War History

The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The two massive guns that defended Cartagena Bay.

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.

The site of the first battle of World War II.