Military Museums
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Militaria Museums
Les Longues Battery
Today, the D514 coastal road running along the length of the Normandy coast in France allows tourists to easily drive the route connecting all the D-Day landing beaches. It does not matter if the tour begins at the western or eastern end, because the route allows stops to be made...
16 Jun 2023
Militaria Museums
Corfe Castle
During the English Civil War, the Royalists and Parliamentarians forcefully took possession of castles around the country. When the besieging force captured the...
13 Jun 2023
Militaria Museums
Eden Camp
In March 1987, a most unusual museum opened its doors for the first time to the visiting public. Announced at the time as a ‘Modern History Theme Museum’ it has...
20 Jan 2023
Militaria Museums
Canadian Juno Beach Centre
The contribution made to the Allied war effort by Canada is sometimes overlooked or included with that of Britain. As a dominion state, Canada was self-governin...
18 Dec 2022
Militaria Museums
A Great Gift
Not all historical sites have connections to military history or indeed, anything to do with battles. Some locations are fascinating to visit because of their h...
14 Dec 2022
Militaria Museums
ZandVoorde Command Bunker
During the First World War, the term Western Front was used by the Allies to describe the line of trenches which separated them from the lines of German trenche...
1 Nov 2022
Militaria Museums
Helmsley Castle
In the years following the Norman Conquest in 1066, castles were built across the country as symbols of power to subjugate the local populace. Permission to bui...
26 Sep 2022
Militaria Museums
Merville Battery
When the Germans began to build their coastal defences, known as the ‘Atlantic Wall’, in earnest from 1942, the Allied military planners observed its progress w...
20 Jul 2022
Militaria Museums
HMS Warrior
Arms races between nations are nothing new and there are plenty of examples to be found in history dating back millennia. Industrialisation took this struggle f...
22 Jun 2022
Militaria Museums
Pegasus Bridge Museum & Memorial
At around 06-30am on the morning of Tuesday, 6th June 1944, just as the first waves of Allied troops were approaching the Normandy coastline in their landing cr...
14 Jun 2022
Militaria Museums
Caldicot Castle
The Principality of Wales can boast having the greatest concentration of castles, for the size of the country, anywhere in the world. Indeed, there is hardly an...
20 Mar 2022
Militaria Museums
SS Great Britain
Before the advent of aircraft, the only way a country could deploy its army on overseas campaigns was by ship. In the 19th century, Britain had the largest merc...
19 Feb 2022
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25 Jan 2022
Fort George
John Norris explores the history of Fort George in Canada