Tunnels on Raduč are complex of World War Two military underground tunnels dug deep in the hill

Raduč Raduč is a village in the Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Lovinac municipality. Location It is located in Lika, 25 kilometers from Gračac, on the state road D50. Population/Demographics According to natio ...

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Use

In a time of the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the tunnels were used as a military hiding spot. The bunker had 3 cannons that were supposed to defend Murter (also that whole part of Croatian coast) from Italian warship. That almost led to a War between Croatia and Italy. It is unknown what really happened that day.

Today

Tunnel A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...

s are today popular touristic destination for everybody who is spending their time on

. Tunnels are in complete darkness and whoever is planning going there needs to take a flashlight or any other good source of light. Around 20% of the tunnels are inaccessible, since the deepest parts were accessible only by ladders, and they unfortunately collapsed.

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Croatia in World War II Tunnels in Croatia