Explore key World War II sites across Europe, from historic battlefields to poignant memorials.
In Peenemünde, Germany, the Nazi rocket testing center, a coal-fired power plant was established in 1939 to enable the energy-intensive production of liquid oxygen - the fuel for the V2 rocket.
At the beginning of October 1944, the British Air Force bombed the sea dike at Ritthem in the Netherlands. The aim was to flood Walcheren and force away the German army.
The German army spared no expense to make the eleven bunkers of Stützpunkt Groede resemble a cosy Dutch village.
On the left bank of the Scheldt in Fresnes-sur-Escaut in Northern France, this centuries-old fire engine building bears witness to the ceaseless struggle of miners and engineers against the groundwater in the underground galleries.
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A collapsed and flooded complex of mining galleries stretches between 600 and 800 metres below the cyclocross World Cup 2025 course in the northern French town of Liévin.
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