Other Battlefields and places of interest from Waterloo to WWII.
Waterloo
Photographs of the Lion Monument and the battlefields of Waterloo which are relatively unchanged since 1815 due to their protection status.
Villers Bocage
The Vimoutiers Tiger tank.
Tank Battle at Lingevres, Normandy, France, 1944.
A British soldier inspects a knocked out Panther on the outskirts of Lingevres.
The destroyed Panther 225 of the Panzer Lehr Division in the centre of Lingevres near the WWI memorial.
Destroyed Sherman tank of the British 8th Armoured Brigade near the Lingevres church. Our campervan takes the Sherman's palce in the modern day comparison.
The Falaise Pocket.
July 30th-August 21st: the 7th German army was trapped in the "Falaise pocket", the "corridor of death" being the only exit, by the Canadians and the Poles in the north, by the British in the south, and by the Americans and French in the west. The German armies lost 3/4 of their forces, Falaise faced heavy bombing and 450,000 soldiers were injured or killed.
The 'Corridor of Death' near the Moissy Ford. The hedge on the right has been replaced by a brick wall.
Photographs from left to right: Track leading to the Moissy Ford. One of the few places the German Army could cross., The ford itself, Signpost for Falaise Pocket tour, The walk towards the ford.
On either side of the Hamlet of Mont Ormel lies the peaks of Hil 262. This hill was held by Polish forces during the battle of the Falaise Pocket and provided commanding views of the surrounding countryside. This allowed them to bring accurate and heavy artillery and air firepower onto the retreating Germans. The Waffen SS 'Das Reich' Panzer Division tried numerous times to dislodge them but the Poles held fast.
Photographs from left to right: Mont Ormel Polish memorial and museum, Polish M8 Greyhound, The Memorial, Polish Sherman Fiefly, The commandin view from Hill 262.
The Hurtgen Forest.
US Tank Destroyers in Bend, Germany.
Photographs: Top Row from left to right: Dragons teeth near the German border, Dragons Teeth in a field, Dragons Teeth, Dragons Teeth, The Hurtgen Forest from Vosennack, The start of the Kall Trail, Vossenack German War Cemetery, Memorial at front of war cemetery, Soldaten graves at the cemetery, Grave of Field Marshall Walter Model at Vossenack.
The church in Vossenack in 1944 and today.
KZ Dachau
Dachau crematorium at the camp's liberation in 1945 and as it is today.
Commonly stated that these are the doors to the Gas Chambe but in fact they kead to delousing rooms.
The crematorium.
A room used for the storage of bodies awaiting cremation.
Fromelles and Poziers.
