Interesting series on a tour of WWII related points of interest in Munich
OT: WWII Buffs - Munich
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Mikes bikes. Take the tour if you can ride a bike
+1. I did the tour with them in Munich and then again in Amsterdam. This was way back in 2001 so my experience is from over 20 years ago but it was a lot of fun.
Try to check out Dachau on the outskirts of Munich if you're interested in Holocaust related history. Sobering and kind of chilling experience.
This channel (been a big fan of for a while now) also recently did an amazing series of videos on Antietam and Lexington/Concord.
Yes, I have been watching this channel for a while also.
They did a good series on the beaches of Normandy and the areas around them.
Total WWII histry buff here recentlty finished reading these books by Alex Kershaw,
First was the Liberator follows the battlefield journey of US army officer Felix Sparks from Sicily to Munich. Amazing to say the least
The other was Against All Odds follows 5 MOH recipient ( Audie Murphy and others) and their wartime and back at home lives during and after WWII.
Both amazing detailed accounts.
One of my favorite genres are stories of Resistance and Spy networks in France and Spain led by the British SOE. One great read is Operation Mincemeat which used a dead body as a fake clue to the allied invasion to throw off the Nazis and Hitler.
if you have other great books pass them on
First was the Liberator follows the battlefield journey of US army officer Felix Sparks from Sicily to Munich. Amazing to say the least
The other was Against All Odds follows 5 MOH recipient ( Audie Murphy and others) and their wartime and back at home lives during and after WWII.
Both amazing detailed accounts.
One of my favorite genres are stories of Resistance and Spy networks in France and Spain led by the British SOE. One great read is Operation Mincemeat which used a dead body as a fake clue to the allied invasion to throw off the Nazis and Hitler.
if you have other great books pass them on
All good suggestions. We've talked about bike tour and Dachau is definitely something I'd like to visit. I've been to Germany but just a small city on the western portion so im reall looki forwa to visiti again. We're going to Berlin and Prague too if anyone has any suggestions of things to see?
Saw the Netflix movie starring Colin Firth recently. The book might be something I should add to the reading list.
My uncle was knocked out of the air during a bombing run over Germany right near the end of the war in 1945. He survived while the whole crew died before they hit the ground. He was operating a Liberator, B-24 Bomber. German plane purposely hit the lead Allied plane (kamikaze) and it caused the deputy lead plane to be hit and crash.
Posted on this before, but my wife's dad was in the same platoon as Audie Murphy from Italy to France and then Germany. Got to hear some amazing stories (and everything you may have ever heard about Murphy's fearless heroism is true) - he was interviewed a few times for TV and print stories.
His division produced over 40 MOH recipients More than twice as many as others . Its an amazing story that has not received the same exposure as D- Day to Germany Campaign.
The picture of the guards running around the pit of dead bodies as a means to stay in shape was the most eye popping thing there imho. Now you want to to see a camp, feel chills, and walk away changed, do Auschwitz.
Was really more the German high command obsession with Patton. Sitting Patton with inflatable tanks and wooden ships for 3 days did more for d day success than anything else but all good stories!
Of note, I've one of the 7500 hundred original cricket clickers on my collection of war memorabilia. I tip my hat to all of those brave men
The concentration camps must be an unbelievable visit. I went to The Killing Fields in Cambodia and that was an experience. No one knows exactly how many died. The Khmer Rouge were not the meticulous record keepers that the Nazis were but estimates were 1.5 to 3 million people were killed. Since the population of Cambodia at the time was only about 7 million potentially over 40% of the population was killed.
No gas chambers. All done by hand. There's a stupa (burial building) there with 5,000 skulls inside. Chilling
No gas chambers. All done by hand. There's a stupa (burial building) there with 5,000 skulls inside. Chilling
I'm heading there next month to see ankor wat and the Taj. We're taking a day to go see this
Powerful video, yet somber and respectful. Really well done by JD/creator.
This is the tour I took about five years ago. Not only the Killing Fields but the converted high school building which became the notorious prison in the center of Phnom Penh.
thanks!!!!!!!! I'll add this to my list as we've baked in 1 free day. Much appreciated, totally forgot about this
These are great books by Winston Churchill about WWII spanning from the aftermath of Versailles, through the ‘30s, and through WWII. These are beautiful leather bound and great paper but you can get the with regular binding and pages for much less money.
I've read pretty deeply on World War II and the concentration camps. Despite that I learned a great deal from
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps
As to Munich the book ends recounting a Dachau inmate's liberation.
just think, Dachau wasn't even a 'bad' one by Nazi standards.
I read a book called the Nazi Doctors or close to it which detailed a lot of the happenings in the camps. Nazis, Stalin, Khemir Rouge, Terror orgs, it's all just mind boggling how decrepit and evil some men can be and sadder still that so many are so weak as to follow.
I read a book called the Nazi Doctors or close to it which detailed a lot of the happenings in the camps. Nazis, Stalin, Khemir Rouge, Terror orgs, it's all just mind boggling how decrepit and evil some men can be and sadder still that so many are so weak as to follow.
interesting his opening monologue in that I've a pic of my grandfather in munich near the boar in marian platz in 45 and I've the same pic of me in the same stance in 2000
Missed my chance to see this in Prague when I went there last year. You may know that Kenneth Branagh play Heydrich in the HBO Wannsee Conference movie Conspiracy
National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror
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