10 Once Forbidden Cold War Bases America Abandoned in Europe

10 Once Forbidden Cold War Bases America Abandoned in Europe A Berlin hill built from wartime rubble where the NSA spied on an entire empire. A Sicilian airfield that held 112 nuclear missiles — then closed before firing a shot. An English common where 30,000 women encircled a base to stop the world's deadliest weapons. These are the Cold War fortresses America built across Europe — then walked away from the moment the Wall came down. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Intro 0:56 — 10. Bitburg Air Base, Germany — The Eagle's Nest Where Buzz Aldrin Once Flew 3:08 — 9. Comiso Air Station, Sicily — The $100 Million Cruise Missile Base That Never Fired 5:07 — 8. Babenhausen Kaserne, Germany — The Kaiser's Barracks Left to Rot 6:53 — 7. RAF Upper Heyford, England — Little America: Britain's Nuclear Front Line 9:30 — 6. Wüschheim Air Station (Pydna), Germany — Nuclear Missiles Hidden in the Forest 11:14 — 5. San Vito dei Normanni, Italy — The Giant Ear That Listened 4,000 Miles 13:15 — 4. Aschaffenburg Ammunition Site, Germany — Nuclear Warheads Buried in a Public Park 14:55 — 3. Hahn Air Base, Germany — The American Town With 13,000 People Left Empty 16:33 — 2. RAF Greenham Common, England — The Cruise Missiles Behind a Triple Fence 18:37 — 1. Teufelsberg, Berlin — Hitler's Buried College Under an NSA Spy Station 🔔 Subscribe to Forgotten Europa →    / @forgotteneuropa   SOURCES & FURTHER READING Ten Forbidden Cold War Bases America Abandoned in Europe NUMBER TEN — BITBURG AIR BASE, Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitburg... https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita... https://www.stripes.com/news/american... https://www.dvidshub.net/news/254275/... https://military-history.fandom.com/w... NUMBER NINE — COMISO AIR STATION, Sicily, Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comiso_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/302nd_T... https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv... https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra... https://www.forgottenairfields.com/ai... NUMBER EIGHT — BABENHAUSEN KASERNE, Germany https://www.stripes.com/news/2007-06-... https://usarmybarracks.com/2021/12/24... https://abandonedkansai.com/2014/07/0... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenha... NUMBER SEVEN — RAF UPPER HEYFORD, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Upp... https://historicengland.org.uk/listin... https://www.subbrit.org.uk/sites/raf-... https://upperheyfordheritage.co.uk/ https://www.exutopia.com/usaf-upper-h... NUMBER SIX — WÜSCHHEIM AIR STATION (PYDNA), Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pydna_(...) https://military-history.fandom.com/w...) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossber...) NUMBER FIVE — SAN VITO DEI NORMANNI AIR STATION, Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Vit... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/FLR-9 https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita... https://www.forgottenairfields.com/ai... NUMBER FOUR — ASCHAFFENBURG SPECIAL AMMUNITION SITE, Germany https://abandonedkansai.com/2014/01/1... NUMBER THREE — HAHN AIR BASE, Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahn_Ai... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahn_Ai... https://www.stripes.com/news/2007-06-... https://abandonedkansai.com/2015/08/1... NUMBER TWO — RAF GREENHAM COMMON, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Gre... https://historicengland.org.uk/listin... https://www.greenhamcommon.org.uk/gre... https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109... NUMBER ONE — TEUFELSBERG, Berlin, Germany https://www.abandonedberlin.com/stori... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teufels... https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/03... https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/t... https://www.totallylost.eu/space/nsa-... #AbandonedPlaces #GhostTown #Urbex #ForgottenEuropa #UrbanExploration #ColdWar #SovietUnion #MilitaryHistory #LostPlaces #ColdWarHistory #AbandonedMilitaryBase #USAF #NuclearHistory #Teufelsberg #ColdWarSecrets #HiddenHistory #AbandonedEurope #HistoricalDocumentary