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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Suicide Memorial Stone – Blaustein, Germany

On 14 October 1944, two Generals came to pick up Erwin Rommel at his home. Rommel said farewell …

Posted August 26, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

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Dunkirk WW2 – Operation Dynamo – Evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force BEF, 1940 – France

From May the 26th until the 4th of June in 1940 the British fought fiercely to evacuate their …

Posted July 12, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge – Foy, Belgium

During the Battle of the Bulge Easy Company of the 101th Airborne Division dug in near the German …

Posted January 7, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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Mardasson Memorial & Bastogne War Museum – Bastogne, Belgium

A huge memorial in the shape of an American star was resurrected in Bastogne to commemorate the American …

Posted December 27, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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Bastogne Barracks – The Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne – Belgium

The Bastogne Barracks was the location of the Allied headquarters in December of 1944. After chasing away the …

Posted December 13, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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Arromanches-les-Bains and the Mulberry Harbour Normandy France.

The Little town of Arromanches-les-Bains on the French coast in Normandy was part of the D-Day Landings on …

Posted November 13, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick


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Marine Küsten Batterie Longues-sur-Mer, Normandy France

Between Omaha beach and Gold beach lies Marine Küsten Batterie Longues-sur-Mer or M.K.B. Longues-sur-Mer. Construction started in September …

Posted October 22, 2016 (updated December 30, 2021) by Patrick

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Operation Switchback – A Bailey-bridge left behind in Maldegem, St Laureins, Belgium

On October 6th, the 7th Canadian Infantry Division started the construction of a Bailey-bridge between Maldegem and Sint-Laureins, …

Posted November 26, 2015 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

Topographie Des Terrors, former Gestapo and SS Headquarters – Berlin, Germany

The "Topographie Des Terrors" documentation center in Berlin is located at the former grounds of the Gestapo and …

Posted November 4, 2015 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

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The Führerbunker under the Reich’s Chancellery – Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin, Germany

It is hard to believe that the epicenter of ww2 Germany 70 years ago is a parking space …

Posted October 14, 2015 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

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The Armistice Museum – Rethondes, Compiègne, France

For Adolf Hitler, the signing of the Franco-German Armistice of 22 June 1940 in a railway carriage at …

Posted October 9, 2015 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

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D-day: Church Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption – Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France

During the D-day 70th Anniversary festivities we had the chance to visit the famous church of Sainte-Mère-Église, known …

Posted July 22, 2015 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

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