RayderPSG Posted March 21, 2018 Posted March 21, 2018 Hi guys, I think most of us have some kind of relation with history, especially warlike and contemporary (WWI, WWII, Civil wars...). In my case, being from Spain, there are only a few remains from our Civil war, poorly maintained or completely forgotten...Because of that, when I go abroad with family or friends (mostly Europe) I take the opportunity to visit everything related with historical events, nearby to there where I go. In order to help me through this, I use the website called https://www.tracesofwar.com/ . Here you can take a look by every country, every province, or your village! etc...You can even add info, pics or traces that aren t classified in the site. You ll find from military cemeteries to tanks, museums or bunkers, officialy maintained or not ( that s one of its great points, as it makes you able to find some things publicized nowhere) , with normally really accurate coordinates. I encourage you all CMP members to upload some pics with a small description so we can enjoy some relics and discover some interesting war things! 4 Quote
RayderPSG Posted March 21, 2018 Author Posted March 21, 2018 I ll start ! With some classic. That s me and my brother in a well known Pak 43 at one of the D-Day museums near Vierville sur mer. You can find more info at http://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/pcu/musee-d-day-omaha/vierville-sur-mer/fiche-PCUNOR014FS0008H-2.html. 3 Quote
The_Spine Posted March 21, 2018 Posted March 21, 2018 http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php Has a massive amount of random interesting stuff around Scotland. 1 Quote
Druidix Posted March 21, 2018 Posted March 21, 2018 I dont have the pictures, but this museum is really great http://www.overlordmuseum.com One thing i really want to do is going in normandy at the begin of june, there are so many things to see. Maybe this year 1 Quote
RayderPSG Posted March 21, 2018 Author Posted March 21, 2018 6 hours ago, The_Spine said: http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php Has a massive amount of random interesting stuff around Scotland. Thanks for the Info ! Looks interesting. 6 hours ago, Druidix said: I dont have the pictures, but this museum is really great http://www.overlordmuseum.com One thing i really want to do is going in normandy at the begin of june, there are so many things to see. Maybe this year Thanks you too DT. You shoul definitely go , as you say it has loads of things to see. You should also have a try on the site mentioned, you will find almost everything! Quote
Wualy Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 I can contribute to this topic with some pics made by myself around here and there because I love this kind of tourism. In Spain you can find, with a bit of luck, some emplacements from the Civil War and a lot of around old Military bases. Well, in fact, some of them are still in use but old emplacements are obviously abandoned. Here you can see two small bunkers placed around Brunete, in Madrid, just in both sides of the road so you can find them extremely easy. 2 Quote
Wualy Posted March 22, 2018 Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) This one was, from the Spanish Civil War too, it´s placed close to Colmenar del Arroyo, in Madrid. Here you are a goggle maps link to find it easily. Bunker Edited March 22, 2018 by Wualy 3 1 Quote
RayderPSG Posted March 23, 2018 Author Posted March 23, 2018 wow, those are some really interesting pics @Wualy. Waiting for car test approved so I can go there hahahaha 1 Quote
RAnDOOm Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 Fantastic pictures guys! Its always great to see trips to actual battle locations. Quote
truth_hun Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 I enjoyed exploring bunkermuseum in Austria last year. It's close to the Slovenian and Italian border. I recommend it for everyone who's near. http://www.bunkermuseum.at/ 2 Quote
RayderPSG Posted March 29, 2018 Author Posted March 29, 2018 15 hours ago, truth_hun said: I enjoyed exploring bunkermuseum in Austria last year. It's close to the Slovenian and Italian border. I recommend it for everyone who's near. http://www.bunkermuseum.at/ Looks nice and interesting! thanks truth, will go if someday I m in Austria. Quote
truth_hun Posted March 30, 2018 Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) On 2018. 03. 29. at 6:09 AM, RayderPSG said: Looks nice and interesting! thanks truth, will go if someday I m in Austria. I liked the idea, that you can explore the whole complex, trenches, bunkers and so on at your own pace with a given map. You can even go inside some of those turrets and make them turn and raise/lower the guns. Edited March 30, 2018 by truth_hun 1 Quote
Ronid Posted April 7, 2018 Posted April 7, 2018 Time for my totally bad photos from visit to the Polish Army Museum (7 years ago): 4 Quote
RayderPSG Posted April 9, 2018 Author Posted April 9, 2018 Ooooh my beloved TK tankettes! thanks @Ronid. On 30/3/2018 at 4:36 PM, truth_hun said: I liked the idea, that you can explore the whole complex, trenches, bunkers and so on at your own pace with a given map. You can even go inside some of those turrets and make them turn and raise/lower the guns. Sounds really cool, thanks truth! Quote
RayderPSG Posted April 13, 2018 Author Posted April 13, 2018 Been in Senegal. I searched if there was something related with this and...I m too lucky. In fact, "battle of Dakar" existed (http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/debacle-at-dakar/ , https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Dakar), it was an unsuccesful attempt of landing by Free French troops in Dakar, with the main purpose of pressure the Vichy authorities and administration to join De Gaulle's team. Several and different kind of ships were sent. The operation was a failure for Free France and the troops were finally retired. I found this at Gorée Island, the next forts you can see were used in order to keep out the Free French forces. Curiously, it isn t exactly abandoned there. People is using it nowadays to expose their art...and to hang out their washing! I don t know if you can see it, maybe putting "shine" option to maximum...but down there numerous artist are guarding their works...and I don t know, but probably some of them even sleep there. 1 Quote
Humledrik Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Moses Herodez will probably hate me for this as he's on these pics when he was aged about 8.... but I don't have any without him on. Bangsbo Fort in Northern Jutland. Also visited the gigantic Hirtshals 10 Battery museum earlier the same day which was a great day out - got to ride the ammo train but sadly no pics. 1 Quote
Humledrik Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) And here's one of me and Moses Herodez liking a Hurricane (Neil Young reference for those old enough) at the Bomber Command museum near York a decade later... Also a great day out. Edited April 16, 2018 by Humledrik 1 Quote
RayderPSG Posted December 29, 2018 Author Posted December 29, 2018 Let s bring back some life to this topic! This one will be honouring @CptBocquier and his French Hope job ahahah. This summer I went to Bastogne and Verdun area. It's certainly a big history related area, especially about WWI and WWII of course. Going for Verdun can spend the whole day there, as it s plenty of fortifications, some of them can be visited. On the other hand, you have also Sedan and Stonne at 70 km from it. So I couldn't miss this really little village, knowing that there was a big battle in 1940. I knew there is a B1 there, but there were more surprises! We found this at Pain de sucre, a modern AMX 13! Then of course we went see the majestic Char B1! Back home we saw also the Ouvrage of La ferté We also saw some fortified houses on our way back from Sedan, and one of them is exactly the one which appears in the French hope project. Don't stop posting guys!! 2 Quote
Humledrik Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Small MosesHerodez (grey t-shirt) and his brother at the Jet Fighter museum in Montelimar, since we are on a French theme! Pic is about 10 years old so he'll hate me again. 2 Quote
Humledrik Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 And from the same holiday, we watched the gladiators at the Arena in Arles. 1 Quote
Sir_Kowskoskey Posted December 30, 2018 Posted December 30, 2018 Still a bit of a coin toss next years destination but looks like finnish easternborder and Narvik 1 Quote
RayderPSG Posted December 31, 2018 Author Posted December 31, 2018 13 hours ago, Sir_Kowskoskey said: Still a bit of a coin toss next years destination but looks like finnish easternborder and Narvik shut up you filthy suomi and bring me some pics from Parola's museum! Being serious now(well i wasn't joking about parola), you should find interesting WWII thingies there! The comented AMX 13 in Stonne. when you are thin and small but you are well endowed Quote
Sir_Kowskoskey Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 Visited parola over 10 years ago Quote
RayderPSG Posted January 10, 2019 Author Posted January 10, 2019 On 12/31/2018 at 9:54 PM, Sir_Kowskoskey said: Visited parola over 10 years ago gotta come back then! Quote
Ronid Posted May 20, 2019 Posted May 20, 2019 Dublin, National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History Landsverk L-60 Ford Mk. VI Armored Car Your favorite! - Universal Carrier Panhard M3 2 Quote
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