Canadian War Cemetery Bretteville-Sur-Laize, Normandy – FranceMost of the fallen soldiers on this field of honour fell during later stages of the Battle for … Posted August 17, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – FranceBattery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of … Posted August 13, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
The Massacre at Oradour sur Glane Memorial Center – Limousin, FranceSome villagers had barely seen a German soldier from up close and it even seemed like the Second … Posted August 9, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
The only Polish Cemetery in France, near Grainville–Langannerie & UrvilleThe only Polish cemetery in France lies on the crossroad from Grainville–Langannerie to Urville, kilometres south of Caen. … Posted July 25, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick
Aktion T4 – Tiergartenstrasse 4, Berlin, GermanyIn October 1939, Hitler signed an euthanesia decree authorizing Phillipp Bouhler and Karl Brandt to carry out a … Posted July 16, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Hotel Hartenstein, Airborne Headquarters during Operation Market Garden, Oosterbeek near Arnhem – The NetherlandsThere had been reports of bombardments on the cities of Ede, Arnhem, airfields, and anti aircraft positions, but … Posted July 12, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Tankograd, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in Oblast Chelyabinsk, RussiaЧелябинский тракторный завод (ЧТЗ) or phonetic "Chelyabinskiy traktornyy zavod" (ChTZ), is the full name of the tractor plant … Posted July 10, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Commonwealth Cemetery Arnhem , Operation Market Garden in Oosterbeek – The NetherlandsIn Arnhem, close to the Hartenstein Airborne Museum, is a Commonwealth Cemetery with fallen soldiers from operation Market … Posted July 7, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Jan van Driel – How a Forced Labourer ended up in Sweden during 1944A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all … Posted July 3, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Chapelle du Maquis – Brûly-De-Pesche, Couvin, BelgiumAt the intersection of the road leading to Hitler's Wolfsschlucht 1 in Brûly-de-Pesche and Couvin, you will find … Posted June 27, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Pascal
Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 1, Brûly-De-Pesche, Couvin, BelgiumOn June 6th 1940, Hitler and his general staff observed the advance of the German forces through France … Posted June 25, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Pascal
Fort Breendonk, Willebroek, BelgiumBreendonk was built as part of the fortification defence to protect the city of Antwerp and especially the … Posted March 28, 2014 (updated March 3, 2025) by Patrick
Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Oskar Schindlers Factory, KrakowFrom October 29 till November 3th I took a short organized trip to Poland. The organizer called this … Posted February 25, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
A Fallschirmjäger in Normandy, Operation Kursk, the battle of Sicily and Monte Cassino[...]Read More... Posted February 21, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Poland 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 February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Poland 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 February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Arbeitseinsatz – Forced labour at the Sigla Sicherheitsglas G.m.b.H. company in Gross Kunzendorf N.L. – PolandHendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Marine Küstenbatterie Tirpitz – Coastal Battery Tirpitz Altantic Wall Museum Raversijde BelgiumThe Coastal Battery Tirpitz started out with the name MKB Saltwedel neu. It is an old naval battery … Posted January 10, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
