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At 2:41 AM on May 7, 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed the document that ended World War II in Europe. The room where he signed still exists in Reims, France. The maps are still on the walls. The chairs remain in place. You can walk into that room. The Musée de la Reddition preserves General Dwight D. Eisenhower's wartime headquarters exactly as it was the night Germany surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces. Standing in Eisenhower's headquarters The museum occupi

Deep below the streets of London, hidden under the Treasury building, sits one of the most important places of World War II: the Cabinet War Rooms. These underground rooms became fully operational in 1939, just weeks before Britain declared war on Germany. From that moment on, this secret bunker never slept. Down here, military officers, intelligence experts, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill worked side by side. They tracked enemy movements, planned strategies, and delive

In the spring of 1940, the world watched a miracle unfold on the beaches of Dunkirk. The German Army had surrounded over 338,000 Allied soldiers, pushing them to the edge of the sea with no way out. What happened next became one of the most dramatic rescues of World War II. Operation Dynamo began on May 26, 1940. The British Navy launched a massive evacuation attempt, but the real heroes included everyday people. More than 800 vessels answered the call — not just warships, bu

Planning a family trip to Europe and want to help your kids understand the history that shaped the modern world? Our new World War II interactive map makes it easy to find the most meaningful places to visit — from battlefields and museums to memorials and historic towns. This map brings together the key WWII locations featured in the DuckAbroad app. Families can explore where major events happened, learn the stories behind them, and discover the places that left a lasting im

Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp located just north of Berlin in Oranienburg. It operated from 1936 until April 1945 and held more than 200,000 prisoners—including political opponents, forced labourers, and prisoners of war.  Here, the Nazi regime subjected inmates to forced labour, brutal medical experiments, starvation, executions, and systematically built facilities such as a gas chamber and crematorium.  This destination is best suited for older audiences. My 1