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The Wolf’s lair – Wolfsschanze- Hitler’s Headquarters, Gierloz Poland

The Wolfsschanze / Wolf’s Lair was named after the self-given nickname of Adolf Hitler, Wolf. On 21 June 1941 main constructions were finished and...

Fliegerhorst Twente – Twente, Netherlands

When the Second World War broke out, the airfield was officially closed in 1940 and the hangar blown up. Initially the Germans did not...

Marine Batterie Nord-mole: Het Jagershuis and the Water Supply Bunker – Hook of Holland, Netherlands

The area of Hook of Holland was declared a "Festung" of "Fortress", because of it's strategic importance as a Kriegsmarine Harbor at the North Sea and...

Kriegsmarine Gun Battery Schleswig Holstein – Hel, Poland

The German Navy strengthened the Peninsula of Hel, they added three huge gun emplacements and an observation tower. They named the Battery Schleswig Holstein...

Fire Control Tower of the Schleswig-Holstein Battery – Hel, Poland

After the Battle of Hel, the Polish forces on the peninsula gave up the fight and the German army took over de defensive positions....

A Coastal Battery from Hel – Pomeranian – Hel, Poland

The coastal batteries on Hel were about the strongest on Polish soil at the start of the Second World War. On September the first...

Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. For a short period II/JG. 1...

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...

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The Wolf’s lair – Wolfsschanze- Hitler’s Headquarters, Gierloz Poland

Fliegerhorst Twente – Twente, Netherlands

Marine Batterie Nord-mole: Het Jagershuis and the Water Supply Bunker – Hook of Holland, Netherlands

Kriegsmarine Gun Battery Schleswig Holstein – Hel, Poland

Fire Control Tower of the Schleswig-Holstein Battery – Hel, Poland

A Coastal Battery from Hel – Pomeranian – Hel, Poland

Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands

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

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Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel at Herrlingen Cemetery – Blaustein, Germany

Panzerkampfwagen II – Sd.Kfz. 121, With technical data on Ausf. A

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford – England

The Last German Surrender – Svalbard / Spitsbergen, Norway

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