Churchill AVRE Mk. IV Tank – Lion-sur-Mer, Normandy, France A Churchill Avre Mk. IV tank stands near the 41st Royal Marine Commando Monument. The AVRE or in … Posted July 22, 2015 (updated February 19, 2023) by Pascal
Operation Amherst, Antoine Treis Memorial – Orvelte, the Netherlands In the morning of April Sunday the 8th, a SAS (Special Air Service - British Special Forces) unit … Posted July 20, 2015 (updated January 10, 2022) by Pascal
The Massacre at Oradour sur Glane Memorial Center – Limousin, France Some villagers had barely seen a German soldier from up close and it even seemed like the Second … Posted August 9, 2014 (updated October 5, 2022) by Pascal
Aktion T4 – Tiergartenstrasse 4, Berlin, Germany In October 1939, Hitler signed an euthanesia decree authorizing Phillipp Bouhler and Karl Brandt to carry out a … Posted July 16, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal
Chapelle du Maquis – Brûly-De-Pesche, Couvin, Belgium At the intersection of the road leading to Hitler's Wolfsschlucht 1 in Brûly-de-Pesche and Couvin, you will find … Posted June 27, 2014 (updated January 24, 2023) by Pascal
The 68th remembrance of Operation Market Garden, Dropzone Ede / Ginkel On 21 September 2013 the 69th remembrance event of the mass dropping during Market Garden started at the … Posted September 15, 2013 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
German U-boat memorial at Möltenort – Germany At Möltenort, the U-boat memorial shows us 30,000 names engraved in a memorial wall. These are all the … Posted September 7, 2013 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
Transit Warehouse 24 Rotterdam – a Jewish Memorial in the Netherlands “Loods 24” is the former transit warehouse number 24 in the Rotterdam harbour. During the Second World War … Posted April 16, 2013 (updated October 11, 2022) by Patrick
Ehrenhalle – Luitpold Arena & Luitpold Hall – The Nazi Rally Grounds in Nuremberg Germany From 1923, the Nazi Party, the NSDAP, annually held "Party Rally days" to attract new followers and strengthen … Posted February 12, 2013 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
Transit Camp Westerbork, Netherlands In 1939 the Dutch Government decides to build a refugee camp to give the German Jews a home … Posted November 22, 2012 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
War monument and Memorial Chapel, Lazise, Verona – Italy Visiting Lazise, Verona, I stumbled upon a War monument, beautifully situated on the boulevard overlooking the town marina … Posted February 10, 2012 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal
Concentration camp Bergen-Belsen – Germany In Bergen Belsen (After 1941: Stalag XI C/311) an estimated 50 to 70 thousand people were killed or … Posted November 14, 2011 (updated February 14, 2022) by Pascal
Behind the Ural Mountains, Kurgan – Miass & Chelyabinsk in West Siberia, Russia On one of our journeys we ended up behind the Ural Mountains in Russia. At this spot the … Posted August 30, 2009 (updated March 10, 2023) by Patrick
Poklonnaya Hill & The Central Museum of the Armed Forces – Moscow, Russia There is a huge park in Moscow dedicated to the victory of the Red Army in 1945, it … Posted May 4, 2009 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
