Fliegerhorst Twente – Twente, NetherlandsWhen the Second World War broke out, the airfield was officially closed in 1940 and the hangar blown … Posted May 9, 2021 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Marine Batterie Nord-mole: Het Jagershuis and the Water Supply Bunker – Hook of Holland, NetherlandsThe area of Hook of Holland was declared a "Festung" of "Fortress", because of it's strategic importance as a Kriegsmarine … Posted April 24, 2021 (updated February 21, 2025) by Pascal
U-boat Type XXI ‘Wilhelm Bauer’ (U-2540) Kriegsmarine SubmarineU-boat Wilhelm Bauer (U-2540), is a Type XXI Kriegsmarine submarine of former Nazi Germany. This U-boat is much … Posted January 27, 2021 (updated February 27, 2025) by Pascal
Kriegsmarine Gun Battery Schleswig Holstein – Hel, PolandThe German Navy strengthened the Peninsula of Hel, they added three huge gun emplacements and an observation tower. … Posted January 4, 2021 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Fire Control Tower of the Schleswig-Holstein Battery – Hel, PolandAfter the Battle of Hel, the Polish forces on the peninsula gave up the fight and the German … Posted December 28, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
A Coastal Battery from Hel – Pomeranian – Hel, PolandThe coastal batteries on Hel were about the strongest on Polish soil at the start of the Second … Posted December 22, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The NetherlandsNachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. … Posted November 3, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – PolandGrey concrete buildings rise out the sea in the Gulf of Danzig, at first glance it looks like … Posted May 4, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford – EnglandThe RAF Cosford museum in the United Kingdom is a large aviation museum with an impressive collection featuring … Posted April 13, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Thingstätte Heidelberg Germany – Amphitheatre used for Nazi PropagandaTo go on tour and spread the word was, and is, still important and inspiring for politicians, so … Posted April 10, 2020 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick
Military Cemetery Zuydcoote – Hauts-de-France, FranceThe Zuydcoote Military Cemetery in France is a mixed burial site. There is an Allied Commonwealth section, a … Posted January 24, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – PolandDuring the Prussian reign ideas of a waterway between the Baltic Sea and the Masurian lakes were formed. … Posted December 25, 2019 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, PolandIn the Polsich city Gdansk is a cemetery in honour of the victims of concentration camp Stutthof. Concentrations … Posted May 21, 2018 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Marine Flak Batterie Nord: Stützpunkt Fichte – West-Souburg, Walcheren, NetherlandsHidden in a small forest at West-Souburg, heavy Batterie Nord "Stützpunkt Fichte" was a field position of the … Posted March 29, 2018 (updated February 21, 2025) by Pascal
National Filling Factory No.1 also known as BarnbowNational Filling Factory No.1, also known as Barnbow, was a First World War munitions factory located at Cross … Posted March 12, 2018 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick
Netherlands American War Cemetery and Memorial MargratenThis is the only large WW2 cemetery for fallen American soldiers on Dutch soil. Most of these victims … Posted December 17, 2017 (updated February 21, 2025) by Pascal
The Grave of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) – Parish Church of St Martin’s, Bladon, United KingdomIn this quiet graveyard of the Parish Church of St Martin's Bladon, England, lies the grave of Sir … Posted December 7, 2017 (updated February 15, 2025) by Pascal
Stützpunkt Von Kleist of VB Vlissingen – Koudekerke, Walcheren, the NetherlandsStützpunkt Von Kleist was a Heeresbatterie of the VB Vlissingen. The battery had a fire support role defending … Posted November 24, 2017 (updated February 21, 2025) by Pascal
