Most Intact Battlefield

[behblc]

Poor lads ........ who ever they are.

[TMurray]

I would have to say Scandanavia is likely to have the best preserved war relics, I remember reading about a FW190 pulled out of the sea off Finland (?) in very good condition, one of our members posted a heap of photos from northern Norway showing well preserved fortifications etc. Whilst not a battlefield per se, weren't a number of US aircraft 'discovered' under the ice in Greenland?

[Jean-Loup]

"Whilst not a battlefield per se, weren't a number of US aircraft 'discovered' under the ice in Greenland?"

I saw an amazing documentary where they found a Superforteress that had landed near the north or south pole. It was so well preserved that the plan was to restore it over the summer period, then fly away with it before winter would come.
They actualy almost succeeded, but the thing caugh on fire during take off . It was one of the most amazing documentaries I have ever seen!

By the way Joachim_Nilsson, I really cant remember what part of the forum that link to the Finnish battlefields was posted, maybe someone else here will remember.

[sscrooge]

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hi,i remember something about some planes trapped in ice but think there were 3 of them but might be mistaken all complete buried under the ice, rgds dave

[pete]

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I saw it too jean! Awesome show!

[behblc]

The P-38 was returned to the air and is on the air show circuit , the B-29 , a generator burst into flames when she was warming up for take off.

[sscrooge]

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jean, it was in helmet forum posted by erik of norway ,the thread about what you think of ground dug helmets, with the battlefield link where the bodies still lie, rgds dave

[Jean-Loup]

Ah, yes, thanks Dave.

Here is the link to those Finnish battlefield photos: www.frontkjemper.com

[Joachim_Nilsson]

Duly saved. If all else fails I'll try to do a forum search myself. Anyway: Thanks! Means a lot.

[Joachim_Nilsson]

Oh, there's the link. I'll study it more thoroughly once I've had some sleep. Thanks a bunch.

[Finnishlion178]

Wow, and here I was thinking that Soivet -Japanese Battlefields were the most intact.

[slayer]

I think alot of the islands in the pacific still have alot of stuff lying around or alot of stuff that was abandoned into the sea by the US, if I remember rightly the place with the most stuff is Truk lagoon it has awesome diving as the US dumped everything overboard.

[erikofnorway]

I just stumbled upon this thread and found it very interesting, partly because of my website www.frontkjemper.com

I have never been to the battlefields of Kaprolat and Hasselmann myself, but I know people that have. I had several intentions for posting these photos on my website. First of all I believe everyone deserves a proper burial, even for those unfortunates souls that made the "wrong" decisions in life and paid the ultimate price. When this page was initially launched, the Norwegian Government had refused to be of any assistance to bring the remains of these Norwegian citizens home, with the reason that they were enemy combatants. Since then, an agreement has been reached and they have as I understand been removed and given burials in Russia and in some cases Norway.

I also wanted to show what an untouched battlefield looks like today. Not many left, and this was one of them at the time these pictures were taken.

The history of the Norwegian SS Volunteers is very interesting and unique. I am glad that you have found it to be of interest, and I invite you to explore it further to learn even more of this part of World War 2 history.

Erik

[SurvivingPanzer]

I went all over Europe and could not find a piece of shrapnel. People called me weird cause I would stop and check out random holes in the ground cause I would suspect they were foxholes. I just wish I could have found a single bullet or shell casing.

[Christian_GJR3]

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I went all over Europe and could not find a piece of shrapnel. People called me weird cause I would stop and check out random holes in the ground cause I would suspect they were foxholes. I just wish I could have found a single bullet or shell casing.

Man, the same day you wrote this, this item was found in Hun.

yep, lots of stuff still everywhere...