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Itoman, Japan
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Park
A unique memorial made up of a collection of memorials, all commemorating the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
Rovinj, Croatia
Partisan and Victims of Fascism Memorial
A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.
Manila, Philippines
Memorare Manila 1945
A monument dedicated in memory of the over 100,000 civilian deaths during the liberation of Manila in World War II.
Southampton, England
The D-Day Wall
This little-known wall in Southampton stands as one of the most unique and personal monuments to D-Day.
Salisbury, England
Secret Spitfires Memorial
A life-size replica of a Spitfire that sits in a quaint suburb.
Belgrade, Serbia
We Were Just Children
Memorial to the 89 children killed during the NATO bombing of Serbia.
Trogir, Croatia
Crkva Sv. Sebastijana (Church of St. Sebastian)
The interior of this church has been turned into a memorial to locals who died in Croatia's Homeland War.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
King Tom Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery
A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.
Bristol, England
St. Mary Redcliffe Tram Rail
World War II air raids over Bristol dislodged this fragment of tram line that ended up embedded in a churchyard.
Westminster, Vermont
Grave of William French
This man's death led (indirectly) to Vermont's independence in 1777.
Shrewsbury, England
Admiral Benbow’s Key
A famed admiral left behind this 17th-century house key when he joined the British Navy.
Waco, Texas
Doris Miller Memorial
Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.
Viterbo, Italy
Fontana-Monumento al Paracadutista d’Italia
This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.
Bollington, England
White Nancy
A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.
Riga, Latvia
Remembrance Memorial to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation
With a design inspired by traditional Latvian textiles, this monument honors the Latvian people who suffered under Soviet occupation.
Riga, Latvia
Monument to the Latvian Riflemen
A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.
Niksic, Montenegro
Monument to Fallen Fighters of WWII
An exquisite monument dedicated to fallen Partisan soldiers and anti-fascist fighters of Yugoslavia through symbols of gears and flowers.
Florida, Massachusetts
The Elk on the Trail
A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.
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