Memorials & Monuments | Page 4

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

Posted July 22, 2015 (updated March 27, 2023) by Pascal

A Churchill Avre Mk. IV tank stands near the 41st Royal Marine Commando Monument. The AVRE or in …

Posted July 22, 2015 (updated June 23, 2023) by Pascal

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

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

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

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

On 21 September 2013 the 69th remembrance event of the mass dropping during Market Garden started at the …

Posted September 15, 2013 (updated June 2, 2023) by Patrick

This U-Boat memorial commemorates the 30,000+ men who lost their lives at sea during both World Wars. Their …

Posted September 7, 2013 (updated June 14, 2023) by Patrick

"Loods 24" is the former transit warehouse number 24 in the Rotterdam harbour. During the Second World War …

Posted April 16, 2013 (updated May 26, 2023) by Patrick

From 1923, the Nazi Party, the NSDAP, annually held "Party Rally days" to attract new followers and strengthen …

Posted February 12, 2013 (updated May 26, 2023) by Patrick

Visiting Lazise, Verona, I stumbled upon a War monument, beautifully situated on the boulevard overlooking the town marina …

Posted February 10, 2012 (updated May 31, 2023) by Pascal

In Bergen Belsen (After 1941: Stalag XI C/311) an estimated 50 to 70 thousand people were killed or …

Posted November 14, 2011 (updated June 1, 2023) by Pascal

There is a huge park in Moscow dedicated to victories of Russia, it is called Poklonnaya Hill or …

Posted May 4, 2009 (updated June 20, 2023) by Patrick