War

The passion for history of Philippe Gillain and Gérard Grégoire was the origin of the December44 Museum. Philippe has collected military uniforms and material since he was 14. He explored the Ardennes battlefields to find some material left by both camps. While visiting La Gleize, in the 60's, he discovered an enormous quantity of uniforms and material abandoned by the Waffen SS when they fled. It was the beginning of a collection that would evolve into one of Europe's most important collections.

This is the first Polish World War II museum, located near the place of the first clash between Polish and German forces during the Invasion of Poland. Its construction took four-and-a-half years and cost over EUR 100 million (PLN 426 million). The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk boasts some 2,500 exhibits as well as 250 multimedia stations, which allows visitors to browse through archival photos, films, and maps. The Advisory Board consists of many excellent historians, among them prof.

The newly independent Finland was plunged into civil war in January 1918. The main focus of the exhibition are individuals who experienced this tragedy.

Immortalised at the photography studio Atelier Nyblin in Helsinki in 1918, these individuals are eyewitnesses to their era, and through them the war’s tragic chain of events is laid out before us, little by little. 

This exhibition contains photos, letters and other memorabilia related to the First World War.

The Tränenpalast (English: "Palace of Tears") is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin, at Berlin Friedrichstraße station, which was in operation between 1962 and 1989. It is now a museum with exhibitions about Berlin during the Cold War period and about the process of German reunification.

The Mémorial de Caen is a museum and war memorial in Caen, Normandy, France commemorating World War II and the Battle for Caen. More generally, the museum is dedicated to the history of the twentieth century, mainly focused on the fragility of peace. Its intention is "pay a tribute to the martyred city of the liberation" but also to tell "what was the terrible story of the 20th century in a spirit of reconciliation".

Canadian forces played an important role in the liberation of Flanders. The Canada War Museum was opened in 1995 to pay tribute to these men who chased the axis oppressors out of large parts of Flanders.

One of the biggest gun positions in the Atlantic Wall during World War II was meant to be placed at Blåvand. It was never finished, though, as the war came to an end before the construction was complete. Through two decades this ruined bunker was a popular museum but in 2017 it was replaced by a new museum containing four large sections with separate exhibitions. The roof is planted with lyme grass and the whole building is camouflaged as part of the landscape with the bearing parts of the construction hidden under the sand.
 

Organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Violence in War and Peace deals with images of victims—soldiers and civilians alike—wrenched by the barbarity and chaos of catastrophic war and different scenes of violence, such as riots, terrorist acts, or nonviolent demonstrations that are violently repressed.

The Military Museum (Serbian Latin: Vojni muzej) is a museum located in Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in 1878, the museum has over 3,000 ancient and modern items. These include Roman swords and helmets, Greek helmets and daggers, Serbian heavy knight's armor, axes, shields, helmets, crossbows, armoured gloves, as well as Western medieval weapons. There are also more modern guns, firearms, and elements of soldier's uniforms and equipment. Dioramas, plaques, and displays illustrate the use and historical context of the museum's collection.