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    • The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
    • Communist Highlights in Prague and the Czech Republic
    • Communist Relics in Bucharest
    • Frank Lloyd Wright in California
    • JFK’s Last Trip to Fort Worth and Dallas
    • Minsk – A Soviet Capital of the New Millennium
    • Places with a Soviet Flavor in Saint Petersburg
    • The Red Army in Hungary – Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
    • Soviet Airbases in the GDR – Second Chapter
    • Soviet and East German Relics North of Berlin
    • Spomenik – Iconic Modern Art from Tito’s Yugoslavia
    • Stalin in Georgia
    • Stalin’s Skyscrapers
    • Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland
    • A Walk in Kiev – From Medieval Town to Post-Soviet Metropolis
    • A Walk in Murmansk – A Soviet Industrial Port of Our Time
    • Wünsdorf – Nazi/Soviet Supreme Military Command
    • WWI Battlefields – Somme, Arras and Ypres
  • Ghost Sites    
    • The Aerospace Valley
    • A Few Remains of Nazi Grandeur in Germany
    • Air Museums in the Former GDR
    • Aircraft Carriers of the West Coast
    • Aircraft and Missiles Around Tucson
    • The Atlantic Wall in Denmark
    • The Atlantic Wall – Off the Beaten Track
    • Base Tuono – Cold War Surface-To-Air Missiles in Italy
    • Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – First Chapter: Duga Radar and Military Village
    • Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Second Chapter: Nuclear Power-Plant & Nearby Villages
    • Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Third Chapter: Pripyat
    • The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
    • Forgotten Cold War Bases Around Prague
    • Forst Zinna – A Soviet Ghost Base in Germany
    • Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR – Pictures from Above
    • The German Inner Border – GDR vs. FRG
    • Hitler’s Mystery Mega-Structures in Central Europe
    • Hitler’s Wonder Weapons in Northern France
    • Jüterbog/Niedergörsdorf – Abandoned Flight Academy in the GDR
    • Peenemünde Army Research Facility
    • Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania
    • The Red Army in Hungary – Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
    • The Salpa Line – Finland’s Anti-Soviet Barrier
    • Secret Soviet Missile Bases in the GDR
    • Soviet Airbases in the GDR – First Chapter
    • Soviet Airbases in the GDR – Second Chapter
    • Soviet Airbases in the GDR – Third Chapter
    • Soviet and East German Relics North of Berlin
    • Soviet Bases and Bunkers in Southwest Poland
    • Soviet Depots for Nuclear Warheads in the GDR
    • Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
    • Soviet ‘Monolith’ Nuclear Bunkers in Poland – Survivors & Ghosts
    • Soviet SS-12 Scaleboard Nuclear Missiles in the GDR
    • Spomenik – Iconic Modern Art from Tito’s Yugoslavia
    • STASI Prisons and Headquarters in Berlin and the GDR
    • Traces of the Cold War in Southwest Germany
    • Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland
    • Vogelsang – Soviet Nuclear Base in the GDR
    • Wolfsschlucht II – Hitler’s Forgotten Headquarters in France
    • World War I Trenches in the Saint-Mihiel Salient
    • Wünsdorf – Nazi/Soviet Supreme Military Command
  • Museums    
    • Aalto’s Highlights in Finland
    • The Aeronautical Museum of Belgrade
    • Aerospace Museum of California – Sacramento
    • The Aerospace Valley
    • A Few Remains of Nazi Grandeur in Germany
    • Air Museums in the Former GDR
    • Aircraft Carriers of the West Coast
    • Aircraft and Missiles Around Tucson
    • The Atlantic Wall in Denmark
    • Base Tuono – Cold War Surface-To-Air Missiles in Italy
    • Belgrade War Heritage – From WWII to the Yugoslav Wars
    • The Border Forts of Czechoslovakia Against Nazi Germany
    • Cold War Forts and Museums in Denmark
    • The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
    • Communist Highlights in Prague and the Czech Republic
    • Communist Relics in Bucharest
    • The Estonian Aviation Museum
    • Forts of the Maginot Line
    • Hitler’s Mystery Mega-Structures in Central Europe
    • Hitler’s Wonder Weapons in Northern France
    • The German Inner Border – GDR vs. FRG
    • JFK’s Last Trip to Fort Worth and Dallas
    • Monino – Central Museum of the Russian Air Forces
    • Minsk – A Soviet Capital of the New Millennium
    • Peenemünde Army Research Facility
    • Places with a Soviet Flavor in Saint Petersburg
    • Planes of Fame Air Museum in California and Arizona
    • Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania
    • Regierungsbunker – Federal Germany’s Atomic Shelter
    • The Salpa Line – Finland’s Anti-Soviet Barrier
    • Soviet Airbases in the GDR – First Chapter
    • Soviet Aircraft in Minsk and Kiev
    • Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
    • Soviet ‘Monolith’ Nuclear Bunkers in Poland – Survivors & Ghosts
    • Soviet War Memorials in Berlin
    • Stalin in Georgia
    • STASI Prisons and Headquarters in Berlin and the GDR
    • Surrender Sites of Nazi Germany – Reims & Berlin-Karlshorst
    • Traces of the Cold War in Southwest Germany
    • Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland
    • Two Great Flying Aircraft Collections of the Northeast
    • A Walk in Kiev – From Medieval Town to Post-Soviet Metropolis
    • A Walk in Murmansk – A Soviet Industrial Port of Our Time
    • Warbirds in Texas
    • War Museums in Moscow
    • Wünsdorf – Nazi/Soviet Supreme Military Command
    • WWI Battlefields – Somme, Arras and Ypres
  •   Sightseeing
    • Aerospace Museum of California – Sacramento
    • The Aerospace Valley
    • Aircraft and Missiles Around Tucson
    • Aircraft Carriers of the West Coast
    • The Atlantic Wall – Off the Beaten Track
    • Belgrade War Heritage – From WWII to the Yugoslav Wars
    • Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary Celebrations in Schleswig-Jagel
    • The Cold War in Hungary – Military Collections, Leftovers & More
    • Communist Relics in Bucharest
    • A Few Remains of Nazi Grandeur in Germany
    • Flying over Moosehead Lake & Lobster Lake, Maine
    • Flying over Mt. Rainier and Mt. St.Helens
    • Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR – Pictures from Above
    • Frank Lloyd Wright in California
    • Inside the World’s Largest Aircraft – Antonov 225 Mriya
    • JFK’s Last Trip to Fort Worth and Dallas
    • Minsk – A Soviet Capital of the New Millennium
    • Places with a Soviet Flavor in Saint Petersburg
    • Planes of Fame Air Museum in California and Arizona
    • The Red Army in Hungary – Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
    • The Salpa Line – Finland’s Anti-Soviet Barrier
    • Secret Soviet Missile Bases in the GDR
    • Soviet Airbases in the GDR – Third Chapter
    • Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
    • Soviet War Memorials in Berlin
    • Spomenik – Iconic Modern Art from Tito’s Yugoslavia
    • Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland
    • Two Great Flying Aircraft Collections of the Northeast
    • A Walk in Kiev – From Medieval Town to Post-Soviet Metropolis
    • A Walk in Murmansk – A Soviet Industrial Port of Our Time
    • War Museums in Moscow
    • WWI Battlefields – Somme, Arras and Ypres
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    Soviet SS-12 Scaleboard Nuclear Missiles in the GDR
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Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland
Architecture, Ghost Site, Museum, Sightseeing

Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland

The western part of Poland, today on the border with Germany, used to be largely part of the German Reich … Continue reading Traces of the Cold War in Western Poland

Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR – Pictures from Above
Ghost Site, Sightseeing

Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR – Pictures from Above

At the end of WWII, the territory of conquered Germany was split in four sectors by the then-Allies – the … Continue reading Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR – Pictures from Above

Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania
Ghost Site, Museum

Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania

While almost all nuclear sites you can find in European Countries once beyond the Iron Curtain are today totally abandoned … Continue reading Plokstine – A Preserved Nuclear Missile Site in Lithuania

Communist Highlights in Prague and the Czech Republic
Architecture, Museum

Communist Highlights in Prague and the Czech Republic

Czechoslovakia had existed as an independent state since the end of WWI and the dissolution of the Austrian Empire. However, … Continue reading Communist Highlights in Prague and the Czech Republic

Base Tuono – Cold War Surface-To-Air Missiles in Italy
Ghost Site, Museum

Base Tuono – Cold War Surface-To-Air Missiles in Italy

Just like West Germany, post-WWII Italy found itself on the border with a communist dictatorship, Marshal Tito’s Yugoslavia. Even though … Continue reading Base Tuono – Cold War Surface-To-Air Missiles in Italy

Hitler’s Mystery Mega-Structures in Central Europe
Ghost Site, Museum

Hitler’s Mystery Mega-Structures in Central Europe

During the last two years of WWII, the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany was slowly retreating from the eastern front, pushed … Continue reading Hitler’s Mystery Mega-Structures in Central Europe

The Border Forts of Czechoslovakia Against Nazi Germany
Museum

The Border Forts of Czechoslovakia Against Nazi Germany

The Maginot line – a line of forts running along the French border with Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium – … Continue reading The Border Forts of Czechoslovakia Against Nazi Germany

Traces of the Cold War in Southwest Germany
Ghost Site, Museum

Traces of the Cold War in Southwest Germany

Between the end of WWII and the collapse of the USSR in the early Nineties, Germany was caught in the … Continue reading Traces of the Cold War in Southwest Germany

Regierungsbunker – Federal Germany’s Atomic Shelter
Museum

Regierungsbunker – Federal Germany’s Atomic Shelter

Soon after the end of WWII it was realized that nuclear weapons could pose a real threat to the survival … Continue reading Regierungsbunker – Federal Germany’s Atomic Shelter

Forts of the Maginot Line
Museum

Forts of the Maginot Line

Soon after the end of WWI, the government and the top-ranking officials of the victorious French Army set plans for … Continue reading Forts of the Maginot Line

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Top Posts & Pages

  • Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR - Pictures from Above
    Former Soviet and East German Military Bases in the GDR - Pictures from Above
  • Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
    Soviet Leftovers in Latvia
  • Soviet Depots for Nuclear Warheads in the GDR
    Soviet Depots for Nuclear Warheads in the GDR
  • Jüterbog/Niedergörsdorf - Abandoned Flight Academy in the GDR
    Jüterbog/Niedergörsdorf - Abandoned Flight Academy in the GDR
  • Forgotten Cold War Bases Around Prague
    Forgotten Cold War Bases Around Prague
  • The Red Army in Hungary - Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
    The Red Army in Hungary - Airbases, Bunkers and Ghost Towns
  • Soviet SS-12 Scaleboard Nuclear Missiles in the GDR
    Soviet SS-12 Scaleboard Nuclear Missiles in the GDR
  • Forst Zinna - A Soviet Ghost Base in Germany
    Forst Zinna - A Soviet Ghost Base in Germany
  • Warbirds in Texas
    Warbirds in Texas
  • Cold War Forts and Museums in Denmark
    Cold War Forts and Museums in Denmark
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