Wewelsburg Castle – Himmlers Occult Castle – Büren, Germany The Wewelsburg castle is located near the village of Wewelsburg in the district of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, … Posted April 21, 2024 (updated April 22, 2024) by Patrick in Third Reich Sites & Architecture Heinrich Himmler
Schloss Dammsmühle – Heinrich Himmlers Castle near Berlin – Wandlitz, Germany Dammsmühle Castle, or Schloss Dammsmühle has a long history dating back to 1768. This year the two floors … Posted February 17, 2024 (updated April 21, 2024) by Patrick in Third Reich Sites & Architecture Heinrich HimmlerHitler's Inner Circle
U.S. Army and German Wehrmacht Fight the Waffen-SS – The Battle for Itter Castle This is the only documented battle were the U.S. Army fought alongside the German Army and full of … Posted April 10, 2023 (updated July 11, 2024) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields Battle for Itter CastleHeinrich HimmlerJosef Gangl
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
Colditz Castle, Oflag IV-C, Colditz in Saxony – Germany When the Nazi's came to power in 1933 they turned Colditz Castle into a political prison to house … Posted May 14, 2016 (updated April 3, 2024) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Museums & Collections POW CampStalag Luft IIIThe FiftyYalta Conference
Henri Malartre Musée – Bike, Car and Motorcycle Museum – Rochetaillée-sur-Saône, France The Musée Henri Malartre (Musée de l'automobile Henri Malartre) in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône claims to be the oldest automobile museum … Posted August 2, 2024 (updated August 2, 2024) by Patrick in Museums & Collections
Friedhof Wörgl, Waldfriedhof – Wörgl Cemetery, Tyrol – Austria The Cemetery in Wörgl, Friedhof Wörgl -Waldfriedhof, in Austria has some graves of World War Two. There is … Posted April 12, 2023 (updated April 6, 2024) by Patrick in Cemeteries Austrian War GravesBattle for Itter CastleJosef Gangl
Russian WW2 Cemetery – Kaprun, Austria In this mass grave near the Castle of Kaprun rest the remains of Russian Forced Laborers who were … Posted April 4, 2023 (updated April 6, 2024) by Pascal in Cemeteries Forced LabourRussian War Graves
The Capture of Hermann Göring – Schloss Fischhorn, Austria Hermann Göring proposed to meet Eisenhower at Schloss (Eng: castle) Fischhorn to talk "from man to man". He … Posted April 2, 2023 (updated February 19, 2024) by Pascal in Historic Sites & Battlefields BerchtesgadenHermann GöringHitler's Inner CircleNuremberg TrialsUS 7th Army
Project Riese – Wlodarz, Wolfsberg – Owl Mountains, Jugowice – Poland This complex was part of Project Riese and was the second largest tunnel complex after Osowka. situated in … Posted August 9, 2022 (updated August 11, 2022) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Forced LabourOwl MountainsProject RieseWeingut 1
The Tiger Collection (2017-2019), Tank Museum Bovington – United Kingdom Read along with a Tiger tank Family reunion. After 70 years the Tank Museum Bovington has organised unusual … Posted May 21, 2017 (updated July 29, 2023) by Patrick in Museums & Collections Armor » Panzer VI (Tiger) German ArmorHenschelPanzerkampfwagen VI - Tiger
Commando Memorial – Spean Bridge, Lochaber Scotland The Commando Memorial is erected near Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, the location in the ward of … Posted May 16, 2016 (updated February 15, 2024) by Patrick in Memorials & Monuments Victoria Cross
The Great Escape, Stalag Luft III – Zagan, Poland Stalag Luft III was a POW camp build especially for Allied airmen in the vicinity of Zagan in … Posted May 8, 2016 (updated March 8, 2024) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Museums & Collections Castle ColditzPOW CampRoger BushellRoyal Air Force (RAF)Stalag Luft IIIStalag Luft VIIICThe FiftyThe Great Escape
Project Riese – Osówka, Säuferhöhen – Owl Mountains, Walbrzych Poland In 1943 Minister of Armament and War Production Albert Speer, started, to talk about project Riese with the … Posted December 6, 2015 (updated August 11, 2022) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities AuschwitzForced LabourGross-RosenOwl MountainsProject Riese
Houffalize Belgium – It all started here for LandmarkScout We planned a hike in the Belgium Ardennes with a couple of our friends. Leaving early from the … Posted June 1, 2008 (updated June 9, 2023) by Patrick in Museums & Collections Battle of the BulgeKettenradM4 ShermanPanzerkampfwagen V - Panther
