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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: December 7 2017,
Our last trip started with a visit to the Deutsches museum in Munich. This is really a "flying" goldmine. As the second World War connoisseurs already know, the German...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
On Saturday 19 may 2012, before our visit to Militracks, we stopped near the village of Ysselsteyn. Here lies a very large German war cemetery. La Cambre in France...
, Last update: November 27 2016,
Militracks is an annual event, a little special though. First at this event you will find only German vehicles from the second World war. Well almost, this year a...
, Last update: July 17 2016,
World War Two ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of the German high command on May 7th, 1945 in Reims. But a tiny, forgotten outpost of the Third...
, Last update: January 29 2016,
This year our annual roadtrip took us back to Koblenz for some unfinished business. Last year we underestimated the size and equipment of the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz .... big...
, Last update: October 31 2016,
In September 1940, as part of the plan to invade England, Battery Siegfried (Stp. 186 Saitenspeil) became operational. The battery existed mainly out of four very large concrete tower...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
On 6 june 1944 the first wave of soldiers had to wade through this water for many yards under heavy fire, before finally reaching the wide beach, having to...
, Last update: January 6 2016,
Situated between the beaches of Utah and Omaha, a strongpoint built by Organisation Todt, with an artillery battery of six captured French 155mm guns at Pointe du Hoc, prestented...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
With a view on Omaha Beach and the English Channel from which they came, 9.387 white crosses and stars look out from their final resting place on this American...
, Last update: December 12 2015,
Visiting Lazise, Verona, I stumbled upon a War monument, beautifully situated on the boulevard overlooking the town marina and the lake. As is normal throughout Italy, this monument is...
, Last update: January 27 2016,
On 7 may 1942 Hitler ordered that a simplified version of the halftrack should be developed, to replace the 5 ton Sd.Kfz. 6. The production of the Sd.Kfz. 6...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
The German War Cemetery Vossenack / Eifel or Ehrenfriedhof Vossenack (in German) was constructed on a strategic site, known as Hill 470, between 1949 and 1952. Today it contains...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
Here at Hürtgen War Cemetery (Soldatenfriedhof or Ehrenfriedhof Hürtgen) 3001 mostly German casualties of war have found their final resting place. 500 victims have not been identified. Among these...
, Last update: January 6 2016,
From mid September 1944 until the 9th Februari 1945, the U.S. Army fought it's longest single battle ever recorded, also it's longest battle on German soil, over an area...
, Last update: December 6 2015,
The treaty of Versailles prevented post WW1 Germany from possessing armoured vehicles or tanks. However Germany, in all secrecy, did produce 15 type I tank hulls without superstructures in...
, Last update: February 5 2015,
The Panzerkampfwagen II was an improvement of the Panzerkampfwagen I. It carried, next to a machine gun, a 20mm automatic weapon capable of firing a high explosive round and...
, Last update: December 6 2015,
The development of the panzerkampfwagen III started in 1935. Daimler Benz produced 10 vehicles of 15 ton with a 3,7cm gun in the turret. In 1937 the Panzerkampfwagen III...
, Last update: December 6 2015,
The Panzerkampfwagen mark IV was the workhorse of the Wehrmacht. It was the first panzer in the 20 ton class when production started in 1937. It was the first...
, Last update: September 9 2016,
Panzerkampfwagen V, Sd.Kfz.171 is much better known as the "Panther”. Its origin started back in 1941, when the Wehrmacht was unpleasantly surprised by the capabilities of the opposing T34...
, Last update: May 21 2017,
Much better known as the mighty "Tiger". The story of the Tiger started a little different than other panzers. During the Spanish civil war, Hitler declared he supported Franco,...
, Last update: June 19 2015,
The "Königstiger" or "King Tiger" was the biggest and latest production tank of the German Wehrmacht. Even if it carried the name Tiger type VI ausf. B, or as...
, Last update: January 7 2016,
In the city of Trento, in Italy, is a remarkable hilltop. It is used as a reminder for the Alpine Regiment who fought their wars in the Italian mountains,...
, Last update: January 6 2016,
The last visits of my summer vacation are Werk (Fortress) Valmorbia and Werk Mattarello. We tried to visit Fortress Valmorbia first.
, Last update: August 24 2017,
From November 1939 Hackenholt was assigned to the Action T4 programme, working in all six facilities. In the fall of 1941, he and other T4 personnel were transferred to...

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