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Commonwealth War Graves: Zehrensdorf Indian Cemetery, Germany

May 15 2017, Last update: May 18 2017, Author: Pascal

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 the world during both World... Read More »

OKH Headquarters Maybach I and the Zeppelin bunker – Wünsdorf-Zossen, Germany

September 18 2016, Last update: September 19 2016, Author: Pascal

To restructure the German Army Command, Hitler founded the OKH and OKW organisations. Both commands were stationed in two neighbouring facilities Maybach I and Maybach II in the forested... Read More »

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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 Festungstellung Oder-Warthe Bogen in Poland.

The ФД20 or FD20 Locomotive in Kurgan, Oblast Kurgan Russia

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...

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

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

Commonwealth War Graves: Canadian War Cemetery Adegem, Belgium

The majority of the 1100 soldiers buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem Belgium are Canadian, but there are also graves from other...

Operation Switchback – A Bailey-bridge left behind in Maldegem, St Laureins, Belgium

On October 6th, the 7th Canadian Infantry Division started the construction of a Bailey-bridge between Maldegem and Sint-Laureins, Belgium , to cross the Leopold...

Joseph Stalin IS-2 Tank – Liberty Park, Overloon, Holland

This Joseph Stalin IS-2 tank is on display outside the War Museum grounds of Liberty Park in Overloon, the Netherlands, during the warmer months. It...

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 later the Germans turned it into...

U-Boat Seehund, a Kriegsmarine Midget Submarine

The submarine Seehund or Seal was the most successful mini submarine of the German Kriegsmarine. While the Molch and Biber were rushed into service,...

U-Boat Biber, a Kriegsmarine Midget Submarine

The Biber, or Beaver, is a German midget submarine used by the Kriegsmarine during World War Two. The Kriegsmaringe captured a midget submarine from...

U-boat Marder, a Kriegsmarine Midget Submarine

The Marder or “Pine Marten” was not a mature U-Boat like the Molch or Seehund. This midget submarine was an advanced design of the...

U-boat Molch, a Kriegsmarine Midget Submarine

The Molch, or Salamander, was the first one man U-boat of the Kriegsmarine. This submarine basically looked like a big torpedo. It was based...

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