3 BAD Bruggen - Duizend bommen en granaten

Short documentary (in Dutch) about nuclear weapons at 3BAD, which was the largest munition depot from the NATO during the Cold War. 3BAD Bracht was from the British Army on the Rijn / Royal Army Ordnance Corps (BAOR/RAOC. It was set up after WWII around 1948 and merged with 6 Petroleum Depot at Arsbek around 1965 and named 3BAPD but returned back to 3BAD in around 1975. Open for around 60 years and held weapons for RAF Germany and Army units in Germany. It covers more than 13 hactar and is now mostly a Large nature reserve (Brachter Wald). The Married people was housed in Bracht village and Venlo in Holland. 3BAD Bracht was granted the feedom of Bruggen and Bracht in 1974. After options for change the RAOC merged with the RLC Royal Logistic Corps and in 2000 3 BAD closed and most of the ground was handed back to the Germen Government to become a nature reserve.