Secret Bunkers

In the 19th Century, huge stone fortresses protected leaders and their people against enemy canons. As weapons technology and warfare changed, countries began to build steel and concrete bunkers, to protect their troops in battle.

The first episode examines the bunkers built in Europe before and during World War II, from the Italian Franzensfeste to Churchill’s War Room. In the second episode, we go underground in the nuclear-era shelters, including the thousands built by a paranoid Romanian leader.

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Status	Returning Series
Original Name	Geheime Bunker
First Air Date	June 2, 2020
Last Air Date	June 9, 2020
Seasons	1
Episodes	2
Episode Runtime	1h 40min
Language	English, German
Original Language	German
Production Countries	Germany
Production Companies	Doclights ZDF
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S01E02

Facing Nuclear Annihilation

Episode 2 presents typical shelters of the nuclear age such as Soviet missile bases in today’s Lithuania, a bunker of West Germany’s Civil Protection Service and the nuclear-proof communication center of the East German Army. The episode is rounded off by an astonishing look at Albania. The tiny country is still the site of the largest number of bunkers worldwide, the result of its dictator’s paranoia.

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