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
BattlefieldsThe 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 January 11, 2026) by Patrick
BattlefieldsThe 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 January 11, 2026) by Patrick
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
CemeteriesCanadian 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 January 6, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsMaisy 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 January 16, 2026) by Patrick
Historic SitesThe 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 January 11, 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
BattlefieldsHotel 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 January 11, 2026) by Patrick
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
CemeteriesCommonwealth 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Personal StoriesJan 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 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
Military FacilitiesFuhrerhauptquartier 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 January 11, 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
