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Welcome back to our Full Metal Detector channel
Today we will make a video without using the metal detector
Today it is very hot and we came to the sea
but before taking a dip in the sea, we will show you an old fortification.
This series of Bunkers are located in Italy, very close to the Cinque Terre
We are located in the province of La Spezia, 15 KM from Tuscany.
From these bunkers large calibers were fired towards the province of Massa Carrara
to try to stop the advance of the US military in World War II...
Let's go explore the bunker!
This is the Gun Battery called "Dante de Lutti"
An impressive italian Bunker
used and reinforced by the Italian and German troops in the Second World War
to stop the advance of American soldiers
bout to break through the defensive lines of the Gothic Line in the Second World War
This bunker was armed with large-caliber anti-ship guns
they were ready to sink any US and British ships that approached the coast of Liguria
(Naval landings never occurred)
north of the western Gothic line
This is the first bunker ... We are on the roof
Here the machine guns and cannons were installed
fired on those mountains over there
The ridge of the mountains marked the beginning of the war front (Gothic Line)
That's the second buncher over there
This is a skein of barbed wire
The area was littered with this...
This is a big dark tunnel
we explored it but there is nothing.
there are a lot of rusty scrap iron
unfortunately we are on the sea and the brackish has oxidized all the iron...
too much decay
it is not clear what this iron was
there are many holes in the wall, I look in every hole if there is something inside ...
Unfortunately there is nothing, I was hoping to find some relics
there is nothing
it's really cold in here
it's over 30 degrees outside but it's really cold here
The soldiers certainly suffered from the cold at night
Near the bunker, there are some railway tunnels
from which passed trains loaded with German ammunition
directed towards the Montecassino war front
Unfortunately, near one of these tunnels ...
on March 26, 1944, 15 American soldiers were captured and killed
who tried to sabotage the enemy defensive lines
The "De Lutti" fortification of Punta Bianca
in the last stages of the war [WW2] it was fundamental for the German army
When the American troops were about to break through the Gothic line
the 152mm guns opened fire
the 152mm cannons directed by the radio center on Monte Folgorito, Nicola and Santa Lucia,
they opened fire hitting the city of Massa, killing hundreds of soldiers
and knocking down important communications routes
delaying the Allied advance
On April 17, 1944, the guns of the battery fired the last shots.
Today...
of the bunkers only massive reinforced concrete walls and shreds of iron remain
Look how thick and solid the walls are...
Despite the bombings, the structure is still intact
The ceiling is all thick iron
.... They are really big beams
they are bomb proof
difficult to break down this structure
There are also holes that go into the basement ...
Most likely they were used to bring ammunition to this floor.
Then they put the ammunition in the cannon and fired from here
Friends, we are almost at the end of our video ....
After the break from COVID-19 we will start again with the metal detector searches...
Today we came to visit this imposing structure
are two of a long series of Bunkers that are located nearby ..
Summer is almost over and we will soon be starting with new videos about WWII
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See you on the next adventure... Ciao!
