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Featured Victory Park Kurgan

Park Pobedy – Victory Park Kurgan – Oblast Kurgan, Russia

Like many bigger towns in Russia the Second World War or Great Patriotic War as they revere to …

Posted August 18, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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D-Day Harbour Weymouth & Exercise Tiger – The Battle of Lyme Bay – United Kingdom

At the Weymouth sea side stands a cenotaph commemorating United States soldiers who left this harbour to fight …

Posted June 6, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

War Memorial Batley

War Memorial Batley – West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

In the center of Batley, just South of Leeds in England, is a war memorial to commemorate the …

Posted May 18, 2017 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

D-Day, Sword Beach: Monument Piper William ‘Bill’ Millin – Colleville-Montgomery, France

On D-Day, June 6th 1944, Piper William "Bill" Millin led the way playing his bagpipe for the Scottish …

Posted May 17, 2017 (updated October 5, 2022) by Pascal

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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 January 29, 2023) by Patrick

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The Final Solution – The Wannsee Conference at Villa Marlier, Berlin

On the 20th of January 1942, Reinhard Heydrich addressed a group of 15 men of whom prominent members …

Posted November 2, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal


Commando Memorial - Lochaber, Scottish Highlands

Commando Memorial – Spean Bridge, Lochaber Scotland

The Commando Memorial is erected near Spean Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, the location in the ward of …

Posted May 16, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

The Fifty - The Great Escape

The Fifty – The Great Escape – Zagan, Poland

The Great Escape took place on the night of 24 March 1943 when 76 prisoners escaped through a …

Posted May 8, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

War Memorial Dalkeith in King's Park

War Memorial Dalkeith – Scotland

In Daltkeith there is a war memorial for those who fell during the First World War. You can …

Posted April 11, 2016 (updated May 25, 2022) by Patrick

Oban war memorial Scotland

War memorial, Oban Scotland United kingdom

On the coast in Oban Scotland stands a World War One memorial for the Oban soldiers who lost …

Posted April 9, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

World War Two Memorial Boskoop

War Memorial for the Fallen Dutch Soldiers during May 1940 – Boskoop, The Netherlands

In Boskoop, a small village in the Netherlands, stands a memorial for fallen men during World War Two. …

Posted January 24, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

Memorial Square of the Royal Netherlands Air Force – Soesterberg, the Netherlands

This is a Memorial Square which is used for commemorations ceremonies of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. [...]Read …

Posted January 19, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

Memorial Garden of the Royal Netherlands Air Force – Soesterberg, the Netherlands

This is a Memorial Garden to commemorate the soldiers of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), who have …

Posted January 19, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal

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Marine-Ehrenmal at Laboe, Germany

Crossing the boulevard from the beach at Laboe where U-boat U995 type VII C is displayed, you can …

Posted December 9, 2015 (updated December 31, 2022) by Pascal

German Build House, Forced labour - Kurgan Russia

German Built Houses, Forced Labour in Kurgan – Russia

During the war German prisoners of war were transported behind the Ural Mountains, some ended up far away …

Posted December 8, 2015 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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The Holocaust Memorial – Berlin, Germany

The holocaust memorial in Berlin is formed by a large 19.000 m² site filled with 2711 concrete blocks …

Posted November 2, 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, Juno Beach: monument landing of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 48th Royal Marine Commando’s – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, France

This monument commemorates the landing and forming of a bridgehead by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division "North Shore" …

Posted July 22, 2015 (updated October 5, 2022) by Pascal

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