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Atlantic Wall – Seeziel Batterie Heerenduin W.N. 81 – IJmuiden, Netherlands

March 31 2017, Last update: April 26 2017, Author: Patrick

Battery Heerenduin is situated at the estuary of the North Sea Canal which runs towards the port of Amsterdam and its industry. To defend this canal the Dutch build... Read More »

Battery Waldam, a unique defender on the Atlantic Wall – France

January 2 2014, Last update: January 6 2016, Author: Patrick

To the north of Battery Oldenburg lies Battery Waldam, named after the village Waldam nearby. Both batteries are situated north of the french city Calais. Unlike Battery Oldenburg Battery Waldam... Read More »

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German Anti Tank Gun PaK 40 Municipal Hall Garden – Valkenburg, The Netherlands

A German PaK 40 Anti Tank Gun in front of the Municipal Hall in the town of Valkenburg. It is a remembrance to the...

Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel at Herrlingen Cemetery – Blaustein, Germany

Almost everyone with the slightest interest in WW2 is likely to know Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and his famous nickname "The Desert Fox" or...

Adolf Hitler’s Birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria

In this building situated in the Upper-Austrian city of Braunau am Inn (then the Austria-Hungarian empire) Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th of...

WWII German War Cemetery Lommel – Kattenbos, Belgium

The German War Cemetery in Lommel is the largest WWII German Military Cemetery outside of Germany in Western Europe. The cemetery is the final...

Dunkirk WW2 – Operation Dynamo – Evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force BEF, 1940 – France

From May the 26th until the 4th of June in 1940 the British fought fiercely to evacuate their Expeditionary Force together with French, Belgium,...

Dunkirk Town Cemetery & Dunkirk Memorial – Hauts-de-France, France

There are many Nationalities to be found on this Commonwealth Cemetery for both WW1 and WW2, like British, Norwegian, Czech, New Zealand, Canadian and...

Military Museum of Chromonastiri – Crete, Greece

A part of the Military Museum is dedicated to the Battle of Crete, or Unternehmen Merkur - 'Operation Mercury' as the Germans called it....

Operation Veritable, Canadian War Cemetery – Groesbeek, The Netherlands

In Groesbeek is a Commonwealth cemetery with mostly Canadian soldiers who lost their lives during the last months of the war. The soldiers lost...

Eyewitness Museum Beek – The Netherlands

The museum has unique personal items which once belonged to soldiers from both sides of the battlefield. August Siegel will be your tour guide...

Bayernwald WWI Trenches – Wijtschate, Ypres Salient, Belgium

Bayernwald was part of the German front line in WWI. Situated on a hill it was a key position and therefore suffered constant attacks...

Commonwealth Graves – St. James Church, Acton Trussell, United Kingdom

St. James Church, Acton Trussell

The St. James Church is situated just outside the small village of Acton Trussell in the English county of Staffordshire....