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Le Culot, Belgium 1944

Le Culot, Belgium 1944

A heavy bombed german airfield in Belgium.
Rating of 3.510/19/2005431Google Earth Logo
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Battery Merville, France

Battery Merville, France

The Merville Gun Battery was a gun battery in Normandy, France as part of the Nazi's Atlantic wall built to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion.

It was put out of action on D-Day in the Allied invasion of Normandy codenamed Operation Overlord. It was captured by D company of the Oxs and Bucks, a part of the British 6th Airborne Division.
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Battle of Taranto, 11th November 1940

Battle of Taranto, 11th November 1940

The naval Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11 November – 12 November 1940 during World War II. The Royal Navy launched the first all-aircraft naval battle in history, flying a small number of aircraft from a single aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean and attacking the Italian fleet at Taranto. Britain won the battle in what pundits around the world saw as the end of the "big ...
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Armoured Train (1944 Slovak National Uprising)

Armoured Train (1944 Slovak National Uprising)

City Zvolen - west of the castle, across the street. Follow the foot path to the bottom of the hill and check out the camouflaged cars from an armoured military transport train used during the Slovak National Uprising.






Rating of 410/17/2005389Google Earth Logo
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Military Cemetary Near Soltau

Military Cemetary Near Soltau

A Military Cemetary Near Soltau in Lower Saxony
Rating of 510/15/2005322Google Earth Logo
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WWII German submarines U-400 to U-451

WWII German submarines U-400 to U-451

Location of sunken subs around the world.

colored year of sinking

1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 purple
1941 brown Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 410/13/20051,038Google Earth Logo
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Mantua Causeway, Italy, 1944

Mantua Causeway, Italy, 1944

Mantua Causeway, Italy, 1944. This is thirty six 1,000 pound bombs from nine aircraft, a very good bomb pattern.
Rating of 310/13/2005327Google Earth Logo
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Death railway V4

Death railway V4

n° 4 version Correction of the JEATH Museum place. Added all the bridges along the track. Few minor changes. 3d models of Kwai brides available in 3d model post

version n°3(added the track of the wooden bridge)

Placemarks along the Thai-Burma Railway (Death railway) during WWII
*Camps of Prisoners
*Railway Stations
+ Some sites / Pictures (JEAHT Mus...

Rating of 3.210/12/2005691Google Earth Logo
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WWII German submarines U-451 to U-500

WWII German submarines U-451 to U-500

Location of sunken subs around the world.

colored year of sinking

1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 purple
1941 brown Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 4.510/12/2005943Google Earth Logo
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Naples-Foggia - Fifth Army Landings, 9 - 13 September 1943 (OL)

Naples-Foggia - Fifth Army Landings, 9 - 13 September 1943 (OL)

Operation Avalanche was the codename for the landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. The Italians withdrew from the war the day before the invasion, but the Allies landed in an area defended by German troops.

The landings were carried out by the US Fifth Army, under American General Mark W. Clark. It comprised the U.S...
No rating yet10/10/2005379Google Earth Logo
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Sicily - The Fight for Sicily, 12 July - 17 August 1943 (OL)

Sicily - The Fight for Sicily, 12 July - 17 August 1943 (OL)

The plans for the post-invasion battle had not been worked out in detail. Each Army was expected to advance towards its own objectives; boundaries between the two armies were fixed. In the first two days progress was excellent, capturing Vizzini in the west and Augusta in the east.

However resistance in the British sector then stiffened. Montgomery persuaded Alexander to shift th...
Rating of 1.510/09/2005344Google Earth Logo
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Sicily - Assault on Sicily, 10 July 1943 (OL)

Sicily - Assault on Sicily, 10 July 1943 (OL)

The landings took place in extremely strong wind conditions, which made the landings difficult but also ensured the element of surprise. Landings were made on the southern and eastern coasts of the island, with the British forces in the East and the Americans towards the West.

Four airborne operations were carried out, landing during the night of the July 9-10 July, as part of th...
Rating of 1.510/09/2005339Google Earth Logo
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Toulon November 1942, France

Toulon November 1942, France

The scuttled French fleet at Toulon: aerial pictures. On November 28, 1942, the day after the scuttling and firing of the ships of the French fleet in Toulon harbor, photographs were taken by the Royal Air Force. Many of the vessels were still burning so that smoke and shadows obscure part of the scene. But the photographs show, besides the burning cruisers, ship after ship of the contre-torpil...
Rating of 3.66666666610/09/2005851Google Earth Logo
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English War Cemetery

English War Cemetery

Here you can see the German Hannover/Ahlem Military War Cemetery.
No rating yet10/08/2005233Google Earth Logo
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Wake Island, North Pacific Ocean

Wake Island, North Pacific Ocean

Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll (having a coastline of 19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, located about two-thirds of the way from Honolulu (2,300 statute miles or 3,700 km west) to Guam (1,510 miles or 2,430 km east).

On December 8, 1941 the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor (Wake being on the opposite side of the International Date Line), 16 Japane...
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Midway Atoll

Midway Atoll

Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Midway Atoll is most famously known for the Battle of Midway in World War II. It consists of a ring-shaped barrier reef and several sand islets. The two significant pieces of land, Sand Island and Eastern Island, provide habitat for hundreds of thousands of seabirds. It is currently a wildlife reservation and is not publically open.
Rating of 010/01/2005326Google Earth Logo
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WWII German submarines U-351 to U-400

WWII German submarines U-351 to U-400

Location of sunken subs around the world.

colored year of sinking
1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 purple Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 3.55555555509/29/20051,157Google Earth Logo
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Mulberry Harbour B, Arromanches

Mulberry Harbour B, Arromanches

A Mulberry Harbour was a type of temporary harbour developed in World War II to offload cargo on a beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Rating of 4.509/28/2005363Google Earth Logo
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Hitlers Bunker (Fuehrer-Bunker) , Berlin

Hitlers Bunker (Fuehrer-Bunker) , Berlin

Here you can see a plan of Hitlers Bunker in Berlin. It shows all the rooms and the place where the bodies are burned.
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WWII German submarines U-301 to U-350

WWII German submarines U-301 to U-350

Location of sunken subs around the world.

colored year of sinking
1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 purple Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 3.509/23/20051,148Google Earth Logo
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WWII German submarines U-251 to U-300

WWII German submarines U-251 to U-300

Location of sunken subs around the world.

colored year of sinking
1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 purple Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 3.16666666609/21/2005966Google Earth Logo
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Air defence tower, Berlin, Germany

Air defence tower, Berlin, Germany

Partially demolished Flak-tower located in a park in central Berlin, two corners are still remaining. The fortress is one of six Hitler sketched himself. Built by Italian and French workers in 1941-42, each complex could hold around 15,000 civilians.

Partially demolished by French forces in 1948-51, the debris is landscaped around the base of the towers, but not on the north side, becau...
Rating of 309/20/20051,058Google Earth Logo
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German Army High Command in W W II

German Army High Command in W W II

The German Resistance Memorial Center is located in the Bendler Block in Berlin’s Mitte district, at the historic site of the attempted coup of July 20, 1944. On July 20, 1952, on the initiative of relatives of the resistance fighters of July 20, 1944, Eva Olbricht, widow of General Friedrich Olbricht, laid the cornerstone for a memorial in the courtyard of the Bendler Block.

Th...
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Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler Barracks Berlin-Lichterfelde

Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler Barracks Berlin-Lichterfelde

Barracks of the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler in Berlin-Lichterfelde. After WW 2 used by US-Army and today used by a federal authority.
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WWII German submarines U-201 to U-250

WWII German submarines U-201 to U-250

Location of suken subs around the world.

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1945 light green
1944 yellow
1943 red
1942 brown Informations are from uboat.net. Thx.
Rating of 3.2509/12/20051,106Google Earth Logo
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