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Military Historical Museum of the Volga - Ural District - Yekaterinburg

Military Historical Museum of the Volga – Ural District – Yekaterinburg Oblast Sverdlovsk Russia

In Yekaterinburg Russia we stumbled upon the Military Museum of the Volga- Ural district. During World War Two …

Posted November 29, 2015 (updated June 10, 2022) by Patrick

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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 25, 2022) 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 January 22, 2023) 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

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 October 14, 2022) 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 October 14, 2022) by Pascal


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Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – France

Battery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of …

Posted August 13, 2014 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

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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

Hotel Hartenstein Oosterbeek, Operation Market Garden

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 January 29, 2023) by Patrick

IS-3 Joseph Stalin Tank mark 3 Yekaterinburg

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 February 14, 2022) by Patrick

Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 1 Bruly-De-Pesche, Couvin, Belgium

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 October 13, 2022) by Pascal

A clear warning saying "Stop! If you go any further you will be shot!"

Fort Breendonk, Willebroek, Belgium

Breendonk was built as part of the fortification defence to protect the city of Antwerp and especially the …

Posted March 28, 2014 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Oskar Schindlers Factory, Krakow

From October 29 till November 3th I took a short organized trip to Poland. The organizer called this …

Posted February 25, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Auschwitz 1 (Stammlager)

The camp is located South-West of the small city of Auschwitz. It was together with Auschwitz II -Birkenau …

Posted February 19, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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Poland under the Nazis (part 2) – Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau)

The Birkenau concentration camp is a place where I was transfixed. I never imagined it had this size. …

Posted February 19, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

Battery Tirpitz - Coastal Defence

Marine Küsten Batterie Tirpitz – Coastal Battery Tirpitz Altantic Wall Museum Raversijde Belgium

The Coastal Battery Tirpitz started out with the name MKB Saltwedel neu. It is an old naval battery …

Posted January 10, 2014 (updated October 13, 2022) by Patrick

FHQ-Wolfsschlucht-2--Margival

Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2, Margival – Laffaux France

Situated along the railway line Laon-Paris in the thick wooded area surrounding Margival, this steep sided valley proved …

Posted October 1, 2013 (updated October 13, 2022) by Pascal

a Churchill tank Mark IV named Jackal

The Jackal; a Churchill tank left behind in the forgotten Battle of Overloon

On 27 may in 2013 the Scouts received an email from Christine; "My mother and I are travelling …

Posted September 17, 2013 (updated February 19, 2023) by Patrick

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