What World War 2 places have you visited?

-Normandy
-Bastogne
-arnhem
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I Hope to see more places where history took place!

 

I'm jealous, but last year walking the streets of a couple former bombed out cities of the old Reich : Koblenz and Köln. Speyer was interesting as well

and possible Skipper stomping grounds the beautiful Alsace from Colmar, Obernai road to Strassbourg much of the ruins have been removed, remodeled

 

Hmm well i don't really know how they call it in english, but in my town there are kind of small hills where soldiers have been barried (?) see that hills 6 times a week if im bringing the papers round.

And visited camp Vught and also some bunkers in the dunes in Zandvoort and Vlissingen and bunkers that are boven the ground in Weert. not that much, but im not sure where all the places are in my environment

But i would like to go underground in Berlin like they do in that program on History Channel Beneed the city's (?) where they did show the bunkers in berlin that are quet deep into the ground.

 

The Latest ones : Palermo, Sicily and the Lorient Pocket and Sub base in France.

 

Went to Hawaii in April. We allotted a day to visit Pearl Harbor. It was pretty amazing, though they rush you at the Memorial itself. Got to meet 2 WW2 Vets there. I didn't realize they just cut off the top and left the ship as is. There is a constant oil leakage that floats on the water. They call this tears from the sailors, choked me up.

Went to the USS Missouri afterwards. It was strange to see modern weapons mixed in with the original. And wooden decks! They have veterans there to answer questions as well, not WW2 but veterans who served on the ship later.

In the late 70s, stationed in Sicily, I visited Naples, Palermo & Sigonila. While stationed in Iceland, I visited London, Nimes, France, Normandy Beach, Weisbadan, Germany (took a cruise on the Rhine) & Copenhagen, Denmark. In each of these places we landed at the local Military bases.

Later in life I visited Paris, Rome & Malta.

 

can only admit to st malo,and channel Islands,german underground hospitals,an numerous gunsites,but will be doing normandy on the 7th sep,the landings tour...

 

So Far I've been to France , Belgium , Germany , Budapest, Italy , Jersey , Denmark, Iceland , Holland ,OZ< Singapore , Poland , USA seeing wall stuff

 

the Normandy beaches, Falaise gap, Dieppe, USS Intrepid, several graveyards

 

Good that someone posted pictures

 

I didn't realize that either. Could you elaborate what you mean "cut the top off"? You mean everything but the hull, correct?

 

Everything that sat above the deck.........the hull and decking are still very much intact

 

Along with 1100+ souls below deck....

 

Let me add the USS Pompanito, SS Jeremiah O'Brien, USS Texas and USS Alabama as well.

The Arizona's remains below water:




Much of what was removed from the Arizona is still sitting on Wapio Peninsula. Purposely left open to the elements so they can use that as a deterioration guide.



Here's another memorial at Pearl Harbor many forget about: The USS Utah.

 

I've visited Hiroshima before, and I'm going to Nagasaki next week. I've also visited Pearl Harbor and various monuments and such in Okinawa. I've also gone to the Manzanar former internment camp for Japanese-Americans in California.

 

Just passing by, spotted this thread and couldn't resist adding this list

I first "visited" these places between 1943 & 1946
(X marks the places where I've "been back to" since those dates)

North Africa
Algiers
Hammamet
Bone
Tunis

Sicily
Syracuse
Bronte
Adrano
Patti
Messina X

Italy
Reggio di Calabria X
Bari
Termoli
Cassino X
Rome X
Florence X
Venice X
Trieste X

Austria
Ferndorf
Trieben
Spittal
Villach

Germany
Ulm

Egypt
Cairo

Regards
Ron

 

Yeah but you probably were a wee bit busier than us lot ron..... Gromit, in all my years i have never seen the memorial in context. Thanks for that. I really didnt get that memorial shape until those haunting pics.

 

When I was seven I went to England where I saw an old crater from a German bomb, I managed to take home several fragments of the remains and still have them until today

 

doing the normandy beaches on the 12th...an update on my trip to normandy monday...due to my brother in laws mum dying friday 9th,we have had to cancel tour,so hopefully feb next yr for same 5 day trip,ray..

 

Next friday for a 3 day trip to Falaise pocket, the week after battlefields in the Vosges and Lorraine, and then over the German border into the Saar.

 

me to the falaise,corridor of death,thats on the last day...