1926 result(s)
Story
On 6 June 1944, 177 French commandos landed in the first wave on Sword Beach in Colleville. Their objective was to captu...
Battlefield
Where the bridge in the A58 over the Scheldt-Rhine Canal is now, the Kreekrakdam was once located. It connected Noord-Br...
Landmark
Tempelhof Airport’s main building is a protected historical landmark and a symbol of the eventful history of Berlin itse...
Museum
The House of Culture and Memory in Marzabotto was inaugurated on 28 January 2016. It is a cultural centre, a place of do...
After the Canadians had crossed the Canal through Zuid-Beveland at Vlake and the Scots were slowly but surely gaining gr...
The Jewish Museum in Berlin opened its doors in 2001 and serves as a reflection centre on Jewish history and culture. Ch...
The New Reich Chancellery was an administrative building erected for Adolf Hitler as Führer and chancellor of the German...
At the end of the Second World War, Oostburg was almost completely destroyed. After the destruction in 1944, Amersfoort ...
The Musis Sacrum Concert Hall was extensively and frequently used by the German occupiers during the Second World War. F...
Audiospot
The Battle of The White House was fought at the Dreyeroord Hotel in Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden. English v...
A permanent installation of artefacts and historical iconography, curated by the Gustav Line Association, tracing the ke...
Remagen was once the location of an Allied prisoner of war ‘camp’ nicknamed the ‘Golden Mile’....
Ken Jones grew up in Baltimore and served in the European Campaign as part of the U.S. 16th Armoured Division where he ...
Cemetery
The Zoelen General Cemetery contains two Commonwealth graves, they are the graves of Lieutenant J.P. Sedgwick and an unk...
Monument
Located a short distance west from Bastogne, Chenogne was devastated by the ferocious fighting that took place there dur...
The German artillery battery at Longues-sur-Mer was perfectly located to oppose the landings of 6 June 1944. Its guns we...
The fighting around the road bridge does not only impact British and Germans, but also Dutch civilians. Many of the peop...
Fortification
The Hochbunker Pallasstraße is a former bunker of the German postal service. After the Second World War it was kept as a...
The Maria-Gelofte-Monument in Tegelen, Municipality of Venlo, is a reminder of a promise made on 26 December 1944 to pla...
In 1998, Maple trees were planted next to the current Freedom Museum to remember the Canadian liberators of Groesbeek....
With the unconditional surrender of the German Armed Forces on 8 May 1945, the Second World War ended in Europe. The sur...
The For Freedom Museum is a museum that focuses on the liberation of West Flanders and the Battle of the Scheldt. Not a...
On D-Day Caen was an important Allied objective as it was an essential road hub, strategically astride the Orne River an...
This building and the adjacent church are the remains of a Franciscan monastery from 1665 to 1795. The main building b...