This German tank, damaged during the Italian campaign, ended up in Canadian hands, and is displayed in the section of the museum dealing with that theatre of the Second World War.
Next to this section of the museum is the extensive area examining the Normandy campaign. I thought I'd photograph this panel; it's a good piece of trivia.
There's a door close to this panel that opens up onto a balcony that overlooks the Lebreton Gallery below. The Gallery is filled with tanks, transports, artillery, and more from multiple countries. There's space for a stage for choirs, a common occurrence during the days leading to Remembrance Day. There is even a submarine down in there, and a World War Two weather station left by a German U-boat in the northern stretches of Labrador, and not discovered until the 1980s. I'm glad I took these shots anyway. At some point when I return to the museum, I'll have to take pictures down below.
Very impressive.
ReplyDeleteThankfully some did survive D-Day! :-)
And they're still around. I spoke with a veteran of the Atlantic theatre who was in the Navy. He transferred over to the Army for the Korean War.
DeleteWow, this is one enormous museum ! And choc full of interesting stuff. You must have spent the day in there.
ReplyDeleteA good part of it, and yes, one can spend an entire day inside.
DeleteLots of history.
ReplyDeleteThere certainly is.
DeleteLooks like a museum worth visiting. Despite the carnage of wars, we remain fascinated by them.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is worth visiting. I've got another couple of posts on it before I move off in other directions.
DeletePainful stories....Nice photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteExcellent series of posts on the War Museum William.. so interesting to see how the machines of war change over the decades, but horrifying to see that the wars keep occurring with scary regularity!
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DeleteThat museum must be huge!
ReplyDeleteIt definitely is!
DeleteMy goodness. Excellent series. I scrolled through your blog to your prior posts. So interesting. Scary though. Will we ever be through with wars???
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I think I once read somewhere that in recorded history- the thousands of years since humanity started to write things down- there have only been three hundred years, total time, when there wasn't a conflict of some size being waged somewhere in the world.
DeleteYou've had a lot to work with for this series!
ReplyDeleteI definitely have!
DeleteVery cool, Sir Wills.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI did not know that about 'Scotty'. Those tanks are indeed impressive. They look so huge, yet are quite cramped inside.
ReplyDeleteYes, they've got a couple opened up so you can look inside down in the gallery. They are profoundly cramped!
DeleteAs I have been reading these posts, William, I am thinking about just how large this museum must be to house all this memorabilia. It's obvious that you have been here before and possibly more than a few times.
ReplyDeleteI have indeed. I've lost count of how many times I've been in there.
DeleteInteresting information about "Scotty." This museum is a reminder of the horrors of war.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch the original series, but I've got the movies, and I keep looking for any sign of that missing digit...
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