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 May 27, 2023) by Pascal
OKH Headquarters Maybach I and the Zeppelin bunker – Wünsdorf-Zossen, Germany To restructure the German Army Command, Hitler founded the OKH and OKW organisations. Both commands were stationed in … Posted September 18, 2016 (updated November 15, 2023) by Pascal
Colditz Castle, Oflag IV-C, Colditz in Saxony – Germany When the Nazi's came to power in 1933 they turned Colditz Castle into a political prison to house … Posted May 14, 2016 (updated April 3, 2024) by Patrick
The Great Escape, Stalag Luft III – Zagan, Poland Stalag Luft III was a POW camp build especially for Allied airmen in the vicinity of Zagan in … Posted May 8, 2016 (updated March 8, 2024) by Patrick
Dachau Concentration Camp – Bavaria, Germany Concentration Camp Dachau or KZ Dachau in German was the first complete concentration camp the Germans build. The … Posted March 20, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick
NMM – National Military Museum – Soesterberg Air Base Park, Netherlands The NMM or National Military Museum is one of the largest museums of the Dutch armed forces. Both … Posted January 14, 2016 (updated May 13, 2024) by Pascal
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 July 31, 2023) by Pascal
The Ostwall: Oder-Warthe-Bogen – Fortification Museum Pniewo, Poland This museum offers tours inside Pz.W 716 and Pz.W 717 and walks down the vast tunnel system of … Posted December 3, 2015 (updated December 18, 2023) by Pascal
Military Historical Museum of the Volga – Ural District – Yekaterinburg Oblast Sverdlovsk Russia This is the Military Museum of the Volga in Yekaterinburg Russia, which has more than 2000 objects on … Posted November 29, 2015 (updated May 19, 2023) by Patrick
Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, Poland Gross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year … Posted November 15, 2015 (updated May 28, 2023) by Patrick
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History – Brussels, Belgium The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History is an enormous museum with an impressive collection, … Posted November 12, 2015 (updated September 8, 2024) by Pascal
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 May 14, 2024) by Pascal
Stelling Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the Netherlands Position Kornwerderzand was constructed between 1931 and 1936 and consisted of two lines of defense with a total … Posted July 16, 2015 (updated May 13, 2024) by Pascal
Kazemattenmuseum Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the Netherlands During the construction of the 32 km long and 90m wide Afsluitdijk, a number of man made islands … Posted April 5, 2015 (updated May 13, 2024) 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 June 16, 2024) by Pascal
Hotel Hartenstein, Airborne Headquarters during Operation Market Garden, Oosterbeek near Arnhem – The Netherlands There had been reports of bombardments on the cities of Ede, Arnhem, airfields, and anti aircraft positions, but … Posted July 12, 2014 (updated September 12, 2024) by Patrick
Tankograd, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in Oblast Chelyabinsk, Russia Челябинский тракторный завод (ЧТЗ) or phonetic "Chelyabinskiy traktornyy zavod" (ChTZ), is the full name of the tractor plant … Posted July 10, 2014 (updated April 26, 2024) by Patrick
Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 1, Brûly-De-Pesche, Couvin, Belgium On June 6th 1940, Hitler and his general staff observed the advance of the German forces through France … Posted June 25, 2014 (updated April 26, 2024) by Pascal