War Memorial

This massive monument towers over the city as a constant reminder of the lives lost during Algeria's hard-won war for independence.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

Myanmar's beautiful cemetery for Allied soldiers who perished during World War II.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

This memorial, built by fascist dictator General Franco in 1960, has been repurposed by the people of Catalonia.

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

This striking fort on the Maginot Line looks just as it did after being destroyed in the Fall of France.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

A beautiful and moving memorial set on a little island in the middle of the river in Minsk.

A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.

Thousands of slain Soviet soldiers are buried within the shadow of this enormous obelisk.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.