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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 Milano Centrale's monumental facade in Italy lies a concealed platform used by Nazi occupiers during World War II to dispatch Jews and political opponents to death camps—the only intact Nazi deportation site remaining.
- Nearly 82 years ago, the Battle of Peleliu in Palau became one of the bloodiest Pacific theater conflicts when American troops arrived to destroy a Japanese air base.
- Unknown to American forces, Japanese troops fortified deep underground cave networks with food and ammunition, sustaining a two-month conflict that claimed about 14,000 Japanese and 10,000 American lives.
- Today, tourists travel thousands of miles to visit Peleliu and Milano Centrale, remembering the tragic losses as the legacy of World War II continues to resonate over 80 years later.
- Travelers seeking deep history explore other off-the-radar destinations: Gbeklitepe in Turkey, a Neolithic site from around 9,600 BCE, and Canberra, Australia, described as "plonked in the middle of nowhere. However this experimental" city.
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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.
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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
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