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The Battle of Berlin, the Defense of the Reich, and the Liberation of Europe exhibits include more war artifacts and displays. Then we strolled through the Battle of the Bulge exhibit, which includes a rare Jumbo Sherman Tank, and the Crossing of the Rhine exhibit, considered the last major German offensive of World War II, and where American forces incurred their highest casualties.
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Displays include a Higgins boat and a flame-throwing Churchill Crocodile tank. We moved through the hall to the D-Day exhibit memorializing one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history. Another video provides an overview of the museum collection. Of note: the Russian T-34 is the only one in the world that is completely restored and on public display. The tanks light up, bombs ignite, fire erupts as part of the video production. On display below the screen is a fully restored model of each tank. The “Clash of Steel” video, shown every half hour on a large screen in the middle of the exhibit hall, features a battle between two of the most advanced tanks along the Eastern Front: the Russian T-34/85 and the Panther Ausf. Of the estimated 70 million to 85 million deaths attributed to World War II, around 40 million occurred on the Eastern Front, as the two principal powers, Germany and Russia, battled, suffering immense loss of life. The main WWII display follows the war from the North African Campaign, with a rare Matilda Mk.II tank, through the Italian Campaign, to the Eastern Front. The D-Day exhibit, one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history, displays a Higgins boat. The presentation ends with a film on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the screen lifts, and you walk into a second-floor mezzanine overlooking the massive World War II display. The third theater features a film on the rise of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany and includes a replica of the Mercedes G4, favored by Adolf Hitler, and other artifacts.
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On display is a Ford Model T Ambulance, a German 1917 machine gun, and a M1917 6-ton tank. It’s an immersive presentation of the battle-torn landscape of Saint-Mihiel, France, with lights and voices, and archival footage. Visitors begin by entering the first of three theaters, highlighting the Revolutionary and Civil wars, moving on to a second theater, set up as a trench during World War I. The museum is organized in chronological order beginning with the Revolutionary War to present times, highlighting the advances in weaponry and warfare through the years. Over his lifetime, Jacques Littlefield amassed the world’s largest privately held collection of tanks and military vehicles. The concept of the American Heritage Museum began in 2013 when the nonprofit Collings Foundation received the massive private collection of tanks, armored vehicles, and military artifacts from the Jacques M.