Lest We Forget - Relive The Past
Some call us rude, some find it fascinating, some don’t care, some find it interesting, some find it grave robbing and for some it’s the most exciting thing in their life. I’m talking about metal detecting on the World War 2 battlefields. In this blog I’d like to talk about the last 2 of the […]
After this year’s Militracks, me and my dad went metal detecting on the battlefields of Operation Market Garden. Since we had some time left after the event, we wanted to swing with our Metal Detectors. Our research consisted of looking on Google Maps with my phone right after the event. We didn’t expect to find […]
Saturday May 7th it was my day to go to Militracks, a World War 2 event at the Overloon War Museum. There were vehicles you could board, there was a fair with a lot of items and you had access to the War Museum. Overloon saw heavy fightings after the failure of Operation Market garden. […]
The title of a book about the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War 2. It seems to be a normal thing, black people fulfilling the role of a soldier. I wasn’t always like that. In the 20th century racism played a big role in the society. Racial segregation showed up all […]
To start off my new website/blog, I’d like to explain to you why I do this. My interest for World War 2 came when I was about 8 years old. It all began on a rainy Sunday when my dad, who already was very interested in World War 2, showed me Saving Private Ryan. Shortly […]
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