
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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