‘Hitler’s Island Fortress’ (Jersey) | Series 18 Episode 4 | Time Team



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Tony Robinson does not usually get to decide where the Team should dig, but in this episode he chooses his first-ever site for investigation: a German anti-aircraft battery built during the Nazis’ five-year occupation of Jersey. The archaeologists have never investigated anything like this before and must apply all their skills to make sense of a site now reclaimed by a forest.

Series 18, Episode 4

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38 pensamientos sobre “‘Hitler’s Island Fortress’ (Jersey) | Series 18 Episode 4 | Time Team

  1. It has been said in the past that a lot of the small arms found on the island was just thrown over the cliffs into the sea. some of the weapons was trapped in the cliffs.

  2. My dad lived in Saint Helier, and managed to find a farming job in the north of the island andmy dad was able to stay on Jersey during the whole wr, to support his family mum dad and younger siblings The farm horse and othether were taken by the Germans.

  3. So, she is lying, there were no swastika on the wings.
    That was only on the rear wing.
    Iron crosses on the wings.
    If there was any.
    Jews lying again about what they saw, despicable. Just tell the truth for gods sake.

  4. An FYI: At about the 24:15 mark, one of the archeologists finds an 88mm round and radios for help. Never, EVER, use an RF transmitter around munitions. There is sufficient energy transmitted to set off the primer. Always send a runner.

    EOD-101.

  5. Late to the party, (as usual). Sorry. But I am pretty certain that I know wot that un-identified "funnel" is:

    I strongly suggest that "funnel" is actually a collar for a canvas tent/enclosure where a stove pipe/chimney would have exited. These collars are still in use today, and they are regluated/manditory. They allow a screaming hot stove pipe to pass through fabric without setting that fabric alight. It's an insulator in fact. So, the "funnel" would be sewn and riveted into the side or roof of the enclosure with the thin tapered bit pointing up and out. The stove pipe would then be fed up through the taper and would teminate outside of the taper, thus preventing a fire catastrophy.

  6. I am only 5 minutes in, and this is my favorite episode, ever. They are carefully instructed about being atop a heavily mined landscape. Folks seem reluctant to plunge into the soil!

  7. I never knew about this. Being American we were never taught that Germany was that close to Britain. Like us not knowing about German submarines being a long the coast of New Jersey here in the States until one was found. My dad always said that he thought his ship got one but no debris came up so it couldn't be confirmed. Another ship also had drops along that section of coast as well.

  8. I think that mystery bit of metal might be a marking cone. I’ve seen them on small airfields in Alberta. Usually they are painted orange and can be pinned down into the ground. I could be wrong, but it has the right size and shape.

  9. I have been watching Time Team for over 10 years now and the only thing that annoys me is the problem with ammunition.
    If digging up ammo the diggers should be briefed on the difference between live ammo and spent ammo.
    Spent ammo has nil potential to 'blow up in your faces'.
    Love the show and look forward to the future.

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