Battlefield Archaeology: The WW2 Listening Wall of Leros – Interview with Luciano Alberghini Maltoni
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Luciano Alberghini Maltoni The Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea have a rich history, intertwined with the fate of the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Since antiquity these islands have witnessed a long procession of conquerors, battles were fought for their control and during World War 2 the […]
Battlefield Archaeology: Unearthing the WW1 “Pompeii” at Messines Ridge
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by Simon Verdegem/Höhe 80 – Project Whitesheet 2018 Over 3,2 million men died in the battles fought in the Western Front during World War 1 and more than 8,4 million wounded soldiers lived to tell the tale of the first industrial-scale killing machine, known as the Great War. Today, vast cemeteries are […]
Battlefield Archaeology: The abandoned WW2 German gun emplacements of Kolymbari, Crete
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos: Manolis Spanoudakis Following the Battle of Crete in May 1941, the Germans occupied Crete, with the exception of the eastern part of the island, which was occupied by their Italian allies. The Germans initiated a large fortification project, in order to turn the island of Crete into a “fortress”, due to its […]