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Wings of Liberation Museum
The Wings of Liberation Museum tells the compelling story of the liberation of the southern Netherlands at the end of World War II. The museum is situated in the area where, on 17 September 1944, airborne operations as part of Operation Market Garden marked the beginning of the liberation of the southern Netherlands. The timeline comprises the entire period from the occupation in 1940 and the repression years 1940-1944, through to the liberation in the final months of 1944.
The museum has an extensive collection including dioramas, photos, aircraft, and weaponry that was actually used in Operation Market Garden.
0031 499 329722 Judith Vlassak Website Memorial Museum Of The Battle Of Normandy
The Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy uses 2,300m² of exhibition space to present the military operations which took place in the Battle of Normandy during the summer of 1944.
Opened in 1981, the museum is situated in the heart of one of the strategic sites of the Battle of Normandy – Bayeux, the first town in mainland France to be liberated on 7 June 1944. The museum is located close to the memorial garden for war correspondents and the British cemetery.
0231 512550 Memorial Museum Of The Battle Of Normandy Website The Channel Island Military Museum
The Channel Islands Military Museum is housed in a former 10.5cm gun bunker which once formed part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall defences along the coastline of St Ouen’s Bay, Jersey.
The collection contains a lifetime’s work of collecting German Occupation items and related militaria. The collection allows visitors the opportunity artefacts both military and civilian that help tell the story of the five long years of German occupation.
07797 732072 Damian Horn Website D-Day Museum Utah Beach
Situated on Utah Beach, this museum tells the story of the American Utah Beach landings that were so vital to D Day and the link up with the US airborne troops through a chronological tour, immerse yourself in the history of the D-Day landings and discover a collection rich in objects, vehicles, equipment and testimonies. See an authentic B26 bomber, an exceptional aircraft of which there are only a few left in the world, and relive the epic of the American soldiers through the film Victory Beach.
02 33 71 53 35 Musee Du Debarquement Utah Beach Website Biggin Hill Heritage Hanger
Fly a Spitfire from Biggin Hill and re-live the emotion of RAF pilots as they carried out their missions in WWII. Take the controls of our veteran two-seater Spitfires, hear the sound of the Rolls-Royce Merlin and enjoy the experience of a lifetime. Fly over locations including The Weald of Kent, Leeds Castle, Beachy Head and White Cliffs of Dover. We are a working hangar, all visits and tours must be booked in advance.
01959 576767 Darren Day Website WWII American Experience
Gettysburg now has the perfect bookend to its Civil War Battlefield and Visitors’ Center—the World War II American Experience. This new World War II museum has it all—ride real Sherman tanks, learn the stories of real people who served, and touch and feel real history.
001 717 253 3414 WWII American Experience Website Le Grand Bunker Musée Du Mur De L'atlantique
The Grand Bunker at Ouistreham is a truly unique museum - set on 5 floors of this important bunker that saw history made on D Day.
Completely restored, it features engine rooms, filter rooms flanking casemates, chamber, infirmary, armory, radio transmission room and observation post. Plus a room dedicated to the 2 million
slave labourers who were forced to work on Hitler's Atlantic Wall.
02 31 972869 The Grand Bunker Museum Website D-Day Omaha Museum
The D-Day Omaha museum is dedicated to the memory of the soldiers who fell at Omaha.
Thousands of original pieces displayed in more than 3,000 m2 in an authentic wartime American building.
Located between the American cemetery and Point du Hoc, this museum presents a unique collection, gathered for nearly fifty years by a passionate father, now gone, leaving to his two sons the duty to perpetuate this work of memory.
0033 231 217180 D-Day Omaha Museum Website Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach
Located close to the famous "Omaha Beach", on the D514 facing the roundabout that provides access to the American Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer. Overlord Museum chronicles the period of the Allied landing until the liberation of Paris. Personal items from individual soldiers and armoured fighting vehicles from the six armies in Normandy are in a series of dioramas showing over 35 vehicles, tanks and guns.
0033 (0)231 220055 Overlord Museum - Omaha Beach Website Arromanches Musée Du Débarquement
One of the busiest of all the D-Day museums, The Landing Museum retraces the extraordinary history of the artificial port designed to supply the Allied troops in Normandy. This is the first museum built to commemorate June 6, 1944 and the Battle of Normandy on the very spot where the artificial port was located, the remains of which can still be seen a few hundred meters from the shore.
02 31 22 34 31 Arromanches Musée Du Débarquement Website D-Day Wings Museum
At D-Day Wings Museum, you will be able to discover the D-Day planes, the missions and the airmen who contributed to this mastery of the skies of June 1944. But you will also discover that this French air base, occupied in 1940, played an important role in the Battle of Britain as a German base, Caen-Carpiquet. Operation Windsor, which saw the Canadians and the 12th clash. SS Panzer division, entrenched on the ground of the aerodrome, with nearly 700 casualties.
0672 426052 D-Day Wings Museum Website Armourgeddon Military Museum
At Armourgeddon Military Museum, you will find a wide variety of military exhibits including; tanks & artillery, rifles, interactive displays, WWII scenes, a large number of military vehicles to view and one that you can even climb inside, as well as a Normandy Café serving light refreshments.
01858 880239 Armourgeddon Military Museum Web Site Castletown D-Day Centre
Castletown D-Day Centre is an authentic recreation of the busy wartime dockyard on the Isle of Portland,
from which in 1944, thousands of American troops of the 5th US Corps and the US 1st infantry, embarked,
bound for the heavily defended beaches of Nazi occupied France. Castletown D-Day Centre offers a unique chance to remember the important role played by the port of Portland during the Allied invasion of northern France and the great bravery
of the thousands of American, British and allied troops that departed that day, so many of whom would lose their lives protecting our freedom.
01305 443444 Chris Webb Website Cobbaton Combat Collection
The hobby that got out of hand...
Opened in 1981, Preston Isaac’s collection now has over 60 British, Canadian and Warsaw Pact vehicles and artillery pieces, with thousands of smaller items on show. We can also sell you a button, or hire you a tank.
01769 540740 Cobbaton Combat Collection Website Eden Camp Modern History Museum
Step back in time to an original prisoner of war camp and experience the sights, sounds and smells of WW2 and beyond! Eden Camp Modern History Museum is a vast site full of history; we bring to life the tales of the past through first-hand memories and living history re-enactments. Get involved as a volunteer with Eden Camp Heritage Restorations, preserving our heritage from WW2 to modern day.
Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 6RT 01653 697777 Eden Camp Website Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
At Hack Green you will be transported into the chilling world of the Cold War. Re-built in the 1980’s at a cost of over £32 million, it was transformed into the blast-proof headquarters you can explore today. Previously classified, you can see the government’s preparations for nuclear war and step into the lives of those who worked here. See the Minister of State’s office, life support, communication centre, decontamination facilities, telephone exchange and much more. Hack Green is the home to the largest public display of nuclear weapons in Europe.
07702 314814 Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker Website Imperial War Museum London
IWM London tells the stories of people’s experiences of modern war from WW1 to conflicts today.
Find out more about fighting on the front line and life at home 100 years ago in our First World War Galleries. Explore key moments of the Second World War in Turning Points 1934–1945 and discover some of the more unexpected objects from our collections in Curiosities of War. Visit our award-winning exhibition on The Holocaust and explore stories of bravery in The Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
0207 416 5000 Imperial War Museum Website IWM Duxford
IWM Duxford played a central role in some of the most dramatic days in 20th century history - serving as a base for many of the Spitfire and Hurricane pilots during the Second World War. Inside every hangar and exhibition - and outside them too - there are hundreds of military aircraft, vehicles, boats and more. Walk around them, inside them, above and below them and get the chance to see aircraft take off from our historic runway.
0207 0913067 IWM Duxford Website Kent Battle of Britain Museum
On the historic former RAF Hawkinge near Folkestone, the museum holds the most important collection of Battle of Britain artefacts on show in the country.
Aircraft, vehicles, weapons. Flying equipment, prints and relics from over 700 British and German crashed aircraft. Beverages and snacks, shop, free parking.
01303 893140 Kent Battle of Britain Museum Website Muckleburgh Military Collection
The Muckleburgh Military Collection is the UK's largest privately owned working military collection with 25 tanks all in working order. At Weybourne Camp in Norfolk, we display tanks, armoured cars, bombs, artillery and missiles used by the allied armies during World War II.
It incorporates the Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry Museum of uniforms, weapons, photographs and documents, RAF Reconnaissance and Air Sea Rescue and Marine Craft. 01263 588210 Muckleburgh Military Collection Website Norfolk Tank Museum
The Norfolk Tank Museum is an independent museum housing a collection of military vehicles, weapons and militaria including Deborah II, the replica Mk IV Tank as seen on Channel 4's documentary - Guy Martin's WWI Tank.
We are a hands on museum, were you can climb inside and experience the confirmed space and atmosphere of the crew turret.
01508 532650 Norfolk Tank Museum Website The D-Day Story
How do you get an army across the English Channel and into France when your enemy is well armed, well trained and expecting you?
Find out how at the D-Day Story, Portsmouth
Told through the personal accounts of people who were there and brought to life through stunning audio-visual presentations alongside iconic objects from the museum’s collection; this is the story of D-Day.
023 9288 2555 The D-Day Story Website The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum holds the finest and most historically significant collection of fighting armour in the world. Unrivalled in scope and depth, we care for 300 vehicles from 26 nations. These range from `Little Willie`, the world’s first tank, through to the British Army’s current Main Battle Tank, Challenger 2.
01929 405096 The Tank Museum Website The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum
The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum is the largest museum of its kind in the southern hemisphere. We are dedicated to the collection, preservation, restoration and display of Armoured Vehicles and Artillery from the 1800's to the present day. Our collection includes armoured vehicles and artillery from both world wars with a particular focus on WWII. Some other attractions we offer are APC rides, a shooting gallery and retail shop.
00617 4038 1665 The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum Website Bastogne Barracks Museum
On December 16, 1944 the Germans launched their last major offensive in the West. On December 19, 1944 Brigade General Anthony McAuliffe, commander of the 101st Airborne Division arrives in Bastogne with his division and he establishes his headquarters at the Heintz Barracks. On December 22, 1944 he writes history: he anwers "Nuts" to the German troops encircling Bastogne and demanding surrender.
You can discover one of the continent’s largest military vehicle collections, as well as Second World War equipment.
0478 78 24 98 Bastogne Barracks Museum Website In Flanders Fields Museum
The In Flanders Fields Museum is a museum in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the study of the First World War. It occupies the second floor of the Cloth Hall on the market square in the city centre. The building was largely destroyed by artillery during the war, but was afterwards reconstructed.
https://www.inflandersfields.be/en
0032 57 23 92 20 In Flanders Fields Museum Website Royal Military Museum (War Heritage Institute)
The Brussels museum houses around one hundred thousand items - aircraft, weapons, uniforms, scale-models, documents and tanks, making it one of the world's largest military museums.
0032 2 737 78 33 Royal Military Museum Website Panzer Museum East
Panzermuseum East at Slagelse is Scandinavia’s largest private collection/museum of military vehicles from the eastern side of the cold war period. You will find tanks, artillery, helicopters, trucks, jeeps, uniforms, technical equipment such as engines, radio communications, as well as motorcycles. The museum's focus is on showing what would have been seen in the air and the streets of Denmark if the Warsaw Pact (Soviet Union) had attacked Western Europe during the Cold War period from 1955 until the total collapse of the Soviet Union.
0045 202 59048 Panzermuseum East Website
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