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World War II museums play a vital role in preserving the history, experiences, and lessons of the global conflict. Located around the world, these museums use artefacts, documents, photographs, and personal stories to explain how the war affected soldiers, civilians, and entire societies.

Dachau Concentration Camp – Bavaria, Germany

Concentration Camp Dachau or KZ Dachau in German was the first complete concentration camp the Germans built. The …

Posted March 20, 2016 (updated January 7, 2026) 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 January 7, 2026) 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 January 6, 2026) by Pascal

Oder Warthe Bogen Fortification Museum Poland

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 January 6, 2026) 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 January 6, 2026) 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 January 6, 2026) 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 6, 2026) by Pascal

Topographie Des Terrors, former Gestapo and SS Headquarters – Berlin, Germany

The "Topographie Des Terrors" documentation center in Berlin is located at the former grounds of the Gestapo and …

Posted November 4, 2015 (updated February 28, 2026) 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 January 11, 2026) 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 January 6, 2026) by Pascal

Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O’Brien – San Francisco California United States of America

The construction of a Liberty Ship took about 240 days, later on, when the construction yards specialised and …

Posted June 19, 2015 (updated January 6, 2026) by Patrick

USS Missouri BB-63 Iowa Class Battleship – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States of America

At the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor lies USS battleship Missouri which hosted the surrender of Imperial …

Posted June 18, 2015 (updated January 6, 2026) by Patrick

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 January 6, 2026) by Pascal

The John Frost Bridge, Operation Market Garden in Arnhem – Netherlands

The British 1st Airborne Division under the command of General Roy Urquhart landed on 17 September 1944 near …

Posted September 9, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick

The John S. Thompson Bridge, the 11th bridge of Operation Market Garden near Grave in the Netherlands

The bridge over the river Meuse was one of the objectives of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. …

Posted September 7, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick

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 January 16, 2026) by Patrick

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 January 11, 2026) 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 11, 2026) by Patrick