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GERMANY
KRUPP'S
SECRET WAR FACTORIES
The Krupp family's armories were the center German Ruhr
Valley war industries and sites can still be found around Essen.
LUFTWAFFE
MEMORIES
A STROLL DOWN HEINKEL LANE
Follow Germany's aviation history from the Deutsches Museum
in Munich to the hidden Messerschmitt hangar in Manching.
BIG
GUNS AND FAT UNIFORMS
Bavarian Army Museum Ingolstadt
For German military history through the ages or just a curiosity
about the fashion sense of those who changed the map of Europe, Ingolstadt
is an hour from Munich.
CASTLE RHEINSTEIN
KNIGHT WATCH ON THE RHINE
Medieval castle
on the Rhine with armor display and connection to the Holy Roman Empire
DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP
The remnant of the Dachau concentration camp now a holocaust
museum is 35 minutes from Munich and a sobering journey.
MUNICH
WALKING TOURS
Hitler’s Bavaria
Walking tours of Munich following the Nazis rise to power.
SINSHEIM
AUTO & TECHNIK MUSEUM
One of the best collections of WWII and post-war German, Russian
and Allied Armor.
HITLER'S
EAGLES NEST IN BERCHTESGADEN
WWII Hitler History Tour in Bavarian Alps
RAIL
MUSEUM BOCHUM-DAHLHAUSEN RUHR VALLEY
Steam Rail Lines Fueled Germany's War Machine
FRANCE
PARIS INVALIDES
NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM
French Army Museum Arms and Armor from Medieval Times through
WWII
AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETARIES IN FRANCE
Monument to
America's sacrifice stands in the woods of France's
Champagne at the Battle of Belleau Wood and the Marne.
EVERYTHING'S
FINE ON THE MAGINOT LINE
History’s Magnificent Blunder in Alsace
The folly
of France's defensive system after WWI is still in evidence in France's
Alsace region near Strasbourg.
SCARS
ON THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE
WWI - Battlefields of the Somme
A
half-million died in the Battle of The Somme in WWI, the pock marks of
artilley and trenches can still be found near Proziers.
CHURCHES
ON PERCHES - CASTELLANE
The Napolean Road leads north from Cannes through France's
Haute Provence regeon
CANNON
BALLS AND BOULES BALLS
Valenciennes
bears the scars of war but is a fascinating historic town on the France/Belgium
border.
KAISER
WILHELM'S FORT DE MUTZIG
Aside from wine and Bugatti, find this turn of the century "high tech" pre-WWI
mechanized
artillery fortress in Alsace.
ENGLAND
FROM
TRAITOR'S GATE TO MORTIMER'S HOLE
Follow the trail of Roger Mortimer who nearly overthrew the
Plantagent kings but met the traitor's fate at the hand of the young Edward
III
WARWICK
CASTLE
Medieval Ghosts and Love Birds
One of best preserved Medieval Castles in England with lots of
activities
for families and history buffs alike.
UP
RIVER WITHOUT AN OAR
Rowing and Revolution at Henley-on-Thames
The home to England's rowing rivalry on the countryside River Thames
with a hotel that has been host to three kings of history.
YORKSHIRE AIR MUSEUM
Aviation History at former WWII Bomber Base Northern England
CHURCHILL
MUSEUM AND CABINET WAR ROOMS
Underground London Command Center for WWII
MANCHESTER
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY
War Planes exhibit.
IMPERIAL
WAR MUSEUM NORTH
20th Century War History at Manchester Salford Quays
ITALY
STONE AND GRAPES: THE CASTLES OF TRENTINO
Adige Valley Castle jousting and tournaments of the
Renaissance
BELGIUM
WATERLOO
BATTLEGROUND
Wellington and Napoleon Museums
Long after the fight is over several museums commemorate on of the most famous
battles in European war history.
FLANDERS
FIELDS IN "THE
GREAT WAR"
WWI Monuments and Museums of Belgium
The bloodiest battles
of World War I were fought in the poppy covered fields of Flanders Belgium.
"BATTLE
OF THE BULGE" WWII WAR
SITES
Touring Ardennes Museums & Monuments
A trail of museums battlefield monuments in eastern Belgium
GERMAN
WWII CEMETERY RECOGNE
Soldaten Dead from Bastogne and Ardennes
Cemetary just outside of Bastogne
BASTOGNE
"BAND OF BROTHERS" FOXHOLES
Famous Battle of the Bulge Town isn't All War
Foy Foxholes, McAuliffe "Nuts" and Patton's Road
BATTLE
OF THE ARDENNES MUSEUM
La Roche-en-Ardennes
Luxembourg
MILITARY
CEMETARY LUXEMBOURG
Where George S. Patton is Buried
Switzerland
BOURBAKI
PANORAMA LUCERNE
Grand Diarama Illustration of Franco-Prussian
War
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