Hitler's U-Boat Lair: The Secret Nazi Underwater Superstructures | Timeline

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  @deepbludude4697 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Interesting Doc, Back in the 70s I was always sent to Kansas to work on a farm in summers. My uncle who had been in the Navy during WWII told me about these underwater bunkers or sub pens as he called them. He told me of a location in the S. Atlantic at Ascension Island that also had a secret sub pen. In the early 80s I started work on the Eastern Test Range as a diver ultimately working all up n down the range including Ascension, never did find a sub pen but found lots of other WWII items.

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  @grimmertwin2148 · 2 years ago

  Allies knew where it was. The concrete was so thick it was impenetrable

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  @jayfelsberg1931 · 2 years ago

  Otto Kretschmer was a keen bridge player,  and allowed the British officers on the destroyer that captured him to finally have a fourth. The Brits said it was the best bridge they had the entire war.

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  @Slaktrax · 2 years ago

  A very good and informative documentary, thank you. 🙂

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  @Dadenergy88 · 1 month ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7SPDg6OuAw&amp;t=651">10:51</a> “Middle class houses” <b>proceeds to show a series of massive seaside castles</b>

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  @mrsinglehearted · 1 year ago

  This is a great documentary... New pictures new information new video.... perfect... Well done !

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  @Irish_For_Life1842 · 2 years ago

  Please make the Subtitles bigger. I spend so much time trying to see the small Subtitles that I can&apos;t see what is happening in the video of these historic places. <br>Whether the video is an American, British, Soviet or other, you can hear in the descriptive language to color the bad guy as the most powerful and evil entity ever. Then there is the how AWESOME we are that we individually won the battle against impossible odds. It seems to happen no matter who does the video. No matter who won or lost, learning about all sides gives one a better picture of the whole. The Allied POV alone is very different between the USA, UK and USSR.

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  @daniellebcooper7160 · 2 years ago

  &apos;&apos;85% of the men who served under Donitz, died&apos;&apos;.....a very sobering fact. &nbsp;R.I.P.

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  @David-n2k3z · 2 months ago (edited)

  I have read that at one point the appearance of allied warships and planes near the U-Boats had become so uncanny and frequent that Admiral Doenitz began to suspect a communications breach. &nbsp; He had the German Navy&apos;s Enigma Machines modified to prevent any further reading of messages by modifying the encryption. &nbsp; For some time after that the British could no longer read the enigma messages but then they broke the new encryption after capturing codebooks &nbsp;for the new version. &nbsp; Apparently no further attempts at changes to the enigma were made by the Germans.

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  @robnordal1906 · 2 years ago

  Can you guys please print your subtitles larger so I don&apos;t need an electron microscope to read them. Thanks

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  @EpochEnigmaChannel · 2 years ago

  Fascinating personal anecdotes! It&apos;s amazing how wartime secrets still intrigue us today. Thanks for sharing your experiences!

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  @Dark_Knight_USA · 2 years ago

  Greetings: Very well presented except 4 the narrator mistake of the &quot;German commandos&quot; assaulting the sub base. Thx 4 the share.

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