Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
You should not only be in Berlin for some of the finest abandoned watchtowers and barriers. The border zone also left its mark in the most northwestern city of the former GDR, Dassow, Germany.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
From 1928 until the end of World War II, the German army, hidden deep in a remote corner of the country, tested aircraft, water, and amphibious vehicles.
Hauts-de-France
Antoine de Bourgoine, a bastard son of Philip the Good, had the Gothic chapel of Guémy built on the French Mont Saint-Louis at the end of the 15th century.
Sachsen-Anhalt
In the German municipality of Hötensleben, a 350-meter wall remains, a remnant of the kilometre-long border that sealed off the GDR from West Germany.
Grand Est
Monday morning, February 21, 1916. A quarter after 7 in the morning, the German army opened fire on the forts north and east of Verdun, France.
Hauts-de-France
During the Second World War, the German Air Force developed an unmanned flying bomb, the V1 (Vergeltungswaffe).
France
A 5-meter-thick concrete dome protects the underground complex dug out by forced laborers in 1943 for the storage and launch of German V2 rockets.
Berlin
In every district of Berlin, you will still come across Russian memorials for the soldiers of the Red Army who died in the Second World War.
Hainaut
In the shadow of the Strépy boat lift, an unused four-lane road leads to a freshly ploughed field.
Belgium
Germany
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Coal trains, military transports and steam locomotives across the High Fens have made way for cyclists on the historic Vennbahn—a report of the route between the German city Aachen and Waismes, in Belgium.
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