Places that shaped history
Where the ground helped decide what happened.
Terra Terra Collections Places that shaped history
A beach, a pass, a volcano and a dam: eleven places where geography changed the story, for teachers, history fans and curious kids.
11 stops · read them in order, or jump to the one you want
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Omaha Beach, Normandy
D-Day, 6 June 1944: the bluffs the troops had to climb.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Cemetery Ridge, Little Round Top and the fields between.
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Krakatoa, Indonesia
The islands left by the 1883 eruption, with the new Anak Krakatau.
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Stonehenge, England
The stone circle on Salisbury Plain and the barrows around it.
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Monte Cassino, Italy
The abbey hill that held up the Allies for four months.
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Hoover Dam, Nevada and Arizona
Black Canyon and the dam that made Lake Mead.
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Pegasus Bridge, France
Seized by glider troops in the first minutes of D-Day.
