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The Second World War has left its marks on the world. LandmarkScout looks for and visits these places and shares what it finds on this blog.

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In this vast wooded area of the Eiffel, on a mountain slope above the Urfttal dam, Ordensburg Vogelsang was built between 1934 and 1936. Based on a speech...
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Originally built during the First World War between 1916 and 1919, the Ludendorff Brücke (named after German WWI hero General Erich Ludendorff) was planned between the villages of Remagen...
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Room of SilenceIn Bergen Belsen (After 1941: Stalag XI C/311) an estimated 50 to 70.000 people were killed or perished in the dreadful circumstances. Knowing that, you’ll expect to...
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Die Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung – Koblenz, GermanySituated in Koblenz is “The Scientific Collection of Defense Engineering Specimens” (also called ” Defense Technology Museum”, or in German “Die Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung”). The...
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On the 29th of May 1940 11:00h, a day and a half after the surrender of the Belgian army, the commander of Fort de Tancrémont decides to surrender due...
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Between 1932 and 1935, for the sum of 24 million Francs, Fort Eben-Emael was built on a strategically important place to defend the eastern border of Belgium and to...
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Looking out over the valley, the first world war fortress of Belvedere – Gschwent, is after all these years, still defending the roads below. Werk Belvedere-Gschwent is build during...
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April 2011, it's about time for a roadtrip. Germany has our attention and we have planned ourselves a beautifull route, which will lead us from our homes in Holland...
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In the Second World War the transmitter was used by the German Kriegsmarine to contact U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean. FLAK positions were placed on several of the buildings...
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Our first stop after leaving home really early in the morning. We stretched our legs walking around this impressive Tiger 1. The tank stands here pointing towards the valley...
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"Wings & Wheels" in Belgium is an interesting combination of military history show with lots of different (WWII) vehicles and planes (fewer every year) and a militaria fair.
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G13 HetzerWings of Liberation is lovely museum in the city of Best, near the famous “Park of liberation” museum in Overloon. They present a nice exposition with a surprising collection...
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On one of our journeys we ended up behind the Ural Mountains in Russia. At this spot the Russians relocated there industry in 1941. Operation Barbarossa, the invasion on...
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There is a huge park in Moscow dedicated to the victory of the Red Army in 1945, it is called Poklonnaya Hill. There is an immense memorial in this...
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This museum closed it's doors in 2013, the planes will be moved to a new museum. The doors to this new museum will probably open in 2014.
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The Technology musuem in Sinsheim has a massive collection of WWII material, with several dioramas, like a setting from the Deutsches Afrika Korps (DAK). The objects are packed together...
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We planned a hike in the Belgium Ardennes with a couple of our friends. Leaving early from the Netherlands, we arrived in the lovely village of Houffalize. This...
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Liechtenstein – Switzerland and Austria A few years ago we went on holiday in the country of Liechtentein, on our way back we stopped in Germany in the Hurtgenwald, in...

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