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Well, thank You! That's Nice of You! Unfortunately it took me a few days to discover the greeting. Sincerly marty

Thank you for the help. I've been using http://www.warmuseums.nl and google to narrow down the museum list. At the moment I'm thinking of visiting these museums. Musee Omaha 6 juin 1944 - Saint Laurent sur Mer http://www.musee-memorial-omaha.com Airborne Museum – Sainte Mere Eglise http://www.airborne-museum.org Musee du Debarquement – Sainte-marie-du-Mont http://www.utah-beach.com Musee du Debarquement – Arromanches http://www.normandy1944.com'>http://www.normandy1944.com'>http://www.normandy1944.com Musee de la Bataille de Normandie – Bayeux http://www.normandiememoire.com Le grand Bunker Muse de Mur de l’Atlantique – Ouistreham http://www.musee-grand-bunker.com Memorial Pegasus – Ranville-Benouville http://www.normandy1944.com Any suggestion on other museums/ places we ought to visit? Should we leave out any of the above? Marty

This august I'll be taking my father to Normady as a birthday present. He was born just a few days after the invasion started and has always been intrestes in war history. I think we'll spend about 4-5 days driving around in the area, but there are so many things to see! :-) Of course we'll have to visit the beaches, but what are the better museums in the area? I've been looking thru older threads, but find it hard to narrow down to the top 3 museums. We'll be going in early august, rather than queing up with th crowd in june! Any advice anyone? Marty

Next summer I've decided to have a closer look at Finlands military history. I'll rent a car a spend a few days looking around. From my research so far I've found these museums: The tank museum at Parola The Aviation Museum of Central Finland Finnish Aviation Museum at Helsinki airport The Artillery Museum of Finland at Hämeenlinna The military museum in Helsinki Suomenlinna Sea Fortress in Helsinki Does anyone know of anything else intresting that I have to check out? Marty

No way! This is the real thing! The royal norwegian airforce is leading the way. We're already doing 6th generation fighters. :-) Marty

Revisited again... I was very disturbed to find this already in a museum, especially when the airforce haven't received it yet. But that's tecnology! A few new shots of some of the collection. Marty

Plenty of bronze cannons! Marty

In 2012 the museum turned 10 years old. I visited it for a third time and saw that even more had been added since last visit. This is a museum where there's something new every time. And they are still working on the exhibits. As I perhaps mentioned before, it's allowed to touch the exhibits and objects. :-) Marty

Thanks for good advice everyone. I didn't find time to visit the flak towers, that is something for some other time. I did however manage to go to the museum. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?34095-HGM-Vienna-Austria&p=335190#post335190 Marty

More photos: ww2 collection. Marty

More photos: the tank collection. Marty

More photos: WW1 and "modern" Marty

The HGM in Vienna is one of the more intresting museums I've been to. It's located in a large beautiful building with lots of space between the displays inside. It covers early times until after ww2, with a few tanks and planes from more modern periode. The Highlight being the car that Franz Ferdinand sat in when he was shot, which started ww1. Also among the goodies are a SU-100 tank and a Fiesler Storch. The tank collection outside is the least impressing, but only due to lack of space I would think. A fence placed close to the vehicles crammed into the small courtyard ruins the nice collection. And ruins the opportunity to take nice pictures. I highly recommend a visit to the museums that shows the rich military history of Austria. http://www.hgm.or.at/ Marty

Hi everyone! thank you for good advice. The arsenal seems to be the easiest ad most important to visit. The Flak towers is a must see! Is it possible to enter them? Who would I have to talk to? The militarmuseum Rosenberg also looks really intresting. ow far from Vienna? Well, they all look intresting! Again, thanks! Marty

That would be very helpful, then I will visit the park during my stay there! Marty

Nice photos! Looks like a wonderful day! Marty

Nice photos! I'm beginning to like the navy grey Jeeps and Dodges... Marty

Thanks for good advice, I'll make sure to visit the arsenal and go for a walk in the park... Is there any way to find which park it it? Marty

I've been able to locate militarymueum.at at the net, but I havn't found out where in Austria it's located! I understand it's a private collection owned by a Robert Gill. Anyway I'm spending a few days in Austria and thought I'd try to stop by there. Anyone? Marty

Finally released in english version. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-The-Border-DVD/dp/B00525QHYG/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8&coliid=I317TDPGID8XU8&colid=2NW95FHMW1X7H It's worh seeing! Marty

What's the location of this museum? In case we're heading in that direction. Marty

http://www.stutzpunktnord.dk/ Video from the 2011 event: http://videographer.dk/stutzpunkt/ 2012 Date: August 25th Join in! We'll probably take two Dodges there. Marty

I forgot this NM135... Marty

List of fortifications in Norway. Among these several German costal fortifications. http://www.forsvarsbygg.no/festningene/Festningene/ I haven't been to them myself, so that's something to do over the next years. Marty

Some of them are in good hands and with cannons. Other only bunkers remain. Will try to post more information later Tony. Marty