Mark visits Qingdao’s Hill Forts Park Under Ground Command Post that was built in 1899 during the German occupation. Qingdao History: The Underground Command Post is all that remains of vast underground fortifications which were constructed in 1899 and then destroyed by the Germans themselves in 1914, at the beginning of WWI, before Japan’s first occupation of the region.
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Qingdao Travelogue – Hill Forts Park
Qingdao History: The Underground Command Post is all that remains of vast underground fortifications which were constructed in 1899.
The words of the commentator that: “This is the only fort survived and that all others were destroyed by Germans” is NOT correct! In 1947 I have researched underground facilities of at least 5 forts = Moltke, Iltis, Signal Hill, and Tai Tun Chen Fort on the East. All of them had hundreds of square meters of rooms hospitals barracks and secret exits deep underground. They were all destroyed by Chinese authorities as “Imperialistic reminders” in spite I begged them to restore them for tourist attractions!