War History

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

The only substantial part of Nazi Germany's formidable defensive line through Northern Italy that survives today, largely intact.

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.