• BunkArt 1

    BunkArt 1

    A Cold War Bunker on the outskirts of Tirana, Albania, has been repurposed as a museum and art space.

  • BunkArt 2, Albania

    BunkArt 2, Albania

    Beneath the central business district of Tirana, Albania, a museum inside a nuclear bunker gives an insight into the paranoid reign of dictator Enver Hoxha

  • Albania’s Bunkers

    Albania’s Bunkers

    Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha was convinced foreign powers would invade, and ordered the ‘Bunkerization of Albania’. The scale of the program is mind-boggling: the construction of 221,143 bunkers was planned.

  • House of Leaves, Albania

    House of Leaves, Albania

    After taking control, dictator Enver Hoxha wasted no time in building a terrifying state security apparatus that imprisoned the people of Albania within their nation’s borders, and sought to control all aspects of their lives.

  • The Battle of Crete, Part III

    It is clear that the Cretan people are determined to remember the dark days of WWII, their Cretan heroes, and those that came from far away to help defend their home. Lest we forget.

  • The Battle of Crete, Part II

    The Battle of Crete, Part II

    It is clear that the Cretan people are determined to remember the dark days of WWII, their Cretan heroes, and those that came from far away to help defend their home. Lest we forget.

  • The Battle of Crete, Part I

    The Battle of Crete, Part I

    It is clear that the Cretan people are determined to remember the dark days of WWII, their Cretan heroes, and those that came from far away to help defend their home. Lest we forget.

  • Diving the Saint Didier, Turkey

    Diving the Saint Didier, Turkey

    I walked for an hour through the busy city of Antalya, Turkey, to reach the dive centre. I was excited about the day ahead, as I was going to dive on the WWII wreck of the Saint Didier.

  • The Saint Didier, Turkey

    The Saint Didier, Turkey

    Only a kilometre from Antalya harbour, Turkey, hidden beneath the sparkling waters captured in millions of holiday photos, is a little-known WWII wreck.

  • Visiting Chernobyl, Part II, Ukraine

    Visiting Chernobyl, Part II, Ukraine

    You can certainly learn a lot from secondary sources, but nothing compares to seeing a place like Chernobyl first-hand.

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