Former Nazi sea plane airbase at Rogowo, Poland

[Kreeanderson]

I assume that it was early morning, the weather beautiful! you should be on the beach;) great video from my village, check my channel if you are looking for a few films from Rogowo or any historical information about it. Cheers

[alanheath]

@Kreeanderson It was outstanding early morning weather although it turned nasty within a few hours and did not stop raining for six days.

I will have a look at your channel!

[wyciskTV]

Alan I visited this very spot yesterday on a bike and I think that the airfield shown in this vid is gone now. They replaced the concrete plates with brand new tarmac and the road all the way to Rogowo looks completely different now. Good that you documented this!!!

[alanheath]

@wyciskTV In a way I am happy I did it before it went but it was great as it was! Fantastic location for 'wild' camping - I suppose that next year it will be charged. It is just next to the beach. I spent two nights there when my friends went home and I went to Gdańsk. Previously we had stopped at a place in Rogowo.

[wyciskTV]

I love you, mate. Post more videos on Rogowo, it's an exceptional place! Did you know about the mysterious plane with a high Nazi official onboard shot down by the Soviets that went down to Resko Przymorskie lake allegedly with tons of gold from Russia onboard that was never found? Did you know that by 1960's this was a restricted zone, including Dzwirzyno, and people weren't allowed to settle there? This area has also lots of Soviet-style buildings and I love it!

[alanheath]

@wyciskTV I did not know the Nazi story but I suspect it may just be a story! It was restricted I think until much later than the 1960s. I met the former commandant of the AA base and he invited me back to his home after I told him I am ex military. He got photos out from a long time and we had a very pleasant evening together!

[wyciskTV]

@alanheath May be, but I also heard from the locals that the Soviets had been dumping very bad toxic waste, maybe even nuclear waste in the lake during the years they were stationed there. Nevertheless, the area and the lake itself is still beautiful.

[alanheath]

@wyciskTV I don't think the waste could have been too toxic as the ecosystem seemed normal to me. However the Nazis used to heat the water to stop it freezing so the 'planes could land. That would not have done the ecosystem much good!

[fanaber70]

Nazi and communist utopian systems made Poland, which was the fastest-developing country in Europe after WW1, the miserable place on Earth.

[alanheath]

@fanaber70 Are you sure it was the fastest developing country in Europe after WW1?

[fanaber70]

@alanheath

Yes, Poland had the most modern seaport in Gdynia and other industries were on economic uphill. Poland had less economic problems than Germany which was forced to pay war reparations after WW1.

[alanheath]

@fanaber70 I don't know as I have not looked at it. However I think that Poland had two substantial burdens one being Gdynia, the other being military spending. Of course it did not have the problems of Germany.

If I were to guess, the country with the highest GDP growth in the interwar period would be Finland although I think Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Estonia or one of the Scandinavian countries would also be candidates. I don't know though.

[fanaber70]

@alanheath

Yes, of course, but Poland belonged to those fast-growing and developing. Remember Poland was erased from the map of Europe by Russia, Austria and Prussia for 123 years and only returned to the maps of Europe in 1918. Anyway Poland managed to defeat the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Warsaw in 1920 thus saving Western Europe from the Soviet influx. I suggest watching in YT "History of Poland in 10 minutes".

[alanheath]

@fanaber70 I do not wish to be rude but I know the history of Poland quite well. I was just questioning your claim on GDP growth. As the owner of an economic publication I take an interest in such things.

[fanaber70]

@alanheath

OK, I see. Are you British?

[fanaber70]

@alanheath

In September 1939 both Russia and Germany attacked Poland, Stalin deferring his attack by 2 weeks to avoid being called the main aggressor in WW2. Both those countries signed their Ribbentrop-Molotov non-aggression pact against Poland. In order to do so, they first had to unlawfully and ignominiously break non-aggression pacts with Poland of 1932 (Russia) and 1934 (Germany).

[fanaber70]

@alanheath

Then came their hostile and cowardly anti-Polish plans: German AB-Aktion (Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion) and Soviet Katyn/Kharkov/Mednoye - both plans being massacres of the Polish officers and intelligentsia who blindly and gullibly believed Germans and Soviets wouldn't break their pacts of non-aggression signed earlier with Poland!

[alanheath]

@fanaber70 Zakopane conference - December 1939 if I remember correctly.

[fanaber70]

@alanheath

Yes, the Gestapo–NKVD conferences held in Zakopane in 1939-40 between Heinrich Himmler and Lavrentiy Beria.

[stockingcpl]

Kewl video with some lesser known bases! Thanks!

[alanheath]

@stockingcpl I will be putting more up as I find them!

[MightyGarogh]

Poland is beautiful.