Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge – Foy, Belgium During the Battle of the Bulge Easy Company of the 101th Airborne Division dug in near the German … Posted January 7, 2017 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields 101st Airborne divisionBattle of the BulgeBerchtesgadenDachauEagle’s NestEasy CompanyOperation Market GardenOperation PegasusRichard WintersUS Parachute Infantry
The 101st Airborne division during Operation Market Garden, Easy company jumps at Son – Netherlands During Market Garden the British and Polish forces dropped near Arnhem needed tank support as soon as possible. … Posted September 1, 2013 (updated September 12, 2024) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields 101st Airborne division1st Polish independent Parachute BrigadeBritish 1st airborne divisionDouglasEasy CompanyOperation Market GardenSiegfried lineUnited States InfantryUS Parachute InfantryWestwall
December 44 Museum – La Gleize, Belgium – Remembering the Battle of the Bulge The December 44 Museum is dedicated to the memory of the Battle of the Bulge, also known as … Posted March 5, 2023 (updated July 15, 2024) by Pascal in Museums & Collections 101st Airborne division1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler82nd Airborne DivisionBattle of the BulgeGerman Panzer DivisionJoachim PeiperRichard Winters
Mittersill Castle, Schloss Mittersill – Austria From 1943 a SS department from the Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler organization who were occupied with the research of … Posted April 9, 2023 (updated April 23, 2023) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps 101st Airborne divisionHeinrich HimmlerRavensbrück
Top 5 WW2 Tank Museums to visit in Western Europe and the UK This is our Top 5 of Tank Museums with WW2 tanks and armored vehicles on display that you should … Posted March 15, 2023 (updated July 5, 2023) by Pascal in Museums & Collections American ArmorBritish ArmorCanadian ArmorFrench ArmorGerman ArmorItalian ArmorJapanese ArmorRussian Armor
155mm M1 Howitzer on carriage M1A1 – American Medium Artillery Field Gun The US 155mm M1 Howitzer was produced from 1942 as a Medium Artillery field gun and used by … Posted March 10, 2023 (updated April 9, 2023) by Pascal in No category Guns » M1 101st Airborne divisionAmerican GunM1/M2/M3 Gun
General George S. Patton Monument – Bastogne, Belgium This monument was erected in honor of General George S. Patton for the liberation of Bastogne in 1944 … Posted February 25, 2023 by Pascal in Memorials & Monuments 101st Airborne divisionUS Third Army
The Grave of General George S. Patton at Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial General George S. Patton is arguably one of the most famous Allied Generals of WW2. You can visit … Posted February 7, 2022 (updated February 26, 2023) by Pascal in Cemeteries, Memorials & Monuments 101st Airborne divisionAmerican War GravesBattle of BastogneBattle of the BulgeUS Third Army
Bastogne Memorial to General Mc Auliffe – Bastogne, Belgium On the main square in Bastogne is a bust of General McAuliffe. He and his American troops withstood … Posted September 28, 2017 (updated January 29, 2023) by Patrick in Memorials & Monuments, Tanks & Vehicles 101st Airborne divisionBattle of BastogneGeneral McAuliffeM4 Sherman
WWII German War Cemetery Lommel – Kattenbos, Belgium [...]Read More... Posted July 28, 2017 (updated April 14, 2024) by Pascal in Cemeteries Battle of the BulgeBridge at RemagenFall GelbFall RotGerman War Graves
Mardasson Memorial & Bastogne War Museum – Bastogne, Belgium A huge memorial in the shape of an American star was resurrected in Bastogne to commemorate the American … Posted December 27, 2016 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields, Memorials & Monuments, Museums & Collections 101st Airborne divisionBattle of the BulgeGeneral McAuliffeHarry TrumanM4 ShermanWacht am Rhein
Bastogne Barracks – The Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne – Belgium The Bastogne Barracks was the location of the Allied headquarters in December of 1944. After chasing away the … Posted December 13, 2016 (updated May 22, 2024) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields, Museums & Collections 101st Airborne division1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler333rd Field Artillery BattalionBattle of the BulgeErich BranderbergerFallschirmjägerFrench resistanceGeneral McAuliffeGeorge PattonGerman Panzer DivisionHasso von ManteuffellHerbstnebelJoachim PeiperM4 ShermanOperation EicheOperation Market GardenOperation NordwindOtto SkorenzySchneemanSepp DietrichWacht am RheinWannsum bridgehead
Sd.Kfz. 2 – Kleines Kettenkraftrad The Kleines Kettenkraftrad designated Sd.Kfz. 2 was named short Kettenkrad. Besides use as a tractor the Kettenkraftrad saw … Posted November 16, 2016 (updated August 6, 2023) by Patrick in Tanks & Vehicles Vehicles » NSU FallschirmjägerGerman VehicleKleines KettenkraftradNSU
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History – Brussels, Belgium The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History is an enormous museum with an impressive collection, … Posted November 12, 2015 (updated September 8, 2024) by Pascal in Museums & Collections American AircraftBritish AircraftGerman AircraftInvasion of BelgiumRolls Royce Merlin
D-day: Church Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption – Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France During the D-day 70th Anniversary festivities we had the chance to visit the famous church of Sainte-Mère-Église, known … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated May 13, 2024) by Pascal in Historic Sites & Battlefields 101st Airborne division505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)82nd Airborne DivisionD-DayNormandyUS Parachute Infantry
The 68th remembrance of Operation Market Garden, Dropzone Ede / Ginkel On 21 September 2013 the 69th remembrance event of the mass dropping during Market Garden started at the … Posted September 15, 2013 (updated June 2, 2023) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields, Memorials & Monuments 1st Polish independent Parachute BrigadeBritish 1st airborne divisionDouglasJohn FrostOperation Market Garden
Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, the Kehlsteinhaus, tea house on the Obersalzberg in Bavaria – Germany [...]Read More... Posted December 1, 2012 (updated May 29, 2023) by Patrick in Third Reich Sites & Architecture 101st Airborne divisionAdolf HitlerBerchtesgadenEagle’s NestEasy CompanyEva BraunFritz TodtMartin BormannNSDAP
