Battlefield Tour

[King Tiger]

Hello my fellow CSers

Just wanna to check if anyone of you have been to any historical battle site before ?

Places like
1) Normandy/Omaha beaches
2) Pearl harbour
3) Stalingrad [Present name today is call Volgograd]
4) Kursk
5) Midway Islands
6) Iwo Jima
7) Okinawa
8) Toburk
9) Kota Bahru/Slim River
10) Any other battle sites or ancient battlefield (Vietnam, Korea, Africa or any part of the global world)



Battlefield Tour, is a unique tour, which focus on the places where war history, soldiers and civilians, tactics and weapons happen at a particular place and at a particular time.
If you have been before, do share your experience, research, planning and etc.

Looking for people with the same interest here.



Also, some of the battlefield areas where I have been before.
Hope it can ignite all of you with ideas and inspiration who is keen on battlefield tour.

USS Arizona http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331376

USS Missouri http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331379

USS Bowfin http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=331459

King Tiger http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433966

Panther http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434342

Sherman http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434473

Band of Brothers http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=434897

HMS Belfast http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=435302

Bovington Tank Museum http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=435640

Great Wall of China 万里长城 : 山海关 : 天下第一关 http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244665

 

[MARK1992]

I do too, would love to visit the islands in the Pacific involved in the Second World War, not too much the fronts in Europe though. Ah, Arizona Memorial as well.

Sadly it'll have to wait

 

[antacid]

diving at the Truk lagoon is on one of my destinations... my reward when i make my first 500k. hehe

 

[Leong23]

The only place i visited is "Hell Fire Pass" at Thailand, not really a battlefield.

 

[reuters]

i went to normandy and the omaha beaches before.. wanted to go eagle's nest but it was closed for winter.. :cry:

i'm trying to plan to go pearl harbour and also hiroshima (ground zero)..

 

[wattky]

Taken at Hiroshima when I was there in 2003. A-bomb dome. This is what remain after the detonation of the Atomic bomb.

 

[Canew]

King Tiger, nope, never been to anyone of the locations that you have listed.

 

[King Tiger]

King Tiger, nope, never been to anyone of the locations that you have listed.

Hello Canew, may your dream come true in the future. How about other places ?
Like in Malaysia at Kota Tinggi, Kota Bahru or else where.

 

[ahbian]

Hiroshima, though not sure if its considered a battle field per se. But I must say the on-site museum was pretty good and exceeded my expectations.

 

[King Tiger]

I do too, would love to visit the islands in the Pacific involved in the Second World War, not too much the fronts in Europe though. Ah, Arizona Memorial as well.

Sadly it'll have to wait

For Pacific areas, Okinawa is one of my listing,
the cost (air ticket and hotel) would be around $1500 per person.

 

[MARK1992]

For Pacific areas, Okinawa is one of my listing,
the cost (air ticket and hotel) would be around $1500 per person.

Something to think about, thanks

Want to visit Midway, Peleliu and maybe Guadalcanal. Wonder how to get there though. Probably ferry from a larger island.

 

[raincool2005]

i heard Europe is good for WW2 sites visit. Russia actually left a lot of tanks and artillery pieces untouched at Kursk. For Normandy.. the D-DAY bunkers and big guns are still there. The best will be Eagle Nest, Wolf Lair ... which many still intact.

 

[kkvolution]

i heard Europe is good for WW2 sites visit. Russia actually left a lot of tanks and artillery pieces untouched at Kursk. For Normandy.. the D-DAY bunkers and big guns are still there. The best will be Eagle Nest, Wolf Lair ... which many still intact.

Yea, in Vienna, WWII german anti air fort still stands in park when I was there.

 

[raincool2005]

there is also a German U-Boat base in France, think it is called Brest, the super-structure is still there and the U-Boats actually moored inside, protected from air raids.

 

[kkvolution]

there is also a German U-Boat base in France, think it is called Brest, the super-structure is still there and the U-Boats actually moored inside, protected from air raids.

Oh man wasted. I was in France for a week, didn't see that... I checked wiki, it this right?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brest,_France

 

[King Tiger]

Something to think about, thanks

Want to visit Midway, Peleliu and maybe Guadalcanal. Wonder how to get there though. Probably ferry from a larger island.

Not sure about Peleliu.

For Midway, will need to transit via Hawaii.

For Guadalcanal, will need to transit via Sydney I believe.

 

[Canew]

Hello Canew, may your dream come true in the future.

Thanks, King Tiger. Hopefully...

 

[antacid]

oh i've dived the battleship repulse off kuantan...totally surreal experience, and one of my best dive trips ever

 

[cks2k2]

Hello my fellow CSers

Just wanna to check if anyone of you have been to any historical battle site before ?

9) Kota Bahru/Slim River
Battlefield Tour, is a unique tour, which focus on the places where war history, soldiers and civilians, tactics and weapons happen at a particular place and at a particular time.
If you have been before, do share your experience, research, planning and etc.

Looking for people with the same interest here.

There's no monument or anything to commemorate any battles in both Kota Bahru (near my mom's hometown) or Slim River (my dad's childhood residence). :sweat:

 

[King Tiger]

oh i've dived the battleship repulse off kuantan...totally surreal experience, and one of my best dive trips ever

Wow, this is very nice. :thumbsup:
Are you able to photography the battleship ?

How about HMS Prince of Wales ?