Bergepanzer 38(t) – Sd.Kfz. 136 – German Armored Recovery Vehicle based on the Jagdpanzer 38(t) – Hetzer
Personal Stories4th 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 January 6, 2026) by Patrick
MuseumsKazemattenmuseum 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 January 6, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesSection 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 January 6, 2026) by Pascal
Labour & Concentration CampsKZ-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 January 6, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesThe only Polish War 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
MonumentsAktion 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 January 5, 2026) by Pascal
MuseumsTankograd, 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
MonumentsChapelle 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 January 5, 2026) by Pascal
Labour & Concentration CampsFort 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Personal StoriesArbeitseinsatz – 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsInfantry Stützpunkt Martha – Atlantic Wall Northern FranceOn the beach to the North of Les Ecardines in Northern France there are some bunkers which belong … Posted January 10, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsBattery Oye Plage – Atlantic Wall in FranceOn one of our trips we drove though the remnants of Battery Oye Plage. At first we encountered … Posted January 10, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesA World War One French Military Cemetery near Ambleny – FranceOn our way from Wolfsschlucht 2 towards the French town Compiègne we drove past a French World War … Posted January 8, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesGerman Cemetery at Fort La Malmaison on Chemin des Dames – FranceFort Malmaison lies near the western end of Chemin des Dames on a former frontline of World War … Posted January 8, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsCoastal Battery Waldam, a unique defender on the Atlantic Wall – FranceTo the north of Battery Oldenburg lies Battery Waldam, named after the village Waldam nearby. Both coastal batteries … Posted January 2, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsBatterie Oldenburg: Heavy Defender on the Hellfire Corner – Calais, FranceThis battery was part of the defence of the Strait of Dover like Battery Todt, Battery Lindemann and … Posted September 24, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
TankThe Jackal; a Churchill tank left behind in the forgotten Battle of OverloonOn 27 may in 2013 the Scouts received an email from Christine; "My mother and I are travelling … Posted September 17, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
MuseumsArnhem War Museum 40-45 Operation Market Garden, NetherlandsIn the years after Operation Market Garden multiple museums, memorials and other reminders of the battle could be … Posted September 14, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
