World War II

Commemorating the story of how a small Norwegian village escaped destruction during World War II.

Inside an airport, visitors can explore this museum where history takes flight.

This bunker site once briefly used by Hitler now features locals’ accounts of German occupation.

Former Gestapo prison turned memorial museum.

Secret tunnels leading to underground facilities lurk near the remains of a World War II-era Japanese Navy airbase.

See reconstructed Spitfires and other World War II-era planes in a hangar originally used by the Royal Air Force.

This cemetery contains a small fraction of the hundreds of Sierra Leoneans who died in the world wars.

This cone-shaped bomb shelter, modeled on German design, is a rare WWII relic that never saw use but still looms over the harbor.

A haunting memorial to those who lost their lives to the Nazi regime lies hidden in the woods.

These 19th-century military fortifications spanning the island of Malta now form a nice countryside hiking trail.

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.

This grave remembers the beloved canine companion of soldiers far from home.

Both the World War II Allied Forces and NATO have used this modern bunker underneath Malta’s capital.

At this concrete bunker on the Trondheim fjord, secrets lie above and below the water's surface.

This cruise ship-turned-warship sank during World War II, and is now a world-renowned dive site.

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.