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.
What means history in America? Invade in other countries and bomb them or pardon war criminals as your stupid «president» did it? In Europe we don't adore Nazi-symbols as in the USA where racists show them in public. What do you think why this symbol on the island was destroyed? Do you have any idea? Maybe because the Nazis brought peace and bread to the people there or because they killed people?
Alpentarn History is what it is. People are not happy with theirselves are the ones that want to destroy history. I like to embrace it and enjoy the history of both sides. Study history and learn something and hope that we never repeat it . What you hear of a American President his told by a crooked media. President Trump is a great President with a gigantic heart. The United States is not a racist country. It’s the Democratic Party that pushes racism to have something to fight about. Why do so many immigrants want to come to America? The USA is a great country!
@@southernman5839 well said. Racism is taught not learned and you can't judge an entire continent because a lot of stupid people have their heads up their asses!
WW2HistoryHunter - I share your passion for WW2. I am SOOOOOO envious of the work you’re doing and the places/sites you get to see. Other people dream of winning the lotto and spending the rest of their lives on a beach or something. Me? Doing EXACTLY what you do. I’d live it 24/7. Like that island. I’d want to spend a month there. Or six months - WHATEVER it took to inspect every square inch of it. Maybe keep a log or a journal. Obviously lots of pictures and videos and possibly a treasure or two. Even read a book about the place I’m at WHILE IM THERE, sitting under an old embankment or something. Do some metal detecting where permissible and respectable. I LOVE everything about the history with WW2. The people, the stories, the politics leading up to and afterwards. I could digest that stuff around the clock and never get bored. But alas, I have a family to support so I must continue to work 55-60hrs a week, haha. Ok, enough blabbing for me. THANK YOU for all you do. I LOVED this video especially. Be safe and continue on my friend.
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
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 ....
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.
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...
Your right to demonise and entire society goes beyond unfair and reason , more important is that we all learn from our historical mistakes which painfully we don’t seem to.
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 !
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!
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 !
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!
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.
Today there is a cable running there but out of usage i think , cant remember. But a interesting spot and loved to share it with you William. Thanks and keep smiling.
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.
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!!!
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!
I didnt see any opening there but then again i think i catually missed out on 50 % of what is there as a result of the vegetation being so intense , and the mosquitoes as well. Thanks Sue.
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 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
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!
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!!!
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?
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 💪🏼😎
@@WW2HistoryHunter hey my friend been long time hope the family is safe man look at were the threaded cable is don't it look like the wall dips almost like a common arm rested above the threaded piece seen it here in nfld
To be fair it wasn’t torn down, just one of its two swastikas removed. It, rightfully, pisses some people off. I find them fascinating as they document a moment in time. I suppose it being on an island helped it’s longevity. How exactly is ‘the US going through it now’? Not really on the same level is it? Americans make me laugh.
@@craigwarby2188 how the us is going trough it? people tearing down statues of historical figures. ultimately dooming these people to repeat history once more, since those that destroy and do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
@@LodewijkVrije mostly it's racial bullshit. I was born and raised in South GA and racism is taught not learned. Those that want to tear the statues down ate like cattle. They've never been taught true history in school. My youngest graduated last year and he had an awesome history teacher. Teachers don't care if kids learn or not so they believe anything. Stupid
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.
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!! ;-)
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.
I worked at a power company doing cable fault location and I see the same as you. A three phase cable with a concentric neutral. From the insulator size would in the US be maybe a 4,000 volt cable. Can't tell if wye wye or delta delta. In the Washington DC area in the 1940s this was a common type of primary distribution wye wye system feeding transformers roughly 2,00 volts phase to ground and 3,420 volts phase to phase. Makes sense to have a central or a couple of generators feeding the various buildings on the island. They needed electricity for radio communication, phone communication for the island, lighting, water system pumps and so on. At 22:45 there are pole mounted overhead lines seen but if they are modern or date back to 1940s cannot tell. Video shows a single large line and those 4KV three phase lines were sometimes pole mounted. Open bare wires were cheaper but vulnerable to tree limbs, squirrels and other things fouling them. So sometimes insulated underground type cable was strung overhead which minimized such problems but offered a different set of problems. The island is being reclaimed by nature and is quiet lovely. We can only imagine what if looked like before man built so much there. Anyway the mosquitoes seem to appreciate it.
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.
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.
Hi, WW2 History Hunter and Eagle Eyes, at about 18:50 you've got some very heavy duty electrical insulators, probably used to power some massive electrically power weapon, likely aimed toward London or any where the allies would have been trying to attack from. Thanks again for sharing, God Bless and stay safe.
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!
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 !
As far as i saw there war 2 possible 20 mm FLAK positions on the island tucked very well away in the mountain. But we will go back and find out more later. Thanks
@@WW2HistoryHunter A special place... that could be a (secret) military base and a prison camp at the same time...🙄 A aerial view of the complex could help you a lot and it also could be interesting . I can't wait ! 🙂 Good luck !
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!
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!
You can always go back, better to keep a rekey to just that else you’ll get bogged down. And why be desperate, enjoy and feel the space first time to see it, let it reveal in time if that is what you wish for ?
Hi another great place to discover would have loved to have seen drone footage of the island maybe there were bunkers hidden there aswell can imagine the building with the black and white flooring great to see things still there thank you for your effort to show us cant wait for the next video 😎
to me it's very ironic to be surrounded by so much of God and Mother Nature's beauty on one hand and then on the other hand you have man's cruelty of enslaving, warmongering and abuse of their fellow man in the same place. hearing the birds chirping out their lovely songs and seeing nature overtake man's folley is magical to me. thanks again guys!!!!
rotolactor You cannot change history just because you don’t agree with it or you find it offensive!!! The reason we preserve history is to learn from it and not repeat the same mistakes. Feelings and politics don’t play a role in preserving history, and as we keep going forward in time it seems like you guys are losing your grasp on reality also.
WW2HistoryHunter Yes sir! You’re welcome! Thank you for documenting WWII history and things most of us will never get to see! I find your content very educational and interesting.
Thanks for another good video. Always look forward to your videos. Feels like I'm there with you sometimes lol. Can't wait to visit europe and Normandy one day.
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! 😉
Excellent hunt, Hunter! Thanks. Beautiful island...I was thinking they had a hydro powerplant built there. Raceway tunnels? Or people power powerplant?
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
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"
Maybe the big cables, insulators and large spot were for the power generator for the island, for potentially radars, search lights, garnison and prisoners?
What a great find the road is whats left over train tracks to create a gentle climb , the cable you found is to big for search lights or generators what ever it was for it was carrying allot of current .The threaded rod that was drilled into solid rock with fine metric thread was there to hold something down maybe something that floats above ground with lots of electrical current just maybe.
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.
You are right about repeating history, so sad that the "peaceful rioters" tearing down historical statues and monuments now.
Appreciated Beverly and thanks for comment and for watching.
Beautiful place. And I appreciate your defending history. We're in trouble in America regarding that currently. Thanks for your great work.
Thank you too!
What means history in America? Invade in other countries and bomb them or pardon war criminals as your stupid «president» did it?
In Europe we don't adore Nazi-symbols as in the USA where racists show them in public. What do you think why this symbol on the island was destroyed? Do you have any idea? Maybe because the Nazis brought peace and bread to the people there or because they killed people?
Alpentarn History is what it is. People are not happy with theirselves are the ones that want to destroy history. I like to embrace it and enjoy the history of both sides. Study history and learn something and hope that we never repeat it . What you hear of a American President his told by a crooked media. President Trump is a great President with a gigantic heart. The United States is not a racist country. It’s the Democratic Party that pushes racism to have something to fight about. Why do so many immigrants want to come to America? The USA is a great country!
@@southernman5839 well said. Racism is taught not learned and you can't judge an entire continent because a lot of stupid people have their heads up their asses!
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
Glad you enjoyed it and have a still great summertime :)
@@WW2HistoryHunter You too my friend, enjoy!!
Hope you find out more about this island and share the history. Thank you.
Will try and thanks Chris.
WW2HistoryHunter - I share your passion for WW2. I am SOOOOOO envious of the work you’re doing and the places/sites you get to see. Other people dream of winning the lotto and spending the rest of their lives on a beach or something. Me? Doing EXACTLY what you do. I’d live it 24/7. Like that island. I’d want to spend a month there. Or six months - WHATEVER it took to inspect every square inch of it. Maybe keep a log or a journal. Obviously lots of pictures and videos and possibly a treasure or two. Even read a book about the place I’m at WHILE IM THERE, sitting under an old embankment or something. Do some metal detecting where permissible and respectable. I LOVE everything about the history with WW2. The people, the stories, the politics leading up to and afterwards. I could digest that stuff around the clock and never get bored. But alas, I have a family to support so I must continue to work 55-60hrs a week, haha. Ok, enough blabbing for me. THANK YOU for all you do. I LOVED this video especially. Be safe and continue on my friend.
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
Thanks Ben
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 ....
Appreciated Ted and greetings from us.
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.
Appreciate your comment and for watching.
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...
Carbies Chronicles yeah, one of my k98 rifles has the tiny waffenamps destroyed because of the “devil “swastika!.so sad.
Thanks for watching.
Your right to demonise and entire society goes beyond unfair and reason , more important is that we all learn from our historical mistakes which painfully we don’t seem to.
Another Outstanding video and presentation. I always look forward to seeing any WW2 History Hunter videos. Thank you!
We appreciate your great support my friend and greetings from us.
Your videos made me garner an interest for WW2 relics. Thank you for making history interesting!
Thanks my friend.
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 !
Will do and greetings to Kansas.
That’s a lot of work, way above what is normally seen at these fortifications, keep digging for more info
Will do Jason and thanks my friend.
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
Thanks Andy
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! 💖💖
Great place it is and i loved sharing it with you Julie :)
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!
Could be fun , time will tell i we can do that. Thanks
Outstanding! As always it’s a pleasure to watch thanks again for taking us along on your adventures pal.
Glad you enjoyed it
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 !
Normally locals would take a lot then millitary clean up afterwards. Thanks
Those do indeed look like power lines.
Sharp eye.
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!
I appreciate that and thanks.
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.
Today there is a cable running there but out of usage i think , cant remember. But a interesting spot and loved to share it with you William. Thanks and keep smiling.
Crazy Bunker island ,,, i am blown away,, thanks again for showing us this incredible place ,,,,,,
i agree a very interesting location it is.
Brilliant video as usual. Such an interesting place and a little weird. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Definitely some top secret stuff went on there. Outstanding video. Ty
Glad you enjoyed it
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.
Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your kind words Hugh. Greetings from us.
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!!!
Thanks for watching and more to come :)
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!
I didnt see any opening there but then again i think i catually missed out on 50 % of what is there as a result of the vegetation being so intense , and the mosquitoes as well. Thanks Sue.
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 agree and we have now found out some secrets of this place. We might post something later. Thanks
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
Glad you enjoy it and greetings from us.
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!
Very much appreciate your kind support my friend and glad you can enjoy our adventures at least. Thanks and greetings from us.
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.
So true. Thanks
One of your best adventures! Thank you for taking us along.
Our pleasure and more to come later. Thanks.
Thank you for exposing these amazing lost sites to the light, greetings from Vancouver :)
Glad you like them!
The lengths you go to
All for our entertainment
Fantastic video thank you
For all your hard work
Thank you Paul and thanks for watching.
Ciao from Italy and thanks for great videos!!!!
Glad you like them!
Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪
Hello my friend :)
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!!!
Appreciated my friend and greetings from us
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?
The barracks were placed in those cut outs to protect them from allied bombers. Thanks for watching.
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 💪🏼😎
Thanks for sharing , be proud and greetings from us.
Another awesome video showing the true history. On a side note, I like the old camera better.
i know , it is in for warranty work and cant wait to have it back :) Thanks
@@WW2HistoryHunter didn't matter either way, great videos. Thanks for all your hard work and eagle eyes
That place is a mystery thank for exploring
So appreciated Richard :)
what a great adventure and that gigantic cable ,got me thinking about "Hellboy" movie :) keep up the great work:D
Thanks! Will do!
@@WW2HistoryHunter hey my friend been long time hope the family is safe man look at were the threaded cable is don't it look like the wall dips almost like a common arm rested above the threaded piece seen it here in nfld
@@WW2HistoryHunter you think they were testing a rail gun cause of the power conducter lieces
A rail gun would explain the width ,curvature and degree of the grades of the road.
It is dam shame people just want to destroy history. It is really heartbroken
Yup..the U.S. is going through it now
Thanks Elvis.
To be fair it wasn’t torn down, just one of its two swastikas removed. It, rightfully, pisses some people off. I find them fascinating as they document a moment in time. I suppose it being on an island helped it’s longevity.
How exactly is ‘the US going through it now’?
Not really on the same level is it?
Americans make me laugh.
@@craigwarby2188 how the us is going trough it?
people tearing down statues of historical figures. ultimately dooming these people to repeat history once more, since those that destroy and do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
@@LodewijkVrije mostly it's racial bullshit. I was born and raised in South GA and racism is taught not learned. Those that want to tear the statues down ate like cattle. They've never been taught true history in school. My youngest graduated last year and he had an awesome history teacher. Teachers don't care if kids learn or not so they believe anything. Stupid
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.
So true and appreciate you taking time to comment and watch. Greetings to Ted.
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!! ;-)
Thanks Andrew
Cool explore. What a mystery ! Thankyou !
Appreciated Stephen :)
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.
Thanks for great feedback and appreciate you watching.
I worked at a power company doing cable fault location and I see the same as you. A three phase cable with a concentric neutral. From the insulator size would in the US be maybe a 4,000 volt cable. Can't tell if wye wye or delta delta. In the Washington DC area in the 1940s this was a common type of primary distribution wye wye system feeding transformers roughly 2,00 volts phase to ground and 3,420 volts phase to phase. Makes sense to have a central or a couple of generators feeding the various buildings on the island. They needed electricity for radio communication, phone communication for the island, lighting, water system pumps and so on.
At 22:45 there are pole mounted overhead lines seen but if they are modern or date back to 1940s cannot tell. Video shows a single large line and those 4KV three phase lines were sometimes pole mounted. Open bare wires were cheaper but vulnerable to tree limbs, squirrels and other things fouling them. So sometimes insulated underground type cable was strung overhead which minimized such problems but offered a different set of problems.
The island is being reclaimed by nature and is quiet lovely. We can only imagine what if looked like before man built so much there. Anyway the mosquitoes seem to appreciate it.
Looking forward to watching your next video of this island.
More to come!
That was very interesting. That light made the inside of that tunnel so bright and really showed up the detail. Always interesting adventures.
Thanks Wanda
Thank you so much for bringing it alive
Appreciated Russell
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.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for another great episode.:)
Thank you too!
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.
My thoughts exactly
@@WW2HistoryHunter the brown ceramic cones are electrical insulators, so the thick cable must've been a power cable to power something....
Hi, WW2 History Hunter and Eagle Eyes, at about 18:50 you've got some very heavy duty electrical insulators, probably used to power some massive electrically power weapon, likely aimed toward London or any where the allies would have been trying to attack from. Thanks again for sharing, God Bless and stay safe.
Who knows i sure dont. Thanks.
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
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks from us.
Sir really you are the lion of history
wow how cool to read and i feel honored my friend. Thanks
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!
Well we are only humans :) Thanks my friend.
Show us on a map where you went most of us will probably never get there
Thanks for watching.
@@WW2HistoryHunter And the map?
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 !
As far as i saw there war 2 possible 20 mm FLAK positions on the island tucked very well away in the mountain. But we will go back and find out more later. Thanks
@@WW2HistoryHunter
A special place... that could be a (secret) military base and a prison camp at the same time...🙄
A aerial view of the complex could help you a lot and it also could be interesting .
I can't wait ! 🙂
Good luck !
nice to watch this video where pow built the buildings
very interesting video
Thanks for visiting
Cool video mate I found a Vickers machine gun at an old smelting site on the River Don England . Going to a museum today.
ok and thanks
Thank you so much for this!! I admire your efforts on exploring and sharing history with us!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
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!
Thank you very much and time will tell if we go back. Thanks.
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!
That would be cool!
Extremely special and mysterious location ❤️
Loved it and thanks :)
You do have some fantastic "small adventures"! Great content as usual.
Glad you enjoy it!
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!
You can always go back, better to keep a rekey to just that else you’ll get bogged down. And why be desperate, enjoy and feel the space first time to see it, let it reveal in time if that is what you wish for ?
Some locations are only visited. Thanks.
Interesting location and excellent video as always
Thank you very much!
hi, history hunter huge fan of your videos. Hallo, Geschichtsjäger, großer Fan deiner Videos.
Thanks my friend.
Hi another great place to discover would have loved to have seen drone footage of the island maybe there were bunkers hidden there aswell can imagine the building with the black and white flooring great to see things still there thank you for your effort to show us cant wait for the next video 😎
That is a truly special location my friend. We hope to return and find out more. Time will tell. Thanks , keep safe and keep smiling :)
to me it's very ironic to be surrounded by so much of God and Mother Nature's beauty on one hand and then on the other hand you have man's cruelty of enslaving, warmongering and abuse of their fellow man in the same place. hearing the birds chirping out their lovely songs and seeing nature overtake man's folley is magical to me. thanks again guys!!!!
Appreciated Michael
That was incredible as usual thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
That was a wonderful adventure. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Thanks, you too my friend and more to come soon
Great video. I love your adventures and history you find
Glad you enjoyed David and thanks.
Did you ever find out what that cable and weird 3 pronged thing was? Thanks history hunter.💜💜💜👍👍👍
We think t has something to do with a special installment they had on another island nearby. Thanks Wendy.
What a beautiful place too. Thank u for sharing 👍
Thank you too
Great episode as usual. RockOn!
Thanks
Great video keep up with the gd work
Thanks, will do!
Wow what a place would love to visit
Great location it is and thanks.
I agree 100%! History good or bad is still history and should be preserved!!
You should put yourself in the place of a civilian that just experienced all of that and try to picture how ridiculous that sounds.
rotolactor You cannot change history just because you don’t agree with it or you find it offensive!!! The reason we preserve history is to learn from it and not repeat the same mistakes. Feelings and politics don’t play a role in preserving history, and as we keep going forward in time it seems like you guys are losing your grasp on reality also.
i agree Mr Aviator81. Thanks
WW2HistoryHunter Yes sir! You’re welcome! Thank you for documenting WWII history and things most of us will never get to see! I find your content very educational and interesting.
Absolutely amazing , so much history. Thank you for sharing your adventures.
Glad you enjoyed it
my friend there are no words to describe that place o my lord!!! What a find
Thanks for watching.
Awesome video Keep up the great work
Thanks for the visit
Great Job, but you could folow the cable until some point that lead to something else... Huge Hug From Brasil!!!
Great idea and thanks Victor.
That is a beautiful island! I hope you took time off camera to just sit and have lunch and just think.
Actually we spent 2 hours just talking about what we were walking on and just how amazing this place is. Thanks Kent.
Thank you so much for this !
You're so welcome!
Amazing island great video my friend 😊 U’ve got to go metal detecting around here 😉
Maybe one day , time will tell. Thanks
As usual, amazing content.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for sharing 👍 I agree we should respect ALL memorials and fallen soldiers. No matter which country they were fighting for.
Indeed so and appreciate you comment and watching.
Thanks for another good video. Always look forward to your videos. Feels like I'm there with you sometimes lol. Can't wait to visit europe and Normandy one day.
Thanks for watching and appreciate that. Greetings from us.
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! 😉
That would be cool!
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
We will probably go back. Thanks
Excellent hunt, Hunter! Thanks. Beautiful island...I was thinking they had a hydro powerplant built there. Raceway tunnels? Or people power powerplant?
Could be , i wouldnt know. Thanks for watching
Great video of German island amazing fortifications left after the war 😎
Indeed so Jaqui and very glad to have shared it with you.
Another great one. Thanks!!
My pleasure!
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
Well i will look more into it and hopefully show more later. Thanks Frank and greetings from us.
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"
Yes Peter that was a great location indeed. Glad we could share it with you. Greetings from us and stay safe.
Im guessing that it wasn't actual POW's(Military) but foreign civilians or Concentration camp inmates.
Thanks for watching.
Maybe the big cables, insulators and large spot were for the power generator for the island, for potentially radars, search lights, garnison and prisoners?
That could be it and who knows what more. Thanks
Thankyou so much you are amazing
Greatly appreciated my friend.
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
ਮੇਰੇ ਦੋਸਤ ਦਾ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਦੇਖਣ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਲਾਘਾ ਕਰੋ
What a great find the road is whats left over train tracks to create a gentle climb , the cable you found is to big for search lights or generators what ever it was for it was carrying allot of current .The threaded rod that was drilled into solid rock with fine metric thread was there to hold something down maybe something that floats above ground with lots of electrical current just maybe.
i couldnt tell but we will find out more. Thanks