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 | The notorious Burma-Siam railway, built by Commonwealth, Dutch and American prisoners of war, was a Japanese project driven by the need for improved communications to support the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction, approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the railway.
An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 civilians also died in the course of t... |  | 09/06/2009 | 28 | 
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 | his observation tower is build by the Germans in the Second World War, as part of the Fliegerhorst (airfield) Hemiksem.
Address:Klaverbladdreef, Hemiksem | | 09/06/2009 | 61 |
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 | A Crommwell tank is places as a memorial at the Bevrijdingstunnel (Liberation tunnel).
Text on the plaque:
in honour of
Major General G.P.B. Roberts. C.B.. D.S.O.. M.C.
commander of the 11th Armoured Division
Major General J.B. Churcher. C.B.. D.S.O.
commander of the 159th Infantry Brigade
Brigadier C.B.C. Harvey. D.S.O.
commander ... | | 09/06/2009 | 53 |
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 | World War II, as it was lived in Flanders. The Canada Museum takes you back to the heart of that time. Through many realistic scenes you experience war time.
A monumental panorama represents the battle for the Leopold canal in a most impressive way.
This exceptional museum is unique in Europe and was founded as a special sign of honor for those who were involved in WWII a... | | 09/06/2009 | 37 |
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 | Balgerhoeke was liberated on September 15, 1944 by the Canadian South Alberta Regiment.
In honour of the liberation of Balgehoeke, this Sherman tank was placed at the bridge.
Near the tank is a list with the names of the members of the regiment who were killed during the liberation of Balgerhoeke.
They were buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem, not far from Balger... | | 09/06/2009 | 35 |
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 | The permanent exhibition "Battle for the Leie 1940" starts with a reproduction of the end offensive in 1918.
The battle for the Leie officially lasted from 24 May up to 28 May 1940. In an old factory at Kuurne, situated on the former battlefield, a piece of forgotten history is presented in the form of dioramas, photographs, documents, uniforms, weapons and numerous oth... | | 09/04/2009 | 217 |
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 | More than sixty bunkers and trenches, looking exactly as sixty years ago!
In the dunes of the former estate of Prince Karel, a unique historical site of modern fortification has been preserved: sixty constructions dating from both World Wars, interconnected by two kilometers of trenches and galleries. This remarkable site has been extremely well preserved , as prince Karel system... | | 09/04/2009 | 84 |
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 | The "For Freedom Museum" of Knokke Heist, shows the hard battle for the Scheldt estuary (say the Zwin Region) anno 1944 in an objective way by the collections of Freddy Jones and Patrick Tierssoone. <br>These collections are presented in a matchless setting achieved by Pierre Verbreyt who previously signed for the establishment of the Dead Man's Corner Museum in Normandy, France... | | 09/04/2009 | 36 |
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 | In the Sint-Hubrechtsstraat, near number 51, is a German bunker from the Second World War. It is located next to a large house dating from 1897.
In the Second World War the Germand build a bunker in this house. It was used foor communications and wasmade of concrete walls with a thickness of 1 meter. There was also a room for two machine-guns. | | 09/04/2009 | 41 |
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 | This reinforcement was part of the Atlantic Wall that was build by the Germans in the Second World War all along the European coasline to prevent an allied invasion. On of the parts of the "Stützpunktgruppe Ostende" was the building of gunbatteries near the harbour canal.
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On the eastern side rose the Battery Hundius. After the war this reinforcement was rebui... | | 09/04/2009 | 52 |
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 | This MG-bunker was part of the Marine-base in Bruges (Marinepeilhauptstelle Brügge - MPHS Brügge) in the Castle "Ter Linden".
The base was bombed twice on 28 May 1944, as a practice for the invasion in Normandy. 40 civilians and 19 germans were killed.
The location of the MG-bunker is nog it's original location. It was moved several tens of metres. | | 09/04/2009 | 43 |
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 | This English coastal battery was built in 1941 to defend Loch Ewe against a possible German invasion.
The main armanant consisted of two 6 inch (152.4 mm) guns.
The battery today:It is currently abandoned.
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 | This Victorian coastal battery was used during World War 2 as observation point for the 'New battery'. It's main armanant composed of anti-aircraft guns.
The battery today: It is currently opened to the public.
Website:www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-theneedlesoldbattery | | 09/04/2009 | 52 |
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 | All German war cemeteries of WW2 in Italy. | | 09/04/2009 | 7,644 |
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 | The Polish military field of honor has been placed on the slopes between Point 445 and the abbey on the mountain of Monte Cassino. On this cemetery 1052 soldiers have been buried. The 2nd Polish Army Corps of Lieutenant General Wladyslaw Anders played an important part in the final attack on the German defenses in May 1944. Finally, on May the 18th, a platoon of the 1st Squadron of the 12th Reg... | | 09/04/2009 | 47 |
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 | The French war cemetery of Venafro contains the burials of 3.414 French soldiers who fell during the Second World War. This is the biggest French war cemetery from WW2 on Italian soil.
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 | The Fosse Ardeatine massacre (Italian: Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine) was a mass execution carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by German occupation troops during the Second World War as a reprisal for a partisan attack conducted on the previous day in central Rome.
Subsequently, the Cave Ardeatine[1] (also known as the Fosse Ardeatine[2]) became a National Monument and a Memoria... | | 09/04/2009 | 34 |
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 | 6,807 German soldiers of WW2 are buried here. | | 09/04/2009 | 35 |
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 | In this cemetery in Kaliningrad, formerly Königsberg, 9,541 victims of the battle of Königsberg 1945 found their last resting place. Many of them were fugitives from other areas who thaught it was safe here.
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 | This English coastal battery was built between 1940 and 1941. The main armanant composed of two 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns.
The battery today:
It is currently abandoned. | | 09/04/2009 | 38 |
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 | Just above the harbour you can find the village St. Martin's Battery, it was part of an old fortification.
At this location were several heavy guns placed to protect the harbour of Dover and the rest of the English coast, as well to attack enemy ships in the Canal. They where not allowed to fire to the coast of France as an answer to German shellings, because that would result in... | | 09/04/2009 | 33 |
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 | "The Needles" new battery is a product of subsidence problems and concerns about the old battery.
The main armanant composed of three BL 9.2 inch (233.7 mm) pieces and saw action during World War Two.
The battery today:
It is currently abandoned. | | 09/04/2009 | 35 |
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 | Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground anti-aircraft gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied air raids on certain cities during World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of people and to coordinate air defence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower | | 09/04/2009 | 57 |
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 | A replica coastal gun is mounted on it's original emplacement as it was during World War Two. | | 09/04/2009 | 46 |
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 | The Bunker (also Reichsbahnbunker) in Berlin-Mitte is a listed air-raid shelter. It was constructed in 1943 by Nazi Germany to shelter up to 2500 Reichsbahn train passengers. The square building has an area of 1000 m² and is 18 metres high; its walls are up to two metres thick. There are 120 rooms on five floors. In May 1945 the Red Army took the building and turned it into a prisoner-of-war ca... | | 09/04/2009 | 48 |
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