POLL: Best Country to Visit for Military History?
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| VOTING RESULTS |
| Answer | Votes | % | Chart |
Bahamas | 1 | 0% |  |
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Belgium | 28 | 6% | |
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Canada | 4 | 1% | |
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Egypt | 1 | 0% | |
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England | 179 | 37% | |
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France | 66 | 14% | |
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Germany | 24 | 5% | |
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Greece | 7 | 1% | |
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Israel | 9 | 2% | |
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Italy | 17 | 4% | |
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Jamaica | 2 | 0% | |
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Jordan | 1 | 0% | |
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Malta | 5 | 1% | |
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Poland | 1 | 0% | |
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The Netherlands | 1 | 0% | |
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United States of America | 75 | 16% | |
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other (explain) | 17 | 4% | |
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no preference | 44 | 9% | |
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| POLL DESCRIPTION |
20thmaine  wonders...
What do people think is the best country to visit in order to be able to visit a lot of military history sites covering a wide period of history, with the backup of good quality museums and so on (but, just for a chnge, not wargaming shops!).
England has a high density of battlefield sites, castles, military museums, and so on covering Iron Age up to modern day.
Wales has a goodly lot of pre-industrial age sites, but they tend to be along The Marches or along the coast (all those mountains get in the way of building castles and having battles). Scotland is a bit similar – lots of stuff, but quite spread out so hard to see a lot in a day.
Struggled to find much in some European countries like Sweden and Germany. I realise that's probably due to familiarity as much as anything.
Haven't tried a military history tour in the States – things seem to be long way apart. 
So – the rambling approach gets to this poll question:
Which country would you recommend visiting in order to see in a single vacation a lot of military history sites covering a wide period of history, with the backup of good quality military museums?
(Take into account ease of travel between sites, etc. – not much point saying "you must see Pearl Harbor and Gettysburg – 'cos it ain't going to happen on the same trip !)
(Poll options taken from this pre-poll discussion.) |
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