World War II

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

This Croatian island is for sale but no one is buying due to the dozens of accused Nazi sympathizers who were massacred there after WWII.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.

This abandoned island off the Venetian coast has been a radical monastery, a political prison, and a secret Nazi base.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.