World War II

A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

This museum in the small German city offers a unique glimpse into World War II history.

This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.

Witness to Nazi occupation, this bunker has managed to soldier on to this day.

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.