Walking the Ground – VE Day Poster Berlin
Cheeky little VE Day 80th anniversary poster on the side of the Babylon Cinema here in the middle of Berlin.
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Walking the Ground – Bautzen Cemeteries
Burying the victims of the Battle of Bautzen In recognition of the fierce fighting which took place in Bautzen numerous
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Walking the Ground – Bautzen’s Courthouse
A last stand by the Red Army in Bautzen’s courthouse. On the 24th of April, the tide turned in the
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Walking the Ground – Bautzen’s Ortenburg Castle
The last stand of the Bautzen garrison In April 1945, the Ortenburg Castle, which sits atop a rocky outcrop in
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Walking the Ground – Bautzen
Blowing Bautzen’s bridges… At 19:15 on the 20th of April, 1945, Oberst Dietrich Hoepke (commander of the Bautzen garrison) ordered
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Walking the Ground – near Halbe
Another fantastic day out ‘walking the ground’ near Halbe…and look what you can find when you go walking through the
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Walking the Ground – Seelow Heights
Battle of the Seelow Heights! The memorial at the Seelow Heights is another fine example of bombastic Soviet let’s-gloss-over-the-mistakes-we-made-in-the-battle propaganda,
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Walking the Ground – Bautzen
Busy day “Walking The Ground” (copyright Al & James) in Bautzen in Saxony! Cobbled streets, ye olde German pubs, and
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Walking the Ground – Waldfriedhof Halbe/Halbe forest cemetery
Today sees the release of the final episode in my series “Encircled: The Halbe Pocket Podcast”, so fittingly, it’s also
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Walking the Ground – Schönefeld near Beelitz
The location of the link-up between the German 9th and 12th armies. The small village of Schönefeld, 3km outside of
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