Visiting War Memorials/Military Sites
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aok_NW
A1 #PTTravel No connections, but I’m a WW2 buff & have enjoyed traveling Europe to various museums & sites to see battlefields. I took these in Zagreb, Croatia, some kind of reenactment, to this day I don’t know what they were doing.
RTWBarefoot
#pttravel A1: i mean, i like a good battlefield as much as the next dark tourist ...
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#BosworthField #WarsOfTheRoses
aok_NW
A2 #PTTravel Yes, we can all learn from history. Visiting the Normandy Coast of France was one of my favorite war sites. We need to remember.
NomadKeith
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie @bethias #pttravel They have THE biggest! The Great Ocean Road was constructed by returning 'diggers', and is said to be the biggest war memorial in the world.
NomadKeith
A2 #PTTravel Certainly; you rarely have to make a special trip, but when you do find something, it's always interesting to learn something of the history. This is the Allied memorial on Crete ... about which I knew little until I did some reading
bethias
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith @kate_frankie I did enjoy the sculptures showing people working/doing tasks. This one commemorates the convicts/natives who were forced into labour #PTTravel
Roadsandrunways
A3 We've mentioned one visit in A2 but another war memorial we've visited is the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. This one is a bit different in that it's a bit abstract and was designed to be so. You are encouraged to make your own interpretations #PTTravel
aok_NW
A3 #PTTravel Hua Lo Prison AKA Hanoi Hilton in Vietnam was where they held US servicemen such as Sen. John McCain. It was interesting to see the place they were held & their experience.
NomadKeith
A3 When we visited the Falkland Islands, I was looking for the name of my friend, when a hand gripped my shoulder, and a voice said 'Why did they do it, my friend?' Subsequently found out ... he was Argentinian, looking for some mention of his son #PTTravel
DawnCorleone
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A3. American memorial and cemetery in Normandy. #pttravel
tspadventure
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A3 Visiting the Landmine Museum in Cambodia was a huge eye opener. Learned so much about the effects of war, even years and years after the fighting is done #PTTravel
StuartMHurlbut
kate_frankie
A3 #PTTravel
Unknown soldier graves always hit hard for me. We spent years trying to find the grave of my maternal grandfathers relatives and it came through not long ago. He's in Belgium and it would have been good to have told my grandad before he died but we didn't get it
