World War II

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.

A poignant memorial to remember the Australian nurses who lost their lives during the Second World War.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.

A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

The former home of Ernst Jünger, an eccentric German novelist, philosopher, entomologist, and psychonaut.

In the city forest of Augsburg are oval, artificial ponds formed from a World War II bombing campaign.

The largest United States military cemetery overseas.

A historic model village was gifted from residents of London to Melbourne as thanks for their help during World War II.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.