World War II in France

Impressive spectacle of how a bunker can land on a beach and resist mother nature for the years that have passed since WWII.

This 19th-century stone bridge in Mayenne was renamed after an American soldier who died defusing explosives placed under it, saving it from destruction during the town’s liberation in August 1944.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

The only remaining vespasienne in Paris is a (stinky) relic of Resistance.

The national memorial to France's "Second D-Day."

Tour part of the Maginot Line bunker system built to defend France against a German invasion.

Under the streets of La Rochelle, a former wartime bunker holds some surprising secrets.

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

Deep in the limestone cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, a German fortress built during World War II.

Inaugurated in 1921, this is one of many statues in France dedicated to the people who died during World War I for their country.

Today this former Nazi concentration camp stands as a poignant memorial to the victims of fascism, and a warning from history.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

A reconstruction of a classic mansion on the island of Delos was designed for a historian and archaeologist.

This bunker in northern France was built by Nazi German forces with the intention of launching up to 50 V2 rockets at London each day.

These unique markers designate the route American forces took during the Liberation of France.

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