{"id":11589,"date":"2011-10-21T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurotriptips.com\/?p=56"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:37:18","slug":"world-war-ii-sites-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toeuropeandbeyond.com\/world-war-ii-sites-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II sites in Europe \u2013 key remembrance locations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When most people think of Europe, they either think of its romantic cobblestone streets (Paris<\/a>, Rome<\/a>, Prague<\/a>!) or its mouthwatering local delicacies (Modena<\/a>, Alsace<\/a>!). Yet, too few picture its agitated and often tragic history, which may not be as rosy but is infinitely more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For history to stop repeating itself, we must remember the hardship. And there simply is no better way to fully grasp the extent and depth of the great wars than to set foot in the actual places they so appallingly came about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are five noteworthy\u00a0World War II Sites in Europe that you must visit once in your life. To remember and honour the victims, and to further awareness of such hateful crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

London, United Kingdom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Did you know that the popular “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters actually originate from the London Blitz during World War II, when the slogan was plastered all over the London Underground in order to urge passengers to… keep calm and carry on with their business. After all, as so dutifully noted by author Fraser McAlpine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is something quintessential in the way the posters do not say “Don’t Panic” or “We Will Prevail”… They say “Keep Calm,” and what that means is, “We may be suffering something of an invasion at the moment, but that’s no reason to start acting in a rash and hot-headed manner. We may be a subjugated nation \u2014 temporarily \u2014 but we are not about to start acting like savages. And what of the “Carry On?”… As a nation, we have been trained to look past the bad behavior of our rudest guests, especially the uninvited ones, and rather than cause a scene, we shall just go about our daily business as if nothing has happened.<\/em><\/p>Fraser McAlpine<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, London suffered severe damage from repeated air raids; which, as unfortunate as it was, definitely was not a surprise considering the British government’s key involvement within the Allies movement. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are now two museums dedicated to World War II in London:<\/p>\n\n\n\n