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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 »

Russian Cemetery Stalag Luft III – Zagan, Poland

June 28 2016, Last update: June 28 2016, Author: Pascal

Right across the road from the Memorial of "The Fifty", lies a military cemetery of Russian origin. It's neglected headstones and tombs form a sharp contrast to the well... Read More »

The Great Escape, Stalag Luft III – Zagan, Poland

May 8 2016, Last update: May 16 2016, Author: Patrick

History Stalag Luft III was a prisoner of war camp build specially for Allied airmen in the vicinity of Zagan in Poland. The camp was build in 1942 neighbouring Stalag... Read More »

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Bastogne Ardennes ’44 Museum – Bastogne Belgium

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...

The Cenotaph in Cape Town, a WW1 and WW2 memorial – South Africa

The Cenotaph was erected in 1924, before World War Two, and was designed by Vernon March to commemorate the South African fallen soldiers in...

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Suicide Memorial Stone – Blaustein, Germany

On 14 October 1944, two Generals came to pick up Erwin Rommel at his home. Rommel said farewell to his wife and son, got...

M4 Sherman Tank Gun Damage in Valkenburg -Limburg , The Netherlands

During the liberation of Valkenburg in the southern tip of the Netherlands, street fighting caused a Sherman M4 tank to fire its gun in...

Park Pobedy – Victory Park Kurgan – Oblast Kurgan, Russia

Like many bigger towns in Russia the Second World War or Great Patriotic War as they revere to it, are Victory Parks where you...

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...