Baltic Battlefield tourism

easy-v · Post by **easy-v** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:18 pm

Hello all!

I will be visiting the Baltics for a couple of weeks and was wondering if anyone had any information on interesting WWII or historical sites to visit.

I plan on trawling Kurowski's Bridgehead Kurland for some ideas, but was wondering if someone may already know of some interesting sites in either Latvia or Lithuania.

Regards

Lacplesis · Post by **Lacplesis** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:37 pm

For a general Idea in Latvia look at
http://www.lacplesis.com/Latvian_Military_Visit.htm
Have fun

GuyB · Post by **GuyB** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:15 pm

If you're prepared to travel a little bit beyond Latvia/Lithuania you could visit Kaliningrad - next to Lithuania. Kaliningrad aka Koenigsberg will feature heavily in Kurowski's book, in addition to which there is also the Napoleonic battlefields of Eylau & Friedland within 40km of the city. You could also travel back down the coast and check out Gdansk/Danzig in Poland. The opening shots were fired there - notably around the Post Office by the SS Heimwehr Danzig, and there is also the Westerplatte area near the docks.

Lacplesis · Post by **Lacplesis** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:50 pm

If you have time , since we do not know when you are traveling, I suggest reading the book "Poland 1939" by Osprey publications ISBN 1-84176-408-6 about the German invasion of Poland which will give an understanding of the occupation of Poland and the start of WWII.