HetzersGonnaHetz Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Even though I'm quite young I have been able to visit many places such as Normandy, Munich, Obersalzburg, Arras, Ypres, The Somme, The Ardennes and I will be re-visiting the Somme this year as I won a ballot ticket for the centrenary ceremony at Thiepval. I love visiting museums and was wondering where you guys have been and would suggest. I hope to go to Dunkirk, areas on the Eastern Front and Berlin in the future so any museums in these areas would be appreciated. Here a few good ones in the areas I've been: Normandy:- Overlord Museum, Juno Beach museum, Pegasus Bridge Museum... (There's also a great museum at Mont Ormel about the Falaise Pocket with a beautiful Polish 1st Armoured Sherman) Ypres:- Passchendaele Museum, Sanctuary Wood museum, Hooge museum.... The Somme:- Delville Wood centre.... (Thiepval Memorial museum as of 1st July 2016) If you want any suggestions from other places I've been to just ask 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Waffenamt Posted February 21, 2016 Major General Share Posted February 21, 2016 http://www.visitoostende.be/en/atlantikwall-openluchtmuseum This was ace pal! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall_Open_Air_Museum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, Waffenamt said: http://www.visitoostende.be/en/atlantikwall-openluchtmuseum This was ace pal! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall_Open_Air_Museum Hopefully I can visit in the future. Cheers for this mate!:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major General Waffenamt Posted February 21, 2016 Major General Share Posted February 21, 2016 Get yerself over to Foys Wood and the museum at Bastogne Barracks. Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brown Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 If your in the Hamburg area Germany, The Deutsches Panzermuseum at Munster is well worth a visit http://www.daspanzermuseum.de/index.php?id=home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brown Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Topographie des Terrors , located on the site of the Gestapo Offices in Berlin, again well worth a visit and free to enter. http://www.topographie.de/en/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Brown Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Again in Berlin the Soviet War Memorials at Treptower Park and the Tiergarten. Both are impressive but the sheer scale of the Treptower Park Memorial is extremely moving 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertesoe Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Picked up a copy of this guide book a couple of years ago.....Started to line off the one's I've visited...Still plenty to go...OH YES!!!!!! Can recommend it.........There's a WW1 version as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 @Libertesoe Looks great, I might get it and tick them off as I go, I don't think I'll be able to see all 1400 though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertesoe Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Here's one I visited with my son in Mannheim, Germany 2014. My son had gone over to study in Mainz for a year so I volunteered (wasn't difficult) to take him over and get him settled in.....even fitted in a trip to the Remagen Bridge! There wasn't very much WW2 related in Mainz but a google search (http://zgma.de) pulled up a small private museum located in a quiet suburb , inside an Air Raid Shelter in Mannheim. Dirk Schulz, the curator owns and runs the place. He couldn't have been more helpful and even met my son and I at the central station, took us to the suburbs, opened up the museum and gave us a private tour. His interest lies in the area itself, pre WW2, during WW2 and the Post War period. It was amazing to see what his display consisted of ...oh and I forgot to mention the Anti Aircraft gun that sits outside and can be played with. There is a primary school located at the rear of the building and the local head teacher is very supportive of his efforts and regularly visits with the kids for a history lesson deliver by Dirk, in Luftschutz Uniform no less!!!!!!! He displays many artefacts including SA, Luftwaffe, SS and concludes with a display of American Uniforms which is first rate.This has a personal connection as he was employed by them as an Air Traffic Controller. Here are some pics ..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertesoe Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 14 minutes ago, HetzersGonnaHetz said: @Libertesoe Looks great, I might get it and tick them off as I go, I don't think I'll be able to see all 1400 though... You could try though!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 1 minute ago, Libertesoe said: You could try though!!!!!!!!!!!! I will, Dirk Schulz seems like quite the character, his museum looks awesome !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 On 21 February 2016 at 15:36, HetzersGonnaHetz said: Even though I'm quite young I have been able to visit many places such as Normandy, Munich, Obersalzburg, Arras, Ypres, The Somme, The Ardennes and I will be re-visiting the Somme this year as I won a ballot ticket for the centrenary ceremony at Thiepval. I love visiting museums and was wondering where you guys have been and would suggest. I hope to go to Dunkirk, areas on the Eastern Front and Berlin in the future so any museums in these areas would be appreciated. Here a few good ones in the areas I've been: Normandy:- Overlord Museum, Juno Beach museum, Pegasus Bridge Museum... (There's also a great museum at Mont Ormel about the Falaise Pocket with a beautiful Polish 1st Armoured Sherman) Ypres:- Passchendaele Museum, Sanctuary Wood museum, Hooge museum.... The Somme:- Delville Wood centre.... (Thiepval Memorial museum as of 1st July 2016) If you want any suggestions from other places I've been to just ask That's your Sherman in falaise 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 The Uboat memorial at Laboe outside Kiel,1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Delville Wood 1987,British Helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 @Ham & Jam It's a beautiful view from the top of Mont. Ormel when you stand next to the Sherman isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fred Karno's Army Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 8 minutes ago, HetzersGonnaHetz said: @Ham & Jam It's a beautiful view from the top of Mont. Ormel when you stand next to the Sherman isn't it 88' Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hard to think that in '44 all you could see is mangled corpses of humans and horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMo Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Not quite mainland Europe but the Channel Islands Military museum is a great little place, housed in a German bunker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HetzersGonnaHetz Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 No worries mate, cheers for the info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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