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Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – Poland

Grey concrete buildings rise out the sea in the Gulf of Danzig, at first glance it looks like flooded parts of land with only...

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford – England

AF Cosford started as an aircraft maintenance and storage unit. They trained units at Cosford in the Number 2 school of Technical Training. As...

Thingstätte Heidelberg Germany – Amphitheatre used for Nazi Propaganda

To go on tour and spread the word was, and is, still important and inspiring for politicians, so the Nazi officials hit the road...

Military Cemetery Zuydcoote – Hauts-de-France, France

The Zuydcoote Military Cemetery in France is a mixed burial site. There is an Allied Commonwealth section, a French section - Nécropole Nationale de...

The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – Poland

Masurian Canal, Lock Górne – Leśniewo Poland

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During the Prussian reign ideas of a waterway between the Baltic Sea and the Masurian lakes...

Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, Poland

In the Polsich city Gdansk is a cemetery in honour of the victims of concentration camp Stutthof. Concentrations Camp Stutthof lies about 35 kilometres...

Marine Flak Batterie Nord: Stützpunkt Fichte – West-Souburg, Walcheren, Netherlands

Hidden in a small forest at West-Souburg, heavy Batterie Nord "Stützpunkt Fichte" was a field position of the Kriegsmarine. The main armament of the...

National Filling Factory No.1 also known as Barnbow

National Filling Factory No.1, also known as Barnbow, was a First World War munitions factory located at Cross Gates in Leeds. The site covered...

Netherlands American War Cemetery and Memorial Margraten

This is the only large WW2 cemetery for fallen American soldiers on Dutch soil. Most of these victims fell during Operation Marketgarden, the Ardennes...

The Grave of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) – Parish Church of St Martin’s, Bladon, United Kingdom

In this quiet graveyard of the Parish Church of St Martin's Bladon, England, lies the grave of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

Stützpunkt Von Kleist of VB Vlissingen – Koudekerke, Walcheren, the Netherlands

Stützpunkt Von Kleist was a Heeresbatterie of the VB Vlissingen. The battery had a fire support role defending the Landesfront of the Verteidigungsbereich of...

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Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – Poland

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford – England

Thingstätte Heidelberg Germany – Amphitheatre used for Nazi Propaganda

Military Cemetery Zuydcoote – Hauts-de-France, France

The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – Poland

Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, Poland

Marine Flak Batterie Nord: Stützpunkt Fichte – West-Souburg, Walcheren, Netherlands

National Filling Factory No.1 also known as Barnbow

Netherlands American War Cemetery and Memorial Margraten

The Grave of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) – Parish Church of St Martin’s, Bladon, United Kingdom

Stützpunkt Von Kleist of VB Vlissingen – Koudekerke, Walcheren, the Netherlands

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The Jackal; a Churchill tank left behind in the forgotten Battle of Overloon

Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge – Foy, Belgium

Ehrenhalle – Luitpold Arena & Luitpold Hall – The Nazi Rally Grounds in Nuremberg Germany

Weingut 1 – Me 262 Factory – Mühldorfer Hart, Bavaria, Germany

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