Personal StoriesArbeitseinsatz II – Forced Labour at Sigla in PolandIn August 2012 Landmark Scout received an email from a descendant of a survivor of forced labour in … Posted October 26, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Personal StoriesDavid van Dam; The cousin of my granddad – Gouda, the NetherlandsThe name “David” was used a lot in the family. My granddad, like David, has the same second … Posted October 25, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Cemeteries6th SS Gebirgsjäger Division Nord memorial and resting place Pfaffenheck – GermanyAfter reading the book written by Johann Voss about his enduring in world war two, "Black Edelweiss", we … Posted May 8, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
MuseumsDeutsches Museum Munich – GermanyOur 2012 trip started with a visit to the Deutsches museum in Munich. This is really a "flying" … Posted June 27, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesRussian War Cemetery Amersfoort – Leusden, The NetherlandsAt the cemtery in Amersfoort is a special field of honor, it's dedicated to Russian victims of the … Posted June 29, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Labour & Concentration CampsCamp Amersfoort – The NetherlandsIn one day we visited the Amersfoort cemetery in Leusden and camp Amersfoort. Both locations, the camp and … Posted July 12, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Weapons FacilitiesPrüfstand VII, Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, GermanyOn the 3rd of October 1942, for the first time in human history, a ballistic missile, the A4 … Posted September 11, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
Weapons FacilitiesV1 Katapult Prüfstände – Peenemünde, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, GermanyOn June 1942, Hitler personally decided that both the V1 and V2 projects were of equal importance and … Posted September 27, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
Tractor and Prime MoverM26 Heavy Tank Transporter Tractor – U.S. Heavy Recovery TruckThe M26 Tank Transporter Tractor was a heavy 6×6 prime mover developed by the United States during World … Posted January 28, 2026 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Tractor and Prime MoverM26A1 Heavy Tank Transporter Tractor – U.S. Heavy Recovery TruckThe M26A1 Tank Transporter Tractor was an improved version of the U.S. Army’s M26 tractor, developed late in … Posted January 28, 2026 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesGerman War Cemetery Ysselsteyn, The NetherlandsOn Saturday 19 may 2012, before our visit to Militracks, we stopped near the village of Ysselsteyn. Here … Posted June 27, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Patrick
Events & FairsMilitracks 2012 – Overloon, The NetherlandsMilitracks is an annual event with almost only German vehicles from the second World war. [...]Read More... Posted May 23, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Patrick
BattlefieldsD-day: Omaha Beach Landing – Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, FranceOn 6 june 1944 the first wave of soldiers had to wade through this water for many yards … Posted February 23, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesAmerican War Cemetery – Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, FranceWith a view on Omaha Beach and the English Channel from which they came, 9.388 white crosses and … Posted February 14, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
MonumentsWar monument and Memorial Chapel, Lazise, Verona – ItalyVisiting Lazise, Verona, I stumbled upon a War monument, beautifully situated on the boulevard overlooking the town marina … Posted February 10, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesVossenack War Cemetery – North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyThe German War Cemetery Vossenack / Eifel or Ehrenfriedhof Vossenack (in German) was constructed on a strategic site, … Posted January 5, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesHürtgen War Cemetery – North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHere at Hürtgen War Cemetery (Soldatenfriedhof or Ehrenfriedhof Hürtgen) 3001 mostly German casualties of war have found their … Posted January 5, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
BattlefieldsThe Battle of Hürtgen Forest – North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyFrom mid September 1944 until the 9th Februari 1945, the U.S. Army fought its longest single battle ever … Posted January 1, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
