G’day everyone, I’m an Australian bloke who’s had an interest in military history since I was a kid. I’ve been fortunate to visit many fascinating World War I, II and Cold War sites, and I write about my experiences here at Ghosts of War. If you enjoy military history, and want to know what it’s like to visit both significant and lesser-known wartime locations today, there’s something here for you.
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Searching for The Few Part IV, England
Visiting the Battle of Britain Memorial near Capel-Le-Ferne, Kent, and the famous White Cliffs of Dover, brought to life the drama that unfolded in the skies over the Channel in the summer of 1940.
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Searching for the Blockhouse, Egypt
Outside the Blockhouse, Germans and Australians faced one another with intent to take life. Inside, they worked shoulder to shoulder to save it
Visiting Gallipoli, Turkey
On the southern Gallipoli Peninsula, deep green pine forest covers the steep country, and the flats are a patchwork of blazing sunflowers, orchards and golden wheat fields. Over one hundred years ago, this place of peaceful serenity was a scene of chaos and carnage
Museum of Strategic Missile Forces, Ukraine
When the Soviet Union disintegrated, work began to neutralise the nuclear arsenal that was scattered across Ukraine. However one ICBM launch site was preserved, to become the Museum of Strategic Missile Forces
Strange Meeting, Poland
After seeing the main areas of Birkenau Concentration Camp, and learning of the horrors that had occurred there, it was a relief to find a tranquil patch of nature. Whilst enjoying the quiet and late afternoon sun, I had a strange meeting.
BunkArt 1, Albania
A Cold War bunker on the outskirts of Tirana has been repurposed as a museum and art space. Although never used in an emergency, visiting BunkArt 1provides a fascinating insight into the mindset of Albania’s isolationist dictatorship.
The S.S. Thistlegorm
The S.S. Thistlegorm was sunk in the early hours of 6th October, 1941, with its holds packed tight with material bound for the Allied North African Campaign. She remained largely undisturbed, a silent cemetery on the floor of the Red Sea, for the next 50 years.
Museum of Strategic Missile Forces, Ukraine
‘What a chilling experience. What madness. Have we changes so very much? A sobering lesson in the futility of war.’
Faye, Australia
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