World War II in the Netherlands

A series of markers along one side of an Amsterdam canal memorialize the Jewish residents from the other side who died in the Holocaust.

Oldest World War 2-themed museum in Western Europe.

A buried bunker offers both a scenic view and a melancholy reminder of Duindorp’s wartime past.

A cemetery in the Netherlands honors Soviet soldiers from World War II.

Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.

This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.

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

This World War II-era bunker hides between medieval chapels in Nijmegen's city center.

The mirrored section takes the shape of Hebrew characters when viewed from above.

A unique World War II memorial commemorates where the American B-17 bomber Man-O-War crashed.

The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.

A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.

A line number in Amsterdam that will likely never be used again due to its tragic history.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.

Found in the waddenzee, this propeller has been put on public display as a reminder of the Second World War.