860-292775 - Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal;October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.
860-292774 - Wreck, sunken ship. The SS THISTLEGORM is considered one of the most spectacular shipwrecks in the world for its scenic beauty. Flying the English flag, it was attacked and sunk by German bombers when heading towards the Suez Canal;October 1941). Their cargo is without a doubt one of the most peculiar that we can find under the surface of the seas: motorcycles, jeeps, military clothing, bullets, airplane wings, machine guns and a couple of locomotives and trucks. Sinai Peninsula. Red Sea, Egypt.
832-400461 - Soviet soldier with weapon and flag, Monument to the soldiers of the Red Army who died in the Second World War, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe
860-291191 - White marble cross where American soldiers are buried, first American military cemetery of World War II, Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France
832-394754 - Operation AUTHOR I plaque commemorating the cooperation of the French Resistance with the Allied troops under General Patton to secure supplies, Saint-Michel-en-Greve (Breton: Lokmikael-an-Traezh), Cotes-d'Armor, Brittany, France, Europe
832-384144 - Colorfully painted bunker from the 2nd World War at high tide in the sea, Plage Gurp, Grayan-et-l`Hopital, Aquitaine, Gironde, France, Europe
832-383361 - The Polynational Second World War memorial ""Les Braves"" by Anilore Banon, 2004, Omaha Beach, Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe
832-383379 - The Polynational Second World War memorial ""Les Braves"" by Anilore Banon, 2004, Omaha Beach, Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe
1219-228 - Upper Derwent Valley with two Lancaster bombers passing the Derwent Dam in the style of 617 Squadron Dambusters, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1116-39237 - Commemoration of Soviet Armenia's participation in the second World War and monumental statue of Mother Armenia in Victory Park, Yerevan, Armenia
1116-39102 - Railway Track Along The 'selektionsrampe', The Platform Where People Where Selected To Die In The Gas Chambers Immediately Or To Work To Death At The Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolska, Poland
911-10750 - The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.
911-10774 - Technicians work on Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.
911-10773 - Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.
911-10749 - The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.
911-10772 - Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.
911-10486 - Second World war defences that for a long time were buried under the storm beach are revealed after the December 2013 storm surge at Cley on the North Norfolk coast, UK. The huge waves completely breached the storm beach, and pushed it inland onto the Cley nature reserve.
911-10608 - Traditional hay meadows at the head of the Langdale valley, Lake District, UK, are some of the best wild flower hay meadows left in the country. Since the second world war, Britian has lost over 95% of its traditional hay meadows, as farmers have converted to silage.
911-10074 - A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.
1161-8497 - World War I and World War II memorial La Ville de Pau for dead soldiers of two World Wars with floral tributes at Pau, Pyrenees, France, Europe
832-368804 - Red rose, Durnbach War Cemetery, the final resting place for 2960 soldiers who died in WW2, Duernbach, Gmund am Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
832-369556 - List of the divisions involved, Mardasson Memorial, a memorial to the fallen American soldiers of the Battle of the Ardennes in 1944, Bastogne, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe