Submarine Base Lorient
Where the U Boat base in La Rochelle cannot be visited (unfortunately), the submarine base in Lorient can!
Special museums and experiences in Europe.
Where the U Boat base in La Rochelle cannot be visited (unfortunately), the submarine base in Lorient can!
In Peenemunde, during the 2nd World War, research was done into the V weapons, especially the V1 and the V2 rocket. There's not much left of those research centers, just a power station...
In the north of France, in the town of Audinghen, there is a museum that manages the bunker “Todt”. The bunker itself is already a solid appearance ... but the cannon that stands next to it ... that was what mattered to us ... A Krupp K5 cannon, made between 1937 and 1940. It fired a 255 kilo grenade over a distance of almost 70 km. The gun weighs 120 tons and is 32 meters long.
In Ouistreham (France) is a WW2 bunker that is now in use as a museum. From an original landing craft (which was also used in the movie "saving private ryan", to uniforms, a few tanks, rooms full of original stuff and way way more.
On June 6, 1944 (D-Day), at 07.00 am, the US 2nd Ranger battalion came up along this coast in France, along the rock wall that is 30 meters high, with rope ladders ...
Tempelhof Airport was once one of the largest airports in Europe, but it has been closed since 2008. It played a major role in the cold war and relatively much of it remains ...
Shortly after the end of WWII, an agreement was reached between the various Allied forces (US, UK, France and Russia) that small numbers of military personnel - along with ...