things like this when I was in the Air Force. This will be possibly a retractable radio mast or some sort of meteorlogical equipment. I have seen this exact same thing but for now my memory escapes me! I think these were intended to keep some Luftwaffe bases secret as a tall radio mast was a lovely target for bombers hence they could wind it down in an air raid. This was possibly a covert or night fighter 'Schräge Musik' unit. Hence its existance was closely guarded. 5:22 we were over on detachment in Germany and we had barracks on a live Lufwaffe base. We has slept in the top of these WW2 buildings 16:44 which still existed in the 70's! The one we were in even had a small cinema and projector. The Germans would bring movies up and BEER and we would watch the film and drink, smoke and laugh. Funny really what a shame wars have to happen as they remained close friends. Many years after the war ended we broke brod and ate Bratwurst with these other engineers! DANKE SCHOEN MEIN KAMERADE!
That was pretty interesting and different. Glad you showed us. Shame they are letting the building rot; be nice if they would just fix them up and use them. I can just imagine the number of men that went thru those doors for training. Truly a very nice place. How many buildings were there anyways? Thanks for showing us and giving more insight behind some of history. Stay safe and smile
This is brilliant. I know of the area but have never seen it in modern footage up close. Amazing to see. I know that some of the best known pilots stared from there, if it's the place I'm thinking it is. Adolf Galland, Fritz Lotzgeit, Werner Molders and Macki Steinhoff to name a few, who all flew in the Spanish Civil war before WW2.
The cabels and connection boxes are standard soviet production, probably from the 70s/80s. Soviets did use a lot of ww2 era comms cables. I know one ww2 german underground comms cable in Estonia, that was still in service like 10 years ago and they actually used it for internet service, since the quality was good enought. It was later replaced by fiberoptical cable. About the paint on the walls etc, it´s all soviet- they would regulary paint everything (sometimes even the grass :) ).
Some has said it is just that but i myself could not say what the item is but most likely a radio tower. Interesting place to explore and we will share more from here later. Thank you for your great support my friend and be safe out there. Greetings from us :)
What a beautiful place. It's massive also. I wonder if that winch thing was a engine hoist or some kind of training tool. Well as I always say Happy history hunting 😁
My grandparents used to have exactly the same window ( 16:45 ) might be some German mass production, they build there house in the late 1940's or early 50's.
Those buildings were massive! Too bad the graffiti idiots had to leave their mark along with those hideous colors on the walls. The Germans would never have such garish paint colors. I never could have imagined the Luftwaffe having such a city for their pilots and cadets. It's just fascinating the size and the extensive structures. Again I'm very impressed. I can't wait to see more of your travels. Take care and stay safe. 💖💯
This is an amazing location - it is a sprawling city! What if these buildings could talk... wonderful construction, a tribute to German construction techniques! What a mistake the allies (Britain, USA and France ) made allowing the Russians to take over East Germany. The Russians really did not sacrifice the way the Ukrainians did in the war. In hindsight It seems it would have done us all good to allow the Germans to have more of an opportunity to rebuild their entire nation with the help of everyone but the Russians. I can understand why that decision was made but looking at these buildings is an indication of what could have been done with these facilities. I think that raiseable tower is a radio tower. Great video, extremely interesting location, thank you for taking us along! Stay safe and stay well!!
yes if only history did turn another direction during those years. It could very much be a radio tower yes. Thank you so very much Donald for your incredible support and we send a greeting from us :)
The Treaty of Rapallo aided Germany's armor development hiding in the Soviet Union. Plane development in Sweden and the Netherlands. Naval development taken to Denmark, all in the 20s and early 30s.
Trying to get back to watching more videos over again. This is truly a huge location. Did it double in size when the Russian took it over? I watched a video about the Germans training pilots to be Kamikaze pilots like the Japanese were doing. I wonder if any of that training took place here? I don’t think it was on the same scale as the Japanese. Funny how you can go into one basement and it’s very dirty and then the next one is in better condition. Am surprised that this being a training center that we didn’t see any blackboards. Nice to see the difference between the German buildings and the Russian buildings.
It’s sad to see these places deteriorating after so many years of their glory days. When the Germans were here there were probably hundreds of happy lads running around the complex excited to learn about aviation and becoming pilots. As the war turned in favor of the Allies the mode changed. Then the Russians took over and now the place is literally a shell of itself. Thankful to see this location before it is gone.
does the Luftwaffe training camp on private land? or is on the German Government property. It seems such a terrible waste. I enjoy your channel immensely. HH and EE keep up the great work.
Another great video
We thank you so much for that Muttley. Our upcoming summer explore will benefit greatly from your very kind support. Thank you again for your kindness and take care out there. Eagle Eyes says hello here on his way to school :)
GREAT THANKS !!!!!🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Thank you so much for your appreciation of genuine WW2 history and for your generous support Myttley. HH has so many supporters supporting them with whatever means they can and he sure shows his thanks.
What an interesting explore that was, thanks for showing around 👍🏻
No problem 👍
Would like to have seen the buildings in their prime. Always interesting. Thank you for allowing us to tag along. 😊
WE have seen some pictures and the area was very clean and maintained. Thanks Beth.
Man if those walls could talk. The stories from WW2 and the cold war. Thanks for the shout out in the vid. Take care guys.
Yes if the walls could only how great would that be. Thank YOU for your great support and more to come soon :)
Something I've always found interesting, is that the German military had NCOs and Officers acting as pilots, whereas the allies only had their officers. The German Aces Speak is a great book on the topic, very eye opening.
Not quite correct, as the RAF had sergeant pilots, flying bombers and fighters.
@George Hinton thank you for the correction! I don't know my RAF history hardly at all, probably should have stuck with "the US" lol
Yes that is a special feature of the German Luftwaffe. Thanks and greetings from us.
@@georgehinton250 Exactly my words.
@@georgehinton250 Like Chuck Yeager😁😁
I went there a few years ago. Very impressive to walk around there.
Thanks for watching
Beautiful find. That a percentage of the training base is still standing is remarkable. Since the Russians used it after is a surprise that anything is still standing, they were known for destroying for spite. I had a relative by marriage who flew a JU-87, from 42-45. Got to meet him once my German was terrible and he spoke no English, we made his sister (my great aunt) translate. Now I wish I had asked where he trained. Another great video HH. This trip was just fabulous. The tower at time mark 2:15 is a raiseable radio tower. I have installed 10 of them in my life one on a flatbed trailer used for field communications. At 2:58 that is a tensioner, the left is missing whatever it was connected to. The both of you stay safe and well. EE how is school going?
Thanks for sharing that William and now we know what that tower was. Did wonder a bit about that one we did :) Thanks for your great support :)
A city lost from ww2 to the cold war, thanks again for your efforts.
Thank you George :)
2:10 it's a pylon mast for antennas, which you can turn out and in. When retracted, not visible to the enemy.
The main building is really recognizable by its construction.
Good to know Oma and interesting gear that is. We thank you for your great support and we send a greeting from us :)
This is such a great lost city location. I read an earlier post that the German military had their NCO's and Officer's were also pilots. That is so interesting. Thanks again Eagle Eyes and History Hunter for another great episode.
Indeed it is and thanks for being here Lisa :)
Incredible to imagine what that place would be like when it was full of personnel and apparatus. Thanks for taking us along on the journey. Look forward to the next installment!
Yes just what i imagine being out there. All of the gear , aircraft and people doing their things. Loving this and we thank you for your great support :)
Great video guys - Thanks for taking me along :)
No worries my friend and greetings from us :)
EE was very right. It is a city. A Luftwaffe city. It is fascinating to walk around such areas, and to speculate on what all these buildings were for, and who worked there, learned there, and taught there. It would be very eerie at night to walk around such an area, that is full of WW2, and Post-War, History. Thank you both for showing us this amazing place. Cheers to you all!
Indeed Peter , just a little city out there in a forest and we loved to find that and share it with you :) More to come and thanks so much.
Outstanding new video and adventure by the WW2 History Hunter team.
Appreciated and we shall share more soon :) Thanks.
Absolute crazy place and amazing to see the structures ,thank you for taking us there. Both of you do so much.
So much history there yes and we thank you for being here David :)
I did too EE it was very interesting place ! Fantastic ! Amazing at how many different buildings were there ! Thank y’all for taking me along ,great journey!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!Be careful! Be safe!!
Yes we loved to walk around there and feel the area and the old buildings. Thanks so much Mark :)
Such interesting content! Greetings from across the big pond!
Appreciated and greetings from us Bill :)
Those buildings make me sad, HH. I wish they'd have been preserved. Still, it is amazing to see! Makes you wonder if Goering ever visited!❤
Me too Cynthia , very sad to see that they just rot away and i read that there are some plans to demolish it all. Thanks and greetings from us.
Thanks!
Thank you Jim :)
Ty, both of u, for another interesting video. We can always count on learning from you. Your subscribers are great contributors to additional background information. Keep well.
Indeed and we thank YOU for being here with us :)
Another wonderful adventure into WWII history. Thank you and EE for sharing your adventures with us all and as always " Good Hunting "
Indeed another explore back in time and loving it my friend. We thank you for your great support :)
We are simply amazed at how many buildings and installations are still there after so many years. Nice find together to this complete city. Definitely interesting and top again from you, thanks on behalf of the two of us
Agree and we just loved being there and sharing it with you my friend :) Greetings from us and keep smiling :)
Fantastic tour, I would like to have seen this location before it fell into such disrepair. Thank you and EE for the tour. Can't wait to see where you go next. Stay safe my friend.
Yes we would have too and it is such a great place to look into Allen. We thank you for your support making us able to go out there and share with you. Thanks so much.
A very good segment. Interesting buildings long forgotten. Keep up the great work!
Yes this is such a great place to look into and we just loved it. Thanks Don :)
Amazing to think of a whole city built to train future airforce members. Germany was super prepared for WW2! Thank you HH and EE for sharing this with us and for the extra insight of cold War usage ❤
Yes they really prepared for what was coming and so glad we could share that with you :)
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your adventures in history
Hello Earl and very glad to see you today :) Thanks and greetings from us.
I enjoy your videos my friends
Very cool two see where the Luftwaffe trained . What a amazing location can't wait to see the next video.
Interesting place that is yes and thanks Jacob for being here :)
Another great video. Great history. Thanks
appreciated my friend :)
Thank you for taking us to the huge Luftwaffe Casern. Some of the buildings resemble the Heer Casern in Lahr that I used to go to school in. When the Canadian Army tool over the Casern and Flugplatz they converted the old barracks to offices and at my time there we had 1 for our Intermediate School and one for the High School that still had the weapons racks in the hall ways.
There you go and interesting to read my friend. Must have been a very special thing to have experienced. Thanks for sharing and for being here :)
Absolutely amazing what is still there in plain sight. Thankyou again H.H. and E.E. !
Great explore and thanks Stephen..
The hoist you were asking about is an antenna mast that you can raise and lower.
Good to know and thanks for watching.
I think I played to many survival horror games. Every time you go into one of those basements, my mind is thinking, look out! You are very brave.
There you go and thanks Leeroy for your great support :)
Great intro. Hard to believe that much of the training base is still intact. Certainly says a lot that the Russians ended up utilizing it. A testiment as to how well engineered and effectively designed it was. Can't improve on perfection. What an incredible site. Wish they could preserve it. I bet EE gets an A+ in history class for his WW2 presentations. Thanks so much EE & HH. ❤
Yes but sad to see that it is so trashed and will for sure not be here too long i think. Thanks Laura and keep smiling :)
That tower structure at the beginning of the video reminded me of the ejection seat trainer that was used when I was in the military. It was at Fort Hood, Texas, and was used for those who were piloting or riding in the C-12 aircraft cockpit. You had to pull the ejection device and the seat shot upwards before slowly sliding downwards.
That could be it indeed. Thanks Cathryn and greetings from us.
I believe the first metal structure you saw was a retractable antenna they are still made today and that basic same form.
Using pulleys and cables, all they need to do is crank the winch to wind up the cable and extend the antenna upwards
Cool to know and thanks for being here :)
Amazing place! Thank you HH & EE! Be well my friends
We agree and loved to visit that place. Thanks and greetings from us.
I'll donate more when I can just out of curiosity do u know or ever herd of any one buying one of these bunkers and restoring them and living in them.
Btw I still haven't been payed like I said in a previous commet as soon as I do I'll do better than 2$
That is kind of you my friend. Yes i know even personally a person who bought a house with a bunker in the garden and restored it very nice. Thanks and greetings from us :)
@WW2HistoryHunter that so cool u should try to do a tour of it.
Looking forward to part two of this most excellent adventure!
Great place and thanks for being here.
Another amazing video.... My favorite time of history to study
Great place and loved to share this. Thanks Brian :)
We must remember that the young German soldiers right from the start believed in their hearts that what they were being trained for was honouorable. They fought for their country as all soldiers would do. Their pilots and soldiers were extemely well trained and some of those practices and techniques are still used today. Well disciplined. Those buildings were still still so beautiful and mesmerizing to this day. One can imagine what they looked like in their prime. They treated their soldiers well. Just imagine the time spent designing and building them. They thought of everything. Such a shame they could not have been preserved or restored. To be a fly or bat on the wall during those times. You could almost hear the soldiers. The graffitti sucks. Some inconsiderate humans with too much time on their hands. Thank you so much for taking us there HH and EE. We never would have been able to experience that piece of history without you. So much more to see. Stay safe.
So true , they were soldiers of the time and that is all we can say there were. Thanks Laura and greetings from us.
Back in the 80s when I was regular Army, I had met a fmr. Luftwaffe ground crewman whom was part of Galland's command, very pleasant, well mannered and a pleasure to speak with. He later joined and retired U.S.A.F in Japan and Korea. Also I met a few RAF personnel, one in particular was a flight Sgt., the things they saw could fill a book but it was meeting Gen. Benjamin O. Davis of the Tuskegee Airmen.he loved the P47 D and P 51 D, don't believe the movies either, what he told me was totally opposite. Among making friends was my dearest friend Sen. Daniel K inouye of the 442d RCT. I was invited to his funeral services but couldn't make it. Ordinary men caught up in extraordinary events, just like any other caught up in war.
Interesting to read William and we thank you for sharing that :) More to come soon :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter You're very welcome indeed my friend, if those structures could talk huh ? I remember my grandmother who was a WAC in ww2 talking about the POWs from Africa how well mannered they were, most spoke several languages especially the officers. The Kriegsmarine and luftwaffe officer's were perfect gentlemen, all had a job to do, all had families, homes, lives etc..., just like anyone else, it bothers me so much when people call them nazis, murderers, etc...., sure some were like Kurt Meyer, Wolfgang Ludwig, and others of the SS, anyway, shame others paid the price for those people
That was great, even after Soviet occupation there is so much left from the WWII Germans - the shower room certainly looked original as well as quite a few fixtures. Great day out! Thanks HH and EE
Yes great place to explore and thanks my friend :)
Tak!
Thank you for that my friend. Will come in handy for sure us being out there. Greetings from us and be safe out there :)
What an amazing site. I have seen a tower like that one at about 2 mins before. My memory says it was use to raise up a steel cable that had a camouflage net on it to act as a screen in front of aircraft on dispersals, easy to raise and drop. I hope there is a lot more to come form this training airfield, and I wonder what else you have found for us here. Stay safe and well my friends
That could be it or as others has mentioned a hoist for a antenna for radio gear. Great place and loved to be there. Will share more later and you will love that :) Thanks Barry and take care out there :)
Thanks for showing
You bet
You needed a drone to get a wide Ariel shot of the whole complex. It must be off limits to general population. Good video.
Thanks and more to come :)
Wahnsinnig schön zu sehen und dass es erhalten geblieben ist. Vielen Dank.
Thank you for being here :)
Great video can’t believe all of that is still there
It is a very interesting location indeed and thanks for being here.
Another fear video. Great history. Thanks
Thanks Michael.
Another great video!
Appreciated Pamela and greetings from us :)
That crank up tower looks like it was used for communication antennas. Nice find indeed.
Could very well be yes and thanks for being here :)
Definitely interesting buildings. We’re there any signs of old aircraft hangers? Or did they have that sort of thing there. Excellent video as always.
The old WW2 hangars are not here anymore. Will show more of this area later. Thanks Garry :)
Would love to wander around there! Always love the sites that were taken over by the allies and used after the war for years. These Soviet military cities were quite something. Shame it's slowly falling apart. Thanks so much for taking us along. Looking forward to more.
Yes to bad it is rotting away and will in the end be torn down totally. Thanks and greetings from us.
Great visit to Luftwaffe training base , hope you brought your metal detector.. Good job guys !
No not at this location. We only had this walkabout there and we loved it. Thanks Dave.
I agree with the other commentor that the hoistable structure is an antenna tower. I'm a ham radio operator and some of us have crank up antenna towers similar to the one you found.
Very interesting and thanks for tip and for watching.
Awesome thank you! I don’t think that the rearmament was that quiet. The Allies just didn’t want to face reality. Chamberlain looked like a complete fool with signing the Munich Agrrement.
Thanks for comment and for watching.
What a huge facility. You can image the services and entertainment that would be at the disposal of the personnel.
Yes the place was massive and hundreds of crews there. great place and thanks David :)
2:49 We had similar things like this when I was in the Air Force. This will be possibly a retractable radio mast or some sort of meteorlogical equipment. I have seen this exact same thing but for now my memory escapes me! I think these were intended to keep some Luftwaffe bases secret as a tall radio mast was a lovely target for bombers hence they could wind it down in an air raid. This was possibly a covert or night fighter 'Schräge Musik' unit. Hence its existance was closely guarded. 5:22 we were over on detachment in Germany and we had barracks on a live Lufwaffe base. We has slept in the top of these WW2 buildings 16:44 which still existed in the 70's! The one we were in even had a small cinema and projector. The Germans would bring movies up and BEER and we would watch the film and drink, smoke and laugh. Funny really what a shame wars have to happen as they remained close friends. Many years after the war ended we broke brod and ate Bratwurst with these other engineers! DANKE SCHOEN MEIN KAMERADE!
Cool and thanks for sharing my friend :)
That was pretty interesting and different. Glad you showed us. Shame they are letting the building rot; be nice if they would just fix them up and use them. I can just imagine the number of men that went thru those doors for training. Truly a very nice place. How many buildings were there anyways? Thanks for showing us and giving more insight behind some of history. Stay safe and smile
There must be around 100 buildings there in all. Loved it and more to come Colleen :)
This is brilliant. I know of the area but have never seen it in modern footage up close. Amazing to see. I know that some of the best known pilots stared from there, if it's the place I'm thinking it is. Adolf Galland, Fritz Lotzgeit, Werner Molders and Macki Steinhoff to name a few, who all flew in the Spanish Civil war before WW2.
Great explore and thanks for being here :)
Great video
Very glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks.
The cabels and connection boxes are standard soviet production, probably from the 70s/80s. Soviets did use a lot of ww2 era comms cables. I know one ww2 german underground comms cable in Estonia, that was still in service like 10 years ago and they actually used it for internet service, since the quality was good enought. It was later replaced by fiberoptical cable. About the paint on the walls etc, it´s all soviet- they would regulary paint everything (sometimes even the grass :) ).
There you go and thanks for watching.
Good Job 👏👍
Thank you.
Is that mechanical thing you found a retractable radio tower. Looks like there are several sections inside that would raise up with the winch
Some has said it is just that but i myself could not say what the item is but most likely a radio tower. Interesting place to explore and we will share more from here later. Thank you for your great support my friend and be safe out there. Greetings from us :)
What a beautiful place. It's massive also. I wonder if that winch thing was a engine hoist or some kind of training tool. Well as I always say Happy history hunting 😁
I'm looking forward to becoming a supporter again. I need a few months before I can. 8m still there at heart
Some says it could be a hoist for a antenna. Great place and will share more from here soon. Thanks my friend and greetings from us.
Loved this lost city. It’s a shame there was graffiti. 👍👍👍👍👍 thanks history hunter and Eagle Eyes.
Totally agree Wendy , wish there were no graffiti at such place. Thanks for your great support and greetings from us.
Many thanks, Eagle eyes 👀.
Thanks for being here :)
My grandparents used to have exactly the same window ( 16:45 ) might be some German mass production, they build there house in the late 1940's or early 50's.
ok and thanks for watchintg.
The telescopic pole and the anchor it looks like it might be a blimp anchor system
could it really be. cool and thanks for being here :)
Great new find! 👍👍💙💛
Loved this place and thank you for being here :)
Well done great
Appreciated Trevor and greetings from us.
I think it’s a antenna inside of antenna that can be hosted up very high to receive and transmit signals. That’s my guess.
That could very well be it and thanks George for being here.
Those buildings were massive! Too bad the graffiti idiots had to leave their mark along with those hideous colors on the walls. The Germans would never have such garish paint colors. I never could have imagined the Luftwaffe having such a city for their pilots and cadets. It's just fascinating the size and the extensive structures. Again I'm very impressed. I can't wait to see more of your travels. Take care and stay safe. 💖💯
Yes the graffiti totally ruins the history there and i myself hate it. At least we can see what is still there. Thanks Julie :)
It looks like an antenna mast. The mast is three cornered then the other sections fit inside
ok and good to know. Thanks John :)
Very cool place
Thanks Tommy :)
awesome place!!
Thank you my friend :)
Such a interesting location.
Great location and thanks Das :)
bro you are very brave going in those dark basements. no way im getting down there haha
Well i dont mind going down there. Thanks.
This is an amazing location - it is a sprawling city! What if these buildings could talk... wonderful construction, a tribute to German construction techniques! What a mistake the allies (Britain, USA and France ) made allowing the Russians to take over East Germany. The Russians really did not sacrifice the way the Ukrainians did in the war. In hindsight It seems it would have done us all good to allow the Germans to have more of an opportunity to rebuild their entire nation with the help of everyone but the Russians. I can understand why that decision was made but looking at these buildings is an indication of what could have been done with these facilities. I think that raiseable tower is a radio tower. Great video, extremely interesting location, thank you for taking us along! Stay safe and stay well!!
yes if only history did turn another direction during those years. It could very much be a radio tower yes. Thank you so very much Donald for your incredible support and we send a greeting from us :)
The Treaty of Rapallo aided Germany's armor development hiding in the Soviet Union. Plane development in Sweden and the Netherlands. Naval development taken to Denmark, all in the 20s and early 30s.
Thanks for watching.
Trying to get back to watching more videos over again. This is truly a huge location. Did it double in size when the Russian took it over? I watched a video about the Germans training pilots to be Kamikaze pilots like the Japanese were doing. I wonder if any of that training took place here? I don’t think it was on the same scale as the Japanese. Funny how you can go into one basement and it’s very dirty and then the next one is in better condition. Am surprised that this being a training center that we didn’t see any blackboards. Nice to see the difference between the German buildings and the Russian buildings.
It did not expand after the Russian came in. Great place this is and thanks for being here with us :)
It’s sad to see these places deteriorating after so many years of their glory days. When the Germans were here there were probably hundreds of happy lads running around the complex excited to learn about aviation and becoming pilots. As the war turned in favor of the Allies the mode changed. Then the Russians took over and now the place is literally a shell of itself. Thankful to see this location before it is gone.
I agree and there are talks about removing it completely from the map. Thanks Anthony and more to come :)
Are you allowed to metal detect this area?
Well we could but this is just a walkabout and sharing that. Thanks.
intresting place
It sure is and thanks :)
does the Luftwaffe training camp on private land? or is on the German Government property. It seems such a terrible waste. I enjoy your channel immensely. HH and EE keep up the great work.
Some are private some are government. Thanks Steve and more to come :)
awesome
Appreciated Marilyn :)
In English (American English, anyway), those structures on the roof are called dormers, and in this case, the style of dormer is a shed dormer.
Good to know and thanks for being here Bruce :)
If they trained men to be pilots did you find any runways or aircraft hangers?
Yes they are around and even the runways at some areas. Thanks.
They put it high so it can be herd for miles around
could be and thanks for watching.
You should have sent up a drone nothing like an Ariel view.👍
I know and thanks :)
Wow, so many buildings from ww2 German luffawaffe still there.
Indeed and thanks William :)
I think it's a telescopic antennae.
That could very well be yes. Thanks for watching.
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Indeed and thanks Jim :)
THE THINg IS A STRABO crane
ok and thanks.
Boy I would LOVE to live there BUILT for a 1,000 years..Why does no one Live there ??😁😁😁
Could have been cool to do and thanks we will show more soon my friend :)
SO WHATS A FLIGHT SARGENT BIT SLOW THERE.
NCO..No College that's It !!😁😁😁
Thanks for watching.
Wow
Great explore David and more to come. Take care and greetings from us.
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Thanks for watching.
hi
Hello to you my friend :)
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Thank you Robert :)