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Ardennes Offensive

Netherlands American War Cemetery and Memorial Margraten

December 17 2017, Last update: December 17 2017, Author: Pascal

This is the only large WW2 cemetery for fallen American soldiers on Dutch soil. Most of these victims fell during Operation Marketgarden, the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of... Read More »

Bastogne Ardennes ’44 Museum – Bastogne Belgium

August 30 2017, Last update: July 6 2017, Author: Patrick

To write an article about a museum which can't be visited any longer seems odd but the museum had a great and huge cellar dedicated to the Battle for... Read More »

Battle of the Bulge – German War Cemetery Recogne Bastogne, Belgium

January 4 2017, Last update: January 4 2017, Author: Pascal

The Battle of the Bulge claimed many lives on both sides. In this last stage of the war during the winter of 1945, brave men gave their lives for... Read More »

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

September 17 2013, Last update: May 10 2017, Author: Patrick

On 27 may in 2013 the Scouts received an email from Christine; "My mother and I are travelling to the museum on Tuesday, specifically to visit the tank 'the... Read More »

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Royal Air Force Museum Cosford – England

AF Cosford started as an aircraft maintenance and storage unit. They trained units at Cosford in the Number 2 school of Technical Training. As...

Thingstätte Heidelberg Germany – Amphitheatre used for Nazi Propaganda

To go on tour and spread the word was, and is, still important and inspiring for politicians, so the Nazi officials hit the road...

Military Cemetery Zuydcoote – Hauts-de-France, France

The Zuydcoote Military Cemetery in France is a mixed burial site. There is an Allied Commonwealth section, a French section - Nécropole Nationale de...

The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – Poland

Masurian Canal, Lock Górne – Leśniewo Poland

History

During the Prussian reign ideas of a waterway between the Baltic Sea and the Masurian lakes...

Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, Poland

In the Polsich city Gdansk is a cemetery in honour of the victims of concentration camp Stutthof. Concentrations Camp Stutthof lies about 35 kilometres...

Marine Flak Batterie Nord: Stützpunkt Fichte – West-Souburg, Walcheren, Netherlands

Hidden in a small forest at West-Souburg, heavy Batterie Nord "Stützpunkt Fichte" was a field position of the Kriegsmarine. The main armament of the...

National Filling Factory No.1 also known as Barnbow

National Filling Factory No.1, also known as Barnbow, was a First World War munitions factory located at Cross Gates in Leeds. The site covered...

Netherlands American War Cemetery and Memorial Margraten

This is the only large WW2 cemetery for fallen American soldiers on Dutch soil. Most of these victims fell during Operation Marketgarden, the Ardennes...

The Grave of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) – Parish Church of St Martin’s, Bladon, United Kingdom

In this quiet graveyard of the Parish Church of St Martin's Bladon, England, lies the grave of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965).

Stützpunkt Von Kleist of VB Vlissingen – Koudekerke, Walcheren, the Netherlands

Stützpunkt Von Kleist was a Heeresbatterie of the VB Vlissingen. The battery had a fire support role defending the Landesfront of the Verteidigungsbereich of...

Stützpunkt Krimhild Landfront Vlissingen – Nieuw-Abeele, Walcheren, the Netherlands

Flushing was of great strategic importance during WW2. As part of the Atlantikwall, the Germans fortified the city and the surrounding area for it's...

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