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Wacht am Rhein

Mardasson Memorial & Bastogne War Museum – Bastogne, Belgium

December 27 2016, Last update: January 4 2017, Author: Patrick

A huge memorial in the shape of an American star was resurrected in Bastogne to commemorate the American soldiers who fought bravely and left so much behind on the... Read More »

Bastogne Barracks – The Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne – Belgium

December 13 2016, Last update: December 13 2016, Author: Patrick

The Bastogne Barracks was the location of the Allied headquarters in December of 1944. After chasing away the retreating German army from France and Belgium the Allied forces halted... 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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La Kreule Military Cemetery – Hazebrouck France

Near the town of Hazebrouck in France is a World War One cemetery called La Kreule. La Creule was once a small town on...

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,...