OKH Headquarters Maybach I and the Zeppelin bunker – Wünsdorf-Zossen, GermanyTo restructure the German Army Command, Hitler founded the OKH and OKW organisations. Both commands were stationed in … Posted September 18, 2016 (updated February 16, 2025) by Pascal
Colditz Castle, Oflag IV-C, Colditz in Saxony – GermanyWhen the Nazi's came to power in 1933 they turned Colditz Castle into a political prison to house … Posted May 14, 2016 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick
The Great Escape, Stalag Luft III – Zagan, PolandStalag Luft III was a POW camp build especially for Allied airmen in the vicinity of Zagan in … Posted May 8, 2016 (updated July 5, 2025) by Patrick
Dachau Concentration Camp – Bavaria, GermanyConcentration Camp Dachau or KZ Dachau in German was the first complete concentration camp the Germans built. The … Posted March 20, 2016 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick
NMM – National Military Museum – Soesterberg Air Base Park, NetherlandsThe NMM or National Military Museum is one of the largest museums of the Dutch armed forces. Both … Posted January 14, 2016 (updated May 6, 2025) by Pascal
Marine-Ehrenmal at Laboe, GermanyCrossing the boulevard from the beach at Laboe where U-boat U995 type VII C is displayed, you can … Posted December 9, 2015 (updated February 16, 2025) by Pascal
The Ostwall: Oder-Warthe-Bogen – Fortification Museum Pniewo, PolandThis museum offers tours inside Pz.W 716 and Pz.W 717 and walks down the vast tunnel system of … Posted December 3, 2015 (updated April 27, 2025) by Pascal
Military Historical Museum of the Volga – Ural District – Yekaterinburg Oblast Sverdlovsk RussiaThis is the Military Museum of the Volga in Yekaterinburg Russia, which has more than 2000 objects on … Posted November 29, 2015 (updated April 26, 2025) by Patrick
Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, PolandGross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year … Posted November 15, 2015 (updated September 7, 2025) by Patrick
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History – Brussels, BelgiumThe Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History is an enormous museum with an impressive collection, … Posted November 12, 2015 (updated July 5, 2025) by Pascal
The Armistice Museum – Rethondes, Compiègne, FranceFor Adolf Hitler, the signing of the Franco-German Armistice of 22 June 1940 in a railway carriage at … Posted October 9, 2015 (updated October 5, 2025) by Pascal
Stelling Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the NetherlandsPosition Kornwerderzand was constructed between 1931 and 1936 and consisted of two lines of defense with a total … Posted July 16, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien – San Francisco California United States of AmericaThe construction of a Liberty Ship took about 240 days, later on, when the construction yards specialised and … Posted June 19, 2015 (updated September 28, 2025) by Patrick
USS Missouri BB-63 Iowa Class Battleship – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States of AmericaAt the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor lies USS battleship Missouri which hosted the surrender of Imperial … Posted June 18, 2015 (updated April 25, 2025) by Patrick
Kazemattenmuseum Kornwerderzand – Afsluitdijk, the NetherlandsDuring the construction of the 32 km long and 90m wide Afsluitdijk, a number of man made islands … Posted April 5, 2015 (updated May 5, 2025) by Pascal
The Massacre at Oradour sur Glane Memorial Center – Limousin, FranceSome villagers had barely seen a German soldier from up close and it even seemed like the Second … Posted August 9, 2014 (updated July 21, 2025) by Pascal
Hotel Hartenstein, Airborne Headquarters during Operation Market Garden – Oosterbeek near Arnhem, The NetherlandsThere had been reports of bombardments on the cities of Ede, Arnhem, airfields, and anti aircraft positions, but … Posted July 12, 2014 (updated September 16, 2025) by Patrick
Tankograd, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in Oblast Chelyabinsk, RussiaЧелябинский тракторный завод (ЧТЗ) or phonetic "Chelyabinskiy traktornyy zavod" (ChTZ), is the full name of the tractor plant … Posted July 10, 2014 (updated September 28, 2025) by Patrick
