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Items related to World War II (1939-1945) |
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 | The building of the U-boat bunker started in January 1941 and in September 1941 the first boat, U-372, used the first ready pen. The U-boat bunker at Brest was 333 metres wide, 192 metres long and roughly 17 metres high. The area covered was a record 52,000 square metres. The bunker was actually two structures, the first consisting of 13 pens, A to E and 1 to 8, the second of pens 9 and 10. The... |  | 08/05/2005 | 1,132 | 
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 | The purpose of the bunker was to construct U-boats (submarines). The 9 parts of the specific U-boat, U-boat XXI, were already finished. In the bunker they would put all the parts together and then a complete U-boat would leave the bunker.
The bunker is built next to the Weser, the plan was to dig a channel to the bunker so the U-boat could easily get in and out, they never had the ... |  | 08/05/2005 | 882 |
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 | Site of the former Fuehrerbunker where Adolf Hitler killed himself |  | 08/04/2005 | 2,229 |
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 | Site of the Nazi Deathcamp Belzec. 500000 Jews killed here 1942. |  | 08/04/2005 | 469 |
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 | Site of the Nazi Deathcamp Treblinka. 850000 Jews killed here 1942-1943 |  | 08/04/2005 | 606 |
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 | Site of the Nazi Deathcamp Sobibor. 250000 Jews killed here 1942-1943 | | 08/04/2005 | 547 |
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 | All four 15,2cm guns are still in place.
These guns are the only which fire back in the sunset of the 6.June, when the allied fleet opens fire on the german troops. | | 08/04/2005 | 1,047 |
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 | Rests of german WW II - Fortification in Normandy, France. | | 08/03/2005 | 571 |
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 | Here are the important battles of World War 2, from Pearl Habor to Berlin and from Tarawa to Kursk. | | 08/02/2005 | 1,692 |
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 | Following Hitler's declaration in 1933 that Nuremberg should be the "City of the Nazi Party Rallies", it was decided that monumental buildings be built for the NS mass events on a suitable open area of ground. In 1934 Albert Speer, Hitler's favourite architect, was commissioned to draft an overall plan for the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The area utilized by Speer was 11 square kilometres in size... | | 08/01/2005 | 1,000 |
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 | Various placemarks with details about the bombs that were dropped on August 6th and 9th, 1945. |  | 08/01/2005 | 877 |
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 | During World War II, Peenemünde hosted the Heeresversuchsanstalt, an extensive rocket development and test site established in 1937. Prior to that date the team headed by Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger had worked in Kummersdorf, south of Berlin. However, Kummersdorf proved too small for testing. Peenemünde, located on the coast, permitted the launching of rockets and their subsequent m... | | 07/31/2005 | 711 |
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 | Stalingrad, a battle site of WWII. Today it is known as Wolgograd |  | 07/31/2005 | 1,092 |
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 | The city of Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands. It is best known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare. | | 07/31/2005 | 1,404 |
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 | Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. It was a center of European influence in medieval Japan, and the second city on which an atomic bomb was dropped by the US during World War II. | | 07/31/2005 | 1,103 |
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 | In a fight during the Battle of Norway, this Fortress near the capital of Norway destroyed the German battleship Bluecher.
Famous for sinking of German battleship "Blücher" in the early hours of WWII in Norway. It took the Germans over 12 hours to overtake the small castle, set in the narrow inlet to Oslo, the capital of Norway. Meanwhile, the Royal family and the Goverment of Norway g... | | 07/31/2005 | 713 |
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 | Famous battlefield in WW2 | | 07/31/2005 | 910 |
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 | Westerplatte is where World War II broke out on 1 September 1939 4:47 am, situated at the entrance to the harbour of Gdañsk (Danzig). The Polish garrison held out against the attack for seven days before surrendering to the Nazi German forces, and the site is now a memorial to the defenders, including a small museum, some of the ruins left from the shelling and a massive monument that towers ab... | | 07/30/2005 | 924 |
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 | World War 2 Memorial under contrustion on the the mall in Washington D.C. Completed in 2003. | | 07/21/2005 | 720 |
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 | Second in this series.
Operations of the 5th Ranger infantry Battalion since their arrival in England until D-Day. Includes links to photos and more info on the events and places.
More to come.
Enjoy | | 07/17/2005 | 475 |
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 | All the D-Day beaches marked
Also the American Cemetery and Mulberry harbour pinpointed. | | 07/17/2005 | 2,275 |
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 | Viewed from the north along the invasion route. | | 07/16/2005 | 1,199 |
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 | Itinerary of the 5th Ranger Battalion from its activation in 1943, through its experiences in the ETO, from D-Day and the days that followed until VE Day.
This first series deals with its activation and its movements until finally departing for England and arrival at Liverpool.
More to come, so enjoy | | 07/14/2005 | 359 |
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