EXPLORING A WW2 BUNKER and Opening the 'SECRET DOOR' hidden in the Floor. Mystery Finally Solved!

I returned to the WW2 bunker air-raid shelter to lift up the slab to the 'hidden compartment', using nothing more than some simple tools.

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[BUSHCRAFTTOOLS]

What were you hoping for under the slab?

[eileencarroll]

In the US it is called a dry well; in the UK it is called a soakaway. Purpose is to temporarily hold rainwater and let it slowly dissipate into the ground. In the US, they are usually underground chambers filled with gravel so the rainwater moved around the gravel. Yours seems to have staggered bricks to create temporary space for water to move through. It seems to have worked.

[bubbablanding]

As a former air defense artillery officer who served in Europe I am pretty certain that these are ammo bunkers in an area where large antiaircraft guns were emplaced. Guns were emplaced on concrete pads similar to the one he commented on as he walked between bunkers. The bunkers probably served two or three guns each. He commented that these were close to an airfield, and airfields were always heavily defended by large and medium anti aircraft emplacements.

[dominicpatterson]

Dustin here in the states we call that a sump hole. As water sheds down the stairs of the bunker there needs to be a place for it to absorb it back into the earth instead of flooding the bunker. We love your channel! Your one of our favorite channels to watch! We look forward to all of your new videos!

[MrGoesBoom]

For temporary little quick setup bunkers that have been left rotting for roughly 80 years, those are in surprisingly good shape.

[wagwanbennydj]

This is honestly nostalgic for me! As me and my mates happened across these air raid shelters a few months back and I thought all the same things you did it must have more underground areas I found alot of out of place bricks and concrete structures!

[goldenmath]

We found holes like this as kids, we lived on the outskirts of a WW2 airfield, the holes went down and opened up into war rooms, they will filled in over time by the council as we're dangerous, we found many shelters, tunnels etc it was great fun as a kid, and this takes me back

[theflash]

I love watching you
You actually make me happy
Please don’t stop uploading

[monkeyboy]

The hole has two purposes. 1. Water drainage.
2. Grenade drop.
In the military, anytime we build fighting holes or air raid shelters, we always equip them with a place for water to travel to and if we are attacked by ground troops, and a grenade is thrown into the entrance, the grenade would drop in and protect the occupants from shrapnel.

[jamesellsworth]

Closure! A bit of a cleanup, ventilator caps on the top openings; rebuild the loo on the bare above-ground concrete slab...and you have a start on a homeless village.

[stephenshepherd]

It's a French Drain, it's probably a 6' hole filled with gravel, to allow the rain water to slowly drain into the ground.

[spikem]

Its for stashing your beers whilst out hunting for food

[brianhorner]

Thanks for the update!! Kinda reminds me of TA Outdoors WW2 bunker he cleaned up at his ‘new’ house! If there’s 2 things I buzz off then it’s WW2 and Bushcraft so a massive thank you for being able to combine both :)

[thomaskipfer]

Good place for a camp shelter. Homeless people could live there for years. Thanks for the video.

[harryjohnston]

ZEO SO HAPPY THAT SHE GOT HER LENON LIKE THIS PLEASE LAND THIS I LOVE LEMONS

[erroleabrown]

Thank you for going back and uncovering the slab it must be drainage and is constructed cleverly, if I ever build a bunker it’s going to have drainage like that because that was cool. Thanks so much for sharing your discoveries

[rosiesumiel]

I am so excited to see this video I let you know what I think of it

[despickles]

very interesting thanks for going back to see what was under the slab top marks

[jjudy]

A standard manhole in the US is 11" x 16". If it was an opening for tunnels between bunkers I would assume it would be that size. So I would say everyone's summation that it is drainage and the fact the floors are dry and the walls are not rusty would be a good guess as well as the lose brickwork. Never heard of a Grenade drop but it makes sense as described.

[endrilolpopc]

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