OUVRAGE HACKENBERG - THE LARGEST MAGINOT LINE FORT
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- We are visiting Ouvrage Hackenberg, the first and largest of the forts of the Maginot line. The history of the fort as well as that of Maginot himself. Also of course we will tour the fortress and its enormous hallways and talk about its battle history and combat scars and cover details about its construction and capacity.
It is truly an amazing WW2 fort, carved into the rock and was designed to hold 1100 soldiers and officers. And the rail is still running.
IMPRESSIVE, HISTORICAL witness of the pre-WW II, during and after...It will remain forever. Thanks Tino.
Thank you - much more coming:-)
Hey Tino! I am from Austria and found your channel about a month ago. Thank you for covering so many different topics with a thirst for your very own scientific and historic conclusions no matter what the status quo is! I had the fortune to care for my grandpa who was born in 1926 and in those years got to know him and a ton of his friends very close. Each and every one of whom were living textbooks full of stories bigger and more influential than my still very young mind could ever comprehend and contradicting so much of the simplified accounts i had been taught in school, all the while relieving so much pressure to perform that society was putting on me at the time by realizing what it really means to be human. Please keep documenting for the sake of all of our forefathers ,everyone who will come after us and of course everyone today. Its so much more lively, interesting and colourful than the cut and dry history the typical school setting offers and much more effective in helping young people to reach a conclusion with their own minds leading to a future and planet that will be better than how we found it when we came to be in this world.
Thank you so much for saying so, and I absolutely will. We need to convey history accurately and in an interesting way for the next generation. But we can not cut corners like they do in mainstream shows or schools. That would be a dis-service to both of our grandfathers. And certainly anybody tho lived through those times deserves a documentary of their own. So I hope while they are still alive everybody on all sides would film family interviews with them for posterity.
Thank you for making this video for us Tino Struckmann.
Impressive video, the quality is outstanding with the inserted black and white footage. A great overview of this historically important fort.
Thank you there is a lot more to come :-)
Tino your the man. keep it going. also loved your live Q&A. Let's have more
Thanks! Will do!
Good work Tino. I've been here for 68 years, and as my father was in the British army during WW2, I was brought up on war stories. But I'm learning more from you and your wonderful videos than I have in the whole of my life! As always, thank you so much, and keep safe.
I am glad you had a dad who would share his stories, so many of that generation did not. So much have been lost.
Another excellent video.many thanks😁👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I was not born in those times, but i am able to imagine, the stories you brought in videos. I learn...
That is all that matters:-)
Another great one. Thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed it
Brilliant. More please
On the way
Great Great Job Tino🇺🇸
Thank you
Great work Tino. Thanks for yet another great tour of a WW2 Fort.
Thank you I wish you could all have come on the train ride
Great stuff Tino thanks dude!
You bet!
Amazing construction and the size is something else as well. Great series. Keep up the exploring and discoveries, enjoying it all.
Thanks, will do!
I want to go see this place now!! Cheers Tino as usual you Inform Entertain and Educate in an Entertaining way nice one!
In that case we must make tours .. once we can!
Another really good production Tino. Well done keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
amazing :) great work
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome video!! Deserves way more views. Keep up the great work
I agree...thank you
Hello Tino. Thank you for these good videos. I like to look at them and find out something new every time. Just keep going.
Thank you, I will
Hello my good sir. My name is Max and i come from Greece. Greece has also a significant line of fortifications along the greek - bulgarian border called the Metaxas Line named after Greece's prime minister in the 1930s. When the german army attacked Greece on the 6th of April of 1941, the defenders stood their ground and fought for 4 days against a bigger enemy. The greek army didnt lose the fight but surrendered when on the 10th of the same month the germans entered Greece through Yugoslavia. Its an interesting piece of history. I recommend it. Keep up the great work and thank you.
Tino. You are rocking the program! WOW. I've done much reading / watching clips on Maginot Line, but I will have to say this production of yours is the best I've come across! Makes me want to plan a trip to check it out.
Thank you so much, as soon as we can I will start arranging tours so we an all go together
Thanks Tino, excellent in depth info.
My pleasure! more to come
very well edited and narrated presentation of this impressive fort. thank you for your work on these short documentaries
Many thanks!
We were fortunate to tour Overage Simserhof a few years ago while visiting friends in Germany. The scale of the complex was/is mindboggling.
They are amazing in construction, and Im going there in a few weeks. Hope for a special tour he he
Visited it yesterday with my family. Amazing construction.
You gave a excellent impression of the size of this bunker complex, and a very clear background in how it came into being. I look forward to the next one.
I am working on it:-) thank you
À voir absolument !
yay
Great Video, Brother Struckmann!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much appreciated
I haven't been so inspired and excited for a documentary as I am now by yours Tino for a long, long time (since I was a kid - and I'm no kid anymore! lol) Keep up this Amazing work, it deserves to be on Prime Time Cable TV but probably making more of an impact right here on UA-cam. I've quickly become a huge fan. Great work!
Thank you so much for saying so, I am trying. At least here I get to decide the detail and direction:-)
@@tinostruckmann Your efforts are clearly apparent. I am looking forward to your future work! ❤️👍
The scale of the Maginot Line is unimaginable, it's tremendous how large and technology advanced (according to technology when built) the bunkers and fortifications are. Thanks Tino for capturing that aspect!
A Counter weight of 180 tons ! totally fantastic and I think the greatest thing is what went into the Human side of tunnelling that place out back then , my Dad would have luv'd these vids as he was an Engineer who served his time in the Mines in Scotland . .good one Tino .
I am sorry for your loss, I wish he had seen them too:-(
@@tinostruckmann Thankyou he passed 8 years this week an yes he would have enjoyed your stuff .
@@burningb2439 it's just never the same is it, my mom passed away a little over a year ago she didn't even get to see the last film I did :-(
@@tinostruckmann For what I saw of your Mum she was an awesome individual and a bright light to those who had faith in her and for the lives they lead they should be forever thankful , as we are grateful for what you do and you can rest assured she will be happy in what you do mate . Thankyou Tino an your Mum .
What an amazing place Tino that you’ve forever shown and preserved for future history followers, yet too young to appreciate it or come across your work yet.
SORRY JUST CAUGHT THE AUTO COMMERCIAL INSERTS AND DELETED HALF OF THEM!!
Thank you for featuring the kitchens and medical areas Tito, they fascinate me and show the level of importance the country placed on troop welfare etc..
In that case I should have put more time in finding the wine cellar:-) They were very well set up and did a lot of their soldiers welfare I was impressed. We talk about that more in the video from fort Casso
Impressive fort, impressive presentation. Thank you for posting.
Thank you Tino. I am very interested in seeing your piece on Eben Emael.
Coming soon!
Thanks Tino, very interesting and informative.
I very much appreciate the study you must do to give accurate and extensive historical context to your films.
Thank you.
Did enjoy this .
Outstanding
Tino just yesterday said on the Q AND A that he would put up a video about WW1 and like all of his content on his channel another amazing video
I said I will go to the locations and film WW1 forts etc. Going next month and working on planning of it right now. so YES
@@tinostruckmann my bad i got confused from all the videos if been watching of yours
very nice, thank you Tino! where do you find time, love the picture's
Well I have given up any kind of a life apparently... single life you know lol
@@tinostruckmann yep lol but we are never alone brother
Wow really big with the tank blocks
The thought they really used in designing these forts was just amazing.
They really did a good job just wait to see Eben Emale
Alas for the French, they thought wrong.
The French thought WW2 would be fought the same way as WW1 and based on that thought the Maginot Line made sense.
The Germans fought the first mechanized war and instead of being held up endlessly by the Maginot Line, they simply bypassed the strongholds in what later would be called a Blitzkrieg.
@@tjroelsma you are correct about that. Doesn't change the fact the thought process that went into the line. Hitler was ahead of his time. He just missed judge some important things. Like trying to attack Russia in winter. Should have focused on more ships instead of U-boats. Just a few. Plus giving his troops speed didn't help because then they just out ran there on fuel supplies.
@@nickcox3497 I agree, Hitler was as big an idiot as he thought he was a military genius.
@@tjroelsma Yup he tried though. I think all the pills he was on didn't help him. Just to think Hitler could have been killed in ww1 but the Britain soldier let him go because he was un armed. How things could have been different. 🤔
The remark about the bureaucrat Maginot. One of the few you like. Briljant👍
If you have never seen it, there is a British sitcom from the late 1970 early 80ties, called >yes Prime minister - it is extremely clever and really funny. recommendation :-)
@@tinostruckmann I'll look it up. Thanks👍
If humans put as much effort into helping to lift one another instead of trying to kill one another, imagine the world we would live in now.
Rest In eternal peace to all those who gave their to lmorrows for our todays.
We owe these men everything.
Thanks for the video. I may never get back to France to see it.
What is stopping you? it is a small world my friend, but I will keep filming more until you can.
The guy in Fort Casso RULES!
Tino! As usual, you nailed this tour of this part of the defensive line. A part that is very interesting to me is the way the fort was used after the war into the cold war. This is interesting to me because I grew up during the cold war and remember all the propaganda (from both directions) that was used to influence young minds. I didn't believe all of it.
You do a lot of research before a production, and it certainly shows as a positive influence in your films. You fill in a lot of the gaps that major well known documentaries leave out or never did even know. Some details you cover are very important to understanding the big picture of the topics you are covering. Your experience in the military certainly helps you understand more and therefore relay it to your audience.
Keep up the good work. I don't see how you have avoided being picked up on contract by some production company. That being said, if you do get picked up by some, you know they will want some degree of control over the content, since in today's world everything seems to have a political twist somewhere inside. This, my friend, has become a crying shame to our country.
You are absolutely correct, so maybe if I can afford it I can do more good just remaining here being true to history. I find it so unbecoming for a historian to take sides. Historians are here to sort out what happened and give you all information so you can make up your own mind. I was never a fan of people making up my mind for me! And if you see gaps needing to be filled or stories not covered well let me know
Hi. Thanks so much for this video.It's a fantastic excellent built fort and it doesn't need massive amount of cement&else like german ones. the only problem i think is that electric railway can be dangerous for bikers.What a building!!! Thanks!
I am sure the bikes went through the smaller tunnels, but people were smarter then they knew not to run over each other lol my biggest concern as to forts was the short steps at Fort Eben Emael:-)
Impressive a rare english speaker that does not do France shaming for WWII. Thanks.
Especially if you remeber that UK has just an expedition force in France, Germany was allied to Russia and japan (and France was also defending Vietnam area) and US don't go to war until december 1941 (3 years after the beggining of the war).
The French soldiers were brave, heroic and fought with honor. The post war representation have been greatly twisted and I am trying to fix the various historic issues. I am in fact in France right now just left my buddy at fort Casso. I have only just begun
Thank you again Mr. Struckmann. As an American I must face my own bias and concede that US efforts at fortification building simply cannot hold a candle to the scale of European efforts. I understand the reasons for that. However, as a seacoast defense fortification, I still believe the Manila Bay defenses put anything else I have ever seen in the shade. I'm the "one word for you - CORREGIDOR" guy. I was only able to visit Corregidor, and only once, none of the other three subsidiary forts, and that was nigh on 50 years ago. I can only sadly imagine the deterioration and destruction wrought on them since. I have no secret or restricted information, however If it should ever arise that you have some curiosity as to detail or trivia in regard to the Manila seacoast defenses, it would be my hope to be of assistance, and my pleasure to respond. There is certainly nothing restored there. What I recall most strikingly is the level of destruction. One can read of "8-10 feet of steel reinforced concrete" in passing. Standing over a 12' diameter penetration of same was an awe-inspiring moment to me that simply has never faded. Thank you again for what you are doing here. I am looking for a 'support' button here, but my observation skills are letting me down...
I am going to start taking a look at the US forts this year for comparison so we will see and Manila is on the list both above and under water:-)
Manila 'under water'? Those pesos were silver, and many were recovered by the Japanese, and I'd guess even more perhaps scattered by the Filipino and POW divers. I suppose some might still be recognizable. I do believe the gold really was taken out by submarine The Philippine treasury site is not illustrated on my copy of the 1936 Corps of Engineers map, and I never got up there. I think there was a radio transmitter installed on those grounds for some reason. When I was there, scrappers were still active and occasionally machine gunned by the PI Coast Guard at night. At that time Caballo Island (Ft Hughes) was still a Philippine Military Reservation, and it was rumored that one of the disappearing seacoast rifles had been repaired to functioning (10" if I recall correctly). I have the '36 map in pdf, if you'd like a copy. There was also a survey in 1921 I think it was, and parts of that have previously been available on the website for... I believe it was US Seacoast Defenses Study Group. Sorry, I still have a strong Corregidor bone. Best wishes to You!
thank you for your detailed history analysis. Excellent video! The French could have changed the course of the war, had the germans gone the wrong way. Amazing stuff!
Thank you
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If you ever want to visit fort “R”, one of the biggest forts of the maginot line, and with a very interesting history until 2007, I can take you there.
SOLD reach out to me in an email
Decent thanks for posting
thank you
Thank you for dispelling the Myth that the French turned tail and ran at the sight of a German uniform.Also i have a Maginot Line cap badge passed down to me from my Grandfather,it is in a frame alongside his medals.
As it should be, the French soldiers were extremely brave and fought hard. almost all the Forts held out and did not surrender until ordered to do so by the Government. Ill do a special on this at some point
Maginot really stood out in a crowd, in photos he looked like a giant. I found he was 6" 6" tall his weight by the looks about 300 lbs
As it was not bad enough the poor man had been wounded too:-)
The Maginot line is a huge monument made of rock and concrete against the fortress war and for the Blitzkrieg and the air/land battle concept.
Interestingly put, the forts were made sometime before the notion of Blitzkreig, or was it... I sense a special coming up
they worked the germans avoided them where they could they attacked the troops that were not fortified
The French soldier I feel has gotten a raw deal or as someone said ...... “ Yet, as Charles De Gaulle observed to Stalin, in the aftermath of this colossal defeat, the Soviets still had 5,000 miles of Eurasia into which they could retreat. The French did not lack courage in 1940; they lacked space. “. They fought thou partially trained with inferior leadership and primitive communication equipment.
I hate to say it but they also lacked good leadership from the top.
@@tinostruckmann sadly very true ...... but there might be a bit of backstabbing also. Remember Russia and Germany were in bed and France had a bad case of communism and authoritarian ( German ) politics. Screwing up supplies is very easy and almost untraceable. Let me see if the remnants of my library contain anything.
I wished you could show us Gibraltar, Malta, Italy and Italian Torando naval base, Tobruk,
Hey Tino! I'm a producer of Korean JTBC broadcasting station. I'm going to use this video as a reference video that you uploaded. Can you allow me?
Hey Tito, I love your work; but could you possibly do something about the constantly fluctuating volume levels between Speech and Music?
I am trying to balance it out, so yes I am trying - not having the greatest sound editing system and being relegated to sometimes camera audio sometimes gets the better of me.
@@tinostruckmann Appreciate the response Tino; keep up the great work!
I like your videos....there are so many armoured concrete buildings in Europe....u don't will have the time to visit all of them.....
But I promise you I will try:-) and I will show you all of them - any good suggestions:-)
@@tinostruckmann the most interesting fort around Liége is Fort Tancremont.... because nobody striped this fort.... everything is still inside....
....and the history is special, because they shoot still 2 days longer after Belgium's capitulation....
....and if you are interested in the Siegfriedline, there are still 3 intact bunkers at the Buhlert mountain near Simmerath.....there in the area is also the Junkerschule Ordensburg Vogelsang....this is really a must seen.... believe me, this is very impressive....
....and then u have some big Hochbunkers in Aachen.....try Google and search on Musikbunker Aachen....the biggest in Aachen I think....
....and then you have the Zitadelle Jülich, where the Americans had a very heavy fight with the Germans....
Similiar to the Great Wall of China. Sounded like a good idea at the time. Never thought the Germans would run abound the back.
A few things had to go wrong for it all to come together ... and it did...
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Those are German turrets* built by Krupp-Gruson, not French ones . . .
*) Exactly 10 cm-Turmkanonen---used in:
Feste Istein, Feste Kaiser Wilhelm II, Festung Metz ,Festung Diedenhofen (Thionville).
Hackenberg was exclusively built by the French and not taken by Germans and rebuilt. So unless they were re-using captured WW1 German turrets I do not see how - HOWEVER the turrets originated in 1905 designed in the late 1800 by the Prussians and evolved from there, so they do look very similar. But I will check next week when I get back there.
Fortified 3 star restaurants :-)
YES must have - actually there is one in Blokhus Denmark
holy cow, if you want to contacrt tim kennedy, try black rifle coffee company, keep on enlightening us
Why Tim kennedy?
@@rcre7052 Tim has been on the history channel, hunting for hitler in south america, ex ranger, he is a history expert like Tino, I think they would rock !!
@@TheBudman52 he's not like Tino.. history channel is like a drama machine Tino not...
Well they do send me coffee from time to time - And Ill keep enlightening you no worries. Never meet Tim but I would imagine 2 bulls in a china shop concept unfolding lol
The hilarious motto of the Maginot Line: "On ne passe pas", meaning: "they [the enemy] shall not get past"
Well mostly they didn't, also they didn't really try in most places
@@tinostruckmann Well, on the total, the got totally past.
That was kind of the thing: they got past by by-passing it :-D
You tube; every 5 min is a commercial ? Really ? Theres not that much even on tv.
There is no commercials every 5 min, I deleted every other commercial deliberately for that reason:-)
Hello friend, ever heard about the Greek ww2 fortifications?
kanenas elinas edw? ;)
Thanks letting the commercials run as usual....thank you.
Thank you so much lol I deleted most as usual:-)
Nice great job ! A other great bunker from ww2 but it's not in lorraine this time is the U-boot (submarine) base built by the german from in Saint Nazaire on the Atlantic cost of France
Ill get there not to worry:-) Haven't left yet.
@@tinostruckmann please don t feel you obliged it s juste proposition 🤣 i like to share knowledge of common passion If you are impress by the ligne Maginot look to switzerland for me its my top 1 forteresse
The Maginot - When is a wall a door...?
walls always have doors:-) so you can get to the bathroom lol
It's not "Ouverage", but "Ouvrage" . In fact, the Hackenberg was a double fortification . His "brother" in dimensions and crew was the "Hochwald" in north Vosges (Alsace) . For people who are interested about Maginot Line, you can read a very good book, called "La Muraille de France" , author Pilippe Truttmann. And here you will find all historicals, plans of each fortification, their crews , organizations, management and armament. And in this book, you will find a lot of unpublished & untraceable pictures.
Fixed it thank you - as I said my French is terrible. lol
@@tinostruckmann Ha ha !! My English is not much better !! 😁
Would one of our modern day " Bunker Busters Bombs or Missiles " do much destruction to the Maginot Line ? Thanks Tino.
You just talked yourself in to a special mister... lol Im going to cover that in the next QA as it is rather fun give me a week or less
@@tinostruckmann Solid Copy.
I wonder if anyone made a simulation to see how it would have held up against a direct attack from the German army. If nobody did then I think its a cool idea :-)
You mean direct fire, I know the Germans certainly did direct fire tests after the battle lol would be an interesting if I find the specs Ill ask Paul is that is something he can do..
@@tinostruckmann Direct fire yes but, I meant that the French actually get to shoot back. I would expect O H would win the simulation but, I am basing that on the fact that the Germans decided to go around instead of trying to go through LOL
I keep seeing this add So I am also a vet and I want ID and ID checked before voting...
You mean voter ID like they have everywhere else on the planet? what a novel idea...sigh
Le horwald possédait 2 usines pour alimenter ses2 ailes….tellement il était…..immense. Tchuss, pierro.
Makes you wonder if the Germans got their idea's for their bunkers from here.
Well, tu visites l,ouvrage ouest, mais s,ais tu que ..malheureusement, l,ouvrage est…..est condamné,malheureusement,à cause de l,anhydrite. Dommage..merci pour ton travail,Tchuss pierro.
Ok. Thé haken, one of the big fort, but…..you now the Horwald? A visité s,impose!!!
the maginot line was not a failure the germans didnt attack it for the most part.
Very true
How'd that maginot line work for ya?
Well they went through Belgium instead of full frontal...
@@tinostruckmann the inherent problem with fixed fortifications
Read Alistair Horne's: France 1940 To Lose A Battle. Tells you all you need to know why France fell in 1940 and it has nothing to do with the Maginot Line!
I will look for it, and no I really would not blame the Maginot line for Frances failings in WW2 either.
"only five fell to german attacks" because the germans simply outflanked them by passing through neutral belgium🤣🤣🤣
Exactly they did what they were built to do, the mobile French and British armies who were to move in and counter in Belgium, well they failed
Tall Dude
He really was
Change music volume is awful. Music is annoying in general.
Sod it. We will go around.
Exactly:-)
It was all ready built they modified it.
They modified structures yes, but not this one.
Hey,Tino, le coca,c, est pas bon,bois de l,eau,où,un coup de rouge,……c,est la France…Tchuss.
All that work ... for Nothing
Well if it had not been there, the Germans would or could have accessed the road past it directly into France, Instead they had to go around taking time. The Maginot line did its job. There was just overall flaws in the follow up plan. And the Germans had advanced the tech faster then the French command had expected
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