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
CemeteriesLancaster 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 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
Military FacilitiesFuhrerhauptquartier 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 January 11, 2026) by Pascal
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
BattlefieldsThe 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 1, 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
MuseumsAviation 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Weapons FacilitiesLa 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 January 11, 2026) by Pascal
Bunkers & FortificationsAtlantic 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 January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesGerman War Cemetery La Cambe – Normandy, FranceAt this cemetery in Normandy are the graves of twenty-thousand German soldiers of whom many fell during the … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
MuseumsDeutsches Panzermuseum Munster – GermanyThe Deutsches Panzermuseum in Munster is very recommendable. The tanks and vehicles can be freely walked around and … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 9, 2026) by Patrick
Weapons FacilitiesU-Boot Bunker ‘Valentin’, a Submarine Assembly Factory along the Weser River – Bremen Farge, GermanyU-Boot Bunker Valentin was one of the largest projects of Nazi Germany between 1943 and March 1945. The … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated February 3, 2026) by Patrick
MonumentsGerman U-boat memorial at Möltenort – Heikendorf, GermanyThis U-Boat memorial commemorates the 30,000+ men who lost their lives at sea during both World Wars. Their … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
SubmarineU-boat U-995 Type VII C at Laboe, GermanyThis U-boat was deployed from 1943 by the Kriegsmarine until the end of the war. Thereafter, the submarine … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
