Photo's from my recent trip through Northern France

[IanC]

As you can see the area surrounding the bunker makes it's very difficult to get up close without being spotted.

[IanC]

On to Wormhout now.

Some of the soliders killed during the battle and immediately after were buried in community cemetery.

[IanC]

In one of the survivors of the battle account, the fate of Private Gould is described.

Having been earlier wounded by a friendly fire incident he was subsequently killed after the British had surrendered.

[IanC]

On to the location of the barn. What happened here is well known.

The replica of the barn

[IanC]

The pond where Bert Evans and Lynn Allen got to before being spotted and shot.

[IanC]

This is the military cemetery at Esquelbecq where the majority of the soliders killed in the barn are buried.

[IanC]

The final evacuation beach I got to was Malo St Bains. Good for flying a kite or evacuating your army.

[IanC]

Slightly off topic, the next series of photo's are of the V2 Rocket launching site called La Coupole in Helfaut that I stopped off at on the way home.

I didn't think much of the museum there and I found the outside more interesting than the inside!

[IanC]

That's the lot - thanks for looking

[eubank]

Very interesting, and thanks for posting these. A reminder of the crimes of the Totenkopf and Leibstandarte and of what was being fought for 68 years today.

[Mauser HSc]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

[GELIS44]

I enjoyed your thread very much!

[Bluehawk]

Much appreciated by one who will never be able to visit Europe in person again.

[The Dragon]

Very interesting thread. I never heard of some of the massacres mentioned here before.

Thanks again.

[realone]

Great photos and also your time to show us all is very much appreciated

Thanks
Greg Scotto