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The Second World War has left its marks on the world. LandmarkScout looks for and visits these places and shares what it finds on this blog.

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, Last update: September 27 2016,
May 1940. Heavy rumbling sounds fill the afternoon sky above the Netherlands. The drone rolls on for miles through the afternoon skies. The sound unnerves cattle and farmers on...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
The development of the V-3 weapon, was yet another Third Reich Vengeance project aiming to unleish it's reign across the English Channel and target London from the European mainland....
, Last update: January 30 2017,
The "Deutsches Technikmuseum" or "German Museum of Technology" in Berlin is a candy store for anyone interested in the history of technology and is even larger than the Deutsches...
, Last update: October 30 2016,
The Zeppelin Field is 312 meter wide and 285 meter long, the same size as 12 soccer fields. It has enough space for 200,000 people. The main tribune is...
, Last update: October 30 2016,
The NSDAP Congress Hall The Congress Hall and the pond “Dutzendteich”, viewed from the Zeppelin Field A huge building blocks your view over the pond towards the Zeppelin Field....
, Last update: January 7 2016,
Just after the war in 1947, the Dutch government decided that all Dutch victims fallen abroad should be repatriated and reburied in the Netherlands. Many of these victims lay...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
From 1923, the Nazi Party, the NSDAP, annually held "Party Rally days" to attract new followers and strengthen the bonds with existing members. Participants listened to the Führers speeches,...
, Last update: November 21 2017,
The Gutshof, or “The Manor”, is a creation of Martin Bormann. Martin Bormann, in youth agriculturally educated, had his chance to design his dream farm while rearranging the Obersalzberg. He...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
The Eagle’s Nest, a nice view for some teaOn the Obersalzberg in Bavaria, Germany, are two tea houses. Both are specially made for Adolf Hitler, for relaxation...
, Last update: November 29 2017,
Inspired by poet and play writer Dietrich Eckart, Adolf Hitler was interested by the Obersalzberg Mountain in Bavaria – Germany. Still living in Munich he left for the Obersalzberg...
, Last update: September 27 2016,
To supply the buildings on the Obersalzberg of electricity and heat, a huge coal storage was built near the Berghof. The storage was build in 1940, by Italian workers...
, Last update: October 4 2016,
In 1939 the Dutch Government decides to build a refugee camp to give the German Jews a home and safety. This camp was located near the small town of...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
This is the memorial in Karlshagen. During the 60's, on the southside of this cemetery a mass grave was discovered containing 56 dead.
, Last update: February 18 2014,
In November 1938 Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch gave the green light for further development of the Peenemünde rocket programs and the mass-production of rockets. This development also fuelled the...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
In August 2012 Landmark Scout received an email from a descended of a survivor of forced labour in the Second World War. Like my grandfather this victim was send to...
, Last update: January 4 2016,
The name “David” was used a lot in the family. My granddad, like David, has the same second name. His full name was Hendrik David van Dam. His brother...
, Last update: June 14 2017,
The Historisches Technisches Museum Peenemünde Im Kraftwerk is largely situated on the grounds of the power plant of Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde, a former army research center where weapons like the...
, Last update: February 19 2014,
On June 1942, Hitler personally decided that both the V1 and V2 projects were of equal importance and each needed to be given the highest priority. With the defeat...
, Last update: June 14 2017,
On the 3rd of October 1942, for the first time in human history, a ballistic missile, the A4 (or V2) rocket, was succesfully launched and even reached space. A...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
The building is in a nationalistic style from the 1930's. The sign on the side says it is built in 1937 to be more precise. And in these days...
, Last update: October 30 2016,
In April 2012 we stopped at courtroom 600 in Nuremberg. In this famous courtroom the Nazi's stood on trail for their actions during WWII. On the first and most...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
In one day we visited the Amersfoort cemetery in Leusden and camp Amersfoort. Both locations, the camp and the cemetery, lie only 5 kilometres apart. Right beside the car...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
At the Amersfoort cemetery is a special field of honor, it's dedicated to Russian victims of the second world war. It is the only Russian War cemetery in the...
, Last update: December 6 2015,
Due to the effective bombardments of the Allied forces on infrastructure and war industry, Germany was forced to search for solutions to keep up with the demand of war...

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