CemeteriesRussian War Cemetery Amersfoort – Leusden, The NetherlandsAt the cemtery in Amersfoort is a special field of honor, it's dedicated to Russian victims of the … Posted June 29, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Weapons FacilitiesWeingut 1 – Me 262 Factory – Mühldorfer Hart, Bavaria, GermanyDue to the effective bombardments of the Allied forces on infrastructure and war industry, Germany was forced to … Posted June 28, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
MuseumsDeutsches Museum Munich – GermanyOur 2012 trip started with a visit to the Deutsches museum in Munich. This is really a "flying" … Posted June 27, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesGerman War Cemetery Ysselsteyn, The NetherlandsOn Saturday 19 may 2012, before our visit to Militracks, we stopped near the village of Ysselsteyn. Here … Posted June 27, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Patrick
Events & FairsMilitracks 2012 – Overloon, The NetherlandsMilitracks is an annual event with almost only German vehicles from the second World war. [...]Read More... Posted May 23, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Patrick
Military FacilitiesThe Last German Surrender – Svalbard / Spitsbergen, NorwayWorld War Two ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of the German high command on May 7th, … Posted May 10, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Cemeteries6th SS Gebirgsjäger Division Nord memorial and resting place Pfaffenheck – GermanyAfter reading the book written by Johann Voss about his enduring in world war two, "Black Edelweiss", we … Posted May 8, 2012 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
Bunkers & FortificationsMusée du Mur de l’Atlantique – Battery Todt, Turm I – Audinghen, Cap Gris Nez, FranceTurm I of Batterie Todt is now a World War Two museum called Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique … Posted February 29, 2012 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
BattlefieldsD-day: Omaha Beach Landing – Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, FranceOn 6 june 1944 the first wave of soldiers had to wade through this water for many yards … Posted February 23, 2012 (updated January 4, 2026) by Pascal
BattlefieldsPointe du Hoc, US 2nd Ranger Memorial – Normandy, FranceSituated between the Utah and Omaha Beach, a strongpoint built by Organisation Todt, with an artillery battery of … Posted February 21, 2012 (updated January 16, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesAmerican War Cemetery – Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, FranceWith a view on Omaha Beach and the English Channel from which they came, 9.388 white crosses and … Posted February 14, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
MonumentsWar monument and Memorial Chapel, Lazise, Verona – ItalyVisiting Lazise, Verona, I stumbled upon a War monument, beautifully situated on the boulevard overlooking the town marina … Posted February 10, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
Tractor and Prime MoversWS Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper a.k.a. Gerät 71On 7 may 1942 Hitler ordered that a simplified version of the halftrack should be developed, to replace … Posted January 12, 2012 (updated September 28, 2025) by Patrick
CemeteriesVossenack War Cemetery – North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyThe German War Cemetery Vossenack / Eifel or Ehrenfriedhof Vossenack (in German) was constructed on a strategic site, … Posted January 5, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesHürtgen War Cemetery – North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyHere at Hürtgen War Cemetery (Soldatenfriedhof or Ehrenfriedhof Hürtgen) 3001 mostly German casualties of war have found their … Posted January 5, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
BattlefieldsThe Battle of Hürtgen Forest – North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyFrom mid September 1944 until the 9th Februari 1945, the U.S. Army fought its longest single battle ever … Posted January 1, 2012 (updated January 3, 2026) by Pascal
TankPanzerkampfwagen I – Sd.Kfz. 101, With technical data on Ausf. AThe treaty of Versailles prevented post WW1 Germany from possessing armoured vehicles or tanks. However Germany, in all … Posted December 31, 2011 (updated November 2, 2025) by Patrick
TankPanzerkampfwagen II – Sd.Kfz. 121, With technical data on Ausf. AThe Panzerkampfwagen II was an improvement of the Panzerkampfwagen I. It carried, next to a machine gun, a … Posted December 25, 2011 (updated October 29, 2025) by Patrick
