1645 result(s)
Landmark
The Führerbunker was a part of a bunker complex for Adolf Hitler, which he used as his headquarters in the last months o...
Museum
The Berlin Story Bunker was built as the Anhalter Hochbunker in 1942 for protection of the residents and railroad passen...
The barracks in the Finckensteinallee were originally built for the Prussian army and were later used by the Hitler’s bo...
Stansted Forest, located in Rowlands Castle, Hampshire was home to thousands of troops before D-Day in camp A1. This was...
Fortification
One of many training sites erected throughout Britain, Hankley Common training site included a reconstruction of a secti...
Cemetery
Brookwood Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the UK. It includes a both large RAF and Canadian section...
Story
The small village of Buriton in Hampshire rallied together upon the outbreak of the Second World War, hosting evacuees a...
The site of assembly camps A11 and A12, in the woods near Denmead, accommodated vast numbers of troops and equipment bef...
HMS Vernon was a Royal Navy shore establishment built on the site of the original gun wharf. During the Second World War...
Now a wedding venue and tearoom, Pembroke Lodge situated in Richmond Park, was once the headquarters of the General Head...
Monument
The liberation monument in Venlo is a bronze statue of a standing female figure with a child above her head. The statue ...
The world-famous botanical gardens at Kew boast some intriguing connections to Operation Overlord and Operation Totalise...
The Ardennes are a region of high plateaus, generally (but not always) forested and criss-crossed by deep valleys. Few r...
Jan was arrested with his nephew, chaplain Gerard Hermkens, on 17 December 1944. Both died in February 1945 due to war v...
The war memorial was erected in memory of the conscripted motorcycle ordinance officer Gerard van den Bergh, who died in...
The two plaques (one in English and one in Dutch) commemorate the medic Henry Eric Harden, who died on 23 January 1945 n...
The Monument "De Wachters" (the Guardians) is located in four places on the Maasbrug in Venlo. The Guardians warn agains...
In 1941, Fliegerhorst Venlo was built for a unit of German night fighters. In 4 years, they shot down 400 bombers, which...
The Maria-Gelofte-Monument in Tegelen, Municipality of Venlo, is a reminder of a promise made on 26 December 1944 to pla...
The monument at the 'Three Pines' reminds the inhabitants of Velden (municipality of Arcen en Velden) of the general eva...
On 20 November 1944, the tower of St. Josephkerk was blown up by the retreating German army. This almost completely dest...
After the D-Day landings commenced, thousands of soldiers were transported back to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley...
St Paul’s Gardens was once the site of the Old St Paul’s School in Hammersmith, which became the Supreme Allied Headquar...
The Roman Catholic Cemetery of Hout-Blerick houses the grave of one British aviator, together with four Dutch soldiers. ...