Secret Nazi Bases

Guernsey Episode: The setting is a tiny island in the British Channel. The entire island is covered with an immense amount of fortifications. This is the fate of one of the Channel Islands, surrendered by Churchill to the Nazis early into WWII. But what happened next defies logic; Hitler orders the creation of an island fortress, the likes of which no one has seen before, and forbids its surrender

A mysterious map marked area of high resistance leads military collector and amateur historian Gary Sterne to an empty farming field not far from Omaha and Utah beaches. But there's nothing there, that is until Gary begins to dig and explore. Now, nearly seven decades after D Day, a massive Nazi artillery base, the size of four football fields, poses hard questions for WWII experts. Why did the Ge

Shrouded in mystery, this Spanish island and its sisters were suspected ports for German U boats and possible ratline stops for escaping Nazis to South America. One house in particular, has many stories and structural features that belie the proposed agricultural purpose of the building. Built by a mysterious German engineer in an inhospitable location, the structure contains strange tunnels, a su

One of the largest bunkers ever constructed, the Blockhaus was built under immense secrecy, utilizing unimaginable engineering feats, and was a potential gamechanger for Hitler at the tipping point in the war. Though the allies had no idea what secrets the building held, they knew they must destroy it. For months the Allies bombed Blockhaus and the Germans kept rebuilding it. Yet throughout the wa

Bergkristal Episode: A secret weapons program that could have ended badly for the allies. In the heart of Austria, a bunker and network of tunnels was discovered based on a long lost 1944 German report that indicated what the Nazi's were up to. The government says the radiation in the hills is natural, but a team of experts say differently. How did this site go undiscovered for so long after the w

As the Red Army approaches a forest in Poland at the end of the war, they stumble upon a massive complex containing over a thousand structures across 25 sq km. The Germans have fled 5 days earlier, taking or destroying as much documentation and equipment as they can. As the Soviets investigate the tunnels and bunkers, curiously carved and built into the forest landscape, to guarantee absolute secr