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Caves and tunnels with dark World War II pasts
A concealed platform beneath Milan’s main station sent Jews and political opponents to death camps, while Peleliu’s caves helped prolong a 1944 battle.
- Beneath the monumental facade of Milano Centrale in Italy lies a concealed platform used by Nazi occupiers during World War II to dispatch Jews and political opponents to death camps.
- Nearly 82 years ago, the Battle of Peleliu took place on a remote Pacific island in Palau, where American troops arrived on a mission to destroy a Japanese air base.
- Unknown to American forces, Japanese troops fortified deep underground cave networks, leading to a two-month conflict that claimed the lives of about 14,000 Japanese and 10,000 Americans.
- Today, tourists travel thousands of miles to visit these sites and remember the tragic loss, as the legacy of World War II lingers on over 80 years later.
- Travelers seeking deep history explore southeastern Turkey or Canberra, Australia. A Neolithic site dates to around 9,600 BCE, while historians describe Canberra as "plonked in the middle of nowhere. However this experimental" city offering world-class food.
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Caves and tunnels with dark World War II pasts
In our roundup of travel stories this week: What it’s like inside Air New Zealand’s new bunk beds, why cruise ships are adding a phantom destination to their itinerary, plus the dark fascist secret that lies under one of Europe’s biggest train stations.
·Atlanta, United States
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The forgotten battle of World War II, which should last only a few days and lasted for months, devastated this Pacific island, where the marks are still visible
·Portugal
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