Labour & Concentration CampsPoland under the Nazis (part 1) – Auschwitz 1 (Stammlager)The camp is located South-West of the small city of Auschwitz. It was together with Auschwitz II -Birkenau … Posted February 19, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Labour & Concentration CampsPoland under the Nazis (part 2) – Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau)The Birkenau concentration camp is a place where I was transfixed. I never imagined it had this size. … Posted February 19, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Military FacilitiesFuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2, Margival – Laffaux FranceSituated along the railway line Laon-Paris in the thick wooded area surrounding Margival, this steep sided valley proved … Posted October 1, 2013 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
Weapons FacilitiesLa Coupole V-2 museum – Helfaut-Wizernes, FranceThis is one of the "Sonderbauten" which was planned to be built by organisation Todt between 1943 and … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
SubmarineU-boat U-995 Type VII C at Laboe, GermanyThis U-boat was deployed from 1943 by the Kriegsmarine until the end of the war. Thereafter, the submarine … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Third ReichEagles & Swastikas – Koblenz, GermanyThe building is in a nationalistic style from the 1930's. The sign on the side says it is … Posted July 13, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Historic SitesNazi Trials Nuremberg, Courtroom 600 – GermanyHere in Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg the Nazi's had to answer for their actions during WWII in what … Posted July 13, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Weapons FacilitiesWeingut 1 – Me 262 Factory – Mühldorfer Hart, Bavaria, GermanyDue to the effective bombardments of the Allied forces on infrastructure and war industry, Germany was forced to … Posted June 28, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Military FacilitiesThe Last German Surrender – Svalbard / Spitsbergen, NorwayWorld War Two ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of the German high command on May 7th, … Posted May 10, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
BattlefieldsThe Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen – GermanyOriginally built during the First World War between 1916 and 1919, the Ludendorff Brücke (named after German WWI … Posted November 17, 2011 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
Bunkers & FortificationsFort de Tancrémont – Pépinster, BelgiumOn the 29th of May 1940 11:00h, a day and a half after the surrender of the Belgian … Posted November 10, 2011 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
Cargo and UtilityBedford MWC 4×2 15-cwt Water Tank Truck – British General Service TruckIn 1935 the British War Office was in need of a new light military truck. Bedford started developing … Posted November 7, 2024 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsObervation Post M1 – La Corbière – Jersey, United KingdomA smaller observation post designated "M1" is built at the entrance road towards the resistance point Corbière. [...]Read … Posted January 3, 2024 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsKriegsmarine Peilstand und Messtellung 2, Naval observation tower MP 2 at La Corbière – Saint Brélade, Jersey – United KingdomNaval observation tower MP 2 is one of three constructed observation towers on Jersey Island. Nine of these … Posted December 31, 2023 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsMarine Küstenbatterie Lothringen – German Coastal Battery at Noiront Point – Saint Brélade, Jersey – United KingdomIn 1941, about the same time construction started on Coastal Battery Moltke up north, Batterie Lothringen was formed … Posted December 25, 2023 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsKernwerk – German Headquarters at St. Peters – Jersey, United KingdomThis Kernwerk housed the German Battle Headquarters in case of an invasion of the Island of Jersey, UK. … Posted January 8, 2024 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Military FacilitiesA Bailey Bridge along the Hoeksebaan – Hook of Holland, NetherlandsThis Bailey bridge lies in between the former positions of Widerstandsnest 31H and Widerstandsnest 32H along the former … Posted February 15, 2016 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
Weapons FacilitiesDie Weisser Häuser, The White Houses – Luftwaffe Proving Grounds – Rechlin, GermanyJust 7 kilometers from Rechlin proving grounds there are reconstructed apartment buildings in the middle of a forested … Posted February 16, 2024 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
