World War II in England

This was Allied HQ during D-Day! Eisenhower was there and you can visit the ACTUAL MAP he looked at on that day.

These enormous concrete blocks played a vital role in one of history's most important days.

Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.

The remains of a legendary WWII weapon prototype.

The Cold War remnants of a nuclear missile launch site in the Northamptonshire countryside.

A World War I relic found in the middle of a modern residential area.

During World War II, locals rallied together to buy this plane to support the war effort.

A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.

See reconstructed Spitfires and other World War II-era planes in a hangar originally used by the Royal Air Force.

This grave remembers the beloved canine companion of soldiers far from home.

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

A pile of earth left over from a water supply project was converted into an anti-aircraft installation during World War II.

The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.

Hidden from the ground but visible from above, this arrow target in the New Forest is part of Hampshire's rich World War II history.

This little-known wall in Southampton stands as one of the most unique and personal monuments to D-Day.