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 August 31, 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
Infantry 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 February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Battery 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 February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Lancaster Mk.1 W4960 in the Battle for the Ruhr – Sluipwijk, the NetherlandsFrom the Royal Air Force Station Binbrook in 1943, near Brokenby in England, exactly 13 minutes before 10 … Posted January 9, 2014 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick
A 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 May 5, 2025) by Patrick
German 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 February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Coastal 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 May 5, 2025) by Patrick
Fuhrerhauptquartier 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 February 14, 2025) by Pascal
Batterie 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 February 14, 2025) by Patrick
The 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 September 28, 2025) by Patrick
The 68th remembrance of Operation Market Garden, Dropzone Ede / GinkelOn 21 September 2013 the 69th remembrance event of the mass dropping during Market Garden started at the … Posted September 15, 2013 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick
Arnhem 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 April 26, 2025) by Patrick
Aviation Museum Hannover – Laatzen, GermanyThe Aviation museum in Hannover Laatzen has two halls with numerous items from World War One and World … Posted September 14, 2013 (updated April 29, 2025) by Patrick
La 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 September 28, 2025) by Pascal
Atlantic Wall bunkers on the Wissant beach, Nord-Pas-de-Calais – FranceThe beach of Wissant, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France, is still full of WWII obstacles en bunkers. The sea … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated March 16, 2025) by Patrick
