D-day, Juno Beach: monument landing of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 48th Royal Marine Commando’s – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, FranceThis monument commemorates the landing and forming of a bridgehead by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division "North Shore" … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Atlantic Wall: Widerstandsnest 27, Bunker with 50mm KWK gun – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, FranceThis bunker was part of "Widerstandsnest 27" and still houses a 5cm Kwk (Panzerabwehrkanone) like it had during … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
D-day: Church Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption – Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, FranceDuring 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 February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Churchill AVRE Mk. IV Tank – Lion-sur-Mer, Normandy, FranceA Churchill Avre Mk. IV tank stands near the 41st Royal Marine Commando Monument. The AVRE or in … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 626 Squadron Lancaster ND952 – Theillay, FranceLancaster ND952 of RAF 626 Squadron was shot down during an air raid on railway yards near Vierzon, … Posted July 21, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Stelling Den Oever – Afsluitdijk, the NetherlandsPosition or "Stelling" Den Oever was built between 1932 and 1936 on the North Holland side of the … Posted July 21, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Operation Amherst, Antoine Treis Memorial – Orvelte, the NetherlandsIn the morning of April Sunday the 8th, a SAS (Special Air Service - British Special Forces) unit … Posted July 20, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Stelling Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the NetherlandsPosition Kornwerderzand was constructed between 1931 and 1936 and consisted of two lines of defense with a total … Posted July 16, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 90 Sqdn – General Cemetery Montfoort, Utrecht, the NetherlandsOn the general cemetery at the village of Montfoort, Utrecht, the Netherlands lie the Commonwealth War Graves of … Posted July 14, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien – San Francisco California United States of AmericaThe construction of a Liberty Ship took about 240 days, later on, when the construction yards specialised and … Posted June 19, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
USS Missouri BB-63 Iowa Class Battleship – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States of AmericaAt the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor lies USS battleship Missouri which hosted the surrender of Imperial … Posted June 18, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
Tank Driver Bob Dare recounts the fate of the Jackal in the Battle of Overloon, NetherlandsJohn Collier was a wireless operator/ loader on Cheetah of Number 2 Squadron of the Coldstream Guards of … Posted June 15, 2015 (updated March 5, 2025) by Patrick
4th Battalion Coldstream Guards in WW2This photograph is from the private collection of Don Roper. His father Herbert Hughes Roper or Bert for … Posted June 15, 2015 (updated March 5, 2025) by Patrick
Kazemattenmuseum Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the NetherlandsDuring the construction of the 32 km long and 90m wide Afsluitdijk, a number of man made islands … Posted April 5, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Section 41 of Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Jackson Mississippi – USADuring World War 2 there was a peaceful invasion of Jackson, Mississippi, for two years by nearly a … Posted March 2, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
The John Frost Bridge, Operation Market Garden in Arnhem – NetherlandsThe British 1st Airborne Division under the command of General Roy Urquhart landed on 17 September 1944 near … Posted September 9, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
The John S. Thompson Bridge, the 11th bridge of Operation Market Garden near Grave in the NetherlandsThe bridge over the river Meuse was one of the objectives of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. … Posted September 7, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
KZ-Arbeitslager Karlshagen I – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, GermanyTo compensate the growing shortage of laborers to work in the Peenemünde test facilities, forced laborers were put … Posted August 20, 2014 (updated March 3, 2025) by Pascal
