World War II

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

This neatly maintained cemetery honors the sacrifice of the brave soldiers who laid down their lives during World War I and World War II.

A Roman mosaic depicting a classical myth was only rediscovered after bombing during World War II.

This tank participated in the liberation of Dijon from Nazi occupation.

A life-size replica of a Spitfire that sits in a quaint suburb.

An American lighthouse stands on an island cliffside in Taiwan.

A rare World War II-era siren still survives in the southern suburbs of Manchester.

A 20th-century naval quarantine center is now a local park.

These secretive tunnels were once the site of a Royal Air Force fuel reserve depot.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

A seaside cemetery honors the Commonwealth soldiers and sailors that died in Sierra Leone during World War I and II.

World War II air raids over Bristol dislodged this fragment of tram line that ended up embedded in a churchyard.

This 19th-century church was built for Sicilian immigrants, survived World War II, and today stands on a landfill.

This memorial commemorates where a Japanese commander surrendered to Allied forces on September 3, 1945.