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Great Patriotic War

The ФД20 or FD20 Locomotive in Kurgan, Oblast Kurgan Russia

November 30 2015, Last update: November 30 2015, Author: Patrick

In Kurgan, Oblast Kurgan Russia stands a lonely locomotive on display. This locomotive was extensively used during the Great Patriotic War, World War Two. It is a FD type locomotive,... Read More »

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

November 29 2015, Last update: January 2 2016, Author: Patrick

In Yekaterinburg Russia we stumbled upon the Military Museum of the Volga- Ural district. During World War Two the Russian authorities decides to rebuild the weapon factories behind the... Read More »

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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....

D-Day Harbour Weymouth & Exercise Tiger – The Battle of Lyme Bay – United Kingdom

At the Weymouth sea side stands a cenotaph commemorating United States soldiers who left this harbour to fight on the landing beaches in France...

Commonwealth Cemetery Cannock Chase – Staffordshire, United Kingdom

On camp road near Cannock Chase are two war cemeteries and two memorials. During World War One and World War Two a war camp...

D-Day: Overlord Museum – Colleville-sur-Mer, France

This museum traces the period of the Allied landings on D-Day in Normandy until the liberation of Paris. It boasts an impressive collection ranging...

The Tiger Collection, Tank Museum Bovington – United Kingdom

Read along with a Tiger tank Family reunion. After 70 years the Tank Museum Bovington has organised unusual exhibition with World of Tanks. All...

War Memorial Batley – West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

In the centre of Batley, just south of Leeds in England, is a war memorial to commemorate the fallen from the Great War, or...

D-Day, Sword Beach: Monument Piper William ‘Bill’ Millin – Colleville-Montgomery, France

On D-Day, June 6th 1944, Piper William "Bill" Millin led the way playing his bagpipe for the Scottish Commando's of Lord Lovat's 1st Special...

Commonwealth War Graves: Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery, Germany

With the construction of a military training complex in Wünsdorf-Zossen in 1909, this cemetery became the final resting place for soldiers from all over...

Schnellbootbunker 2, Widerstandsnest 77 – Festung IJmuiden, The Netherlands

After Fall Gelb, which is the German designation for the taking of the Netherlands and Belgium in May 1940, the Kriegsmarine settled in IJmuiden...