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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

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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 Market Garden at Ginkel

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


Möltenort – German U-boat memorial

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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