WW2 reenactments and 1940s events
Battle re-enactments, vehicle displays, liberation commemorations and 1940s weekends from the Second World War, 1939–1945.
25 events listed across 7 countries: Belgium, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
December 2026
Nuts Weekend — 82nd Bulge Anniversary
The 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, marked in the town McAuliffe refused to surrender.
Manhay '44
Annual December commemoration of the Battle of the Bulge held in Grandménil, part of the Manhay municipality, one of the fiercest engagement zones of the December 1944 fighting; organised by the asbl Ardennes History Remember 44/45, the free weekend draws convoys of period military vehicles, reen…
May 2027
Wartime Britain (REME Museum)
A living history weekend at the REME Museum in Lyneham, Wiltshire, featuring WW2 reenactors, military vehicles and Home Front displays.
Haworth 1940s Weekend
A three-day event along the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway between Keighley and Oxenhope recreating 1940s Britain, with steam trains, period music, WW2 reenactors and living history displays at stations along the line, centred on Haworth.
D-Day Reenactment Camps — Cotentin
Second World War
June 2027
Carentan Liberty March / Four Days in June
≈250 reenactors, 12+ countries · Second World War
D-Day Reenactment Camps — Calvados
Second World War
D-Day Anniversary Week
Second World War
Reading World War II Weekend
Held each June at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's own airfield in Reading, Pennsylvania, World War II Weekend — subtitled 'A Gathering of Warbirds' — pairs a large static and flying display of WW2-era aircraft with hundreds of living-history reenactors portraying Allied and Axis forces, period ente…
Aquino Tank Weekend
The Canadian Tank Museum / Ontario Regiment Museum's biggest annual event, billed as Canada's largest history and military vehicle weekend: live demonstrations of more than 180 operational historic vehicles, staged battle reenactments with vehicles and infantry, exhibitors and vendors, with a foc…
La Gleize Militaria Fair (December 44)
200+ exhibitors, 2,500m of stands · Second World War
July 2027
War & Peace Revival
≈4,000 vehicles · Second World War
August 2027
Tanks in Town
The 25th edition of Tanks in Town, commemorating the liberation of Mons on 2 September 1944 by the 83rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd US Armored Division.
Poznań Fortress Days
For one weekend a year Poznań opens its fortress ring: the fourteenth Dni Twierdzy give access to twenty to thirty fortifications spanning a thousand years of military history, from the medieval walls of Ostrów Tumski through the ma… Known locally as XIV Dni Twierdzy Poznań (Poznań Fortress Days).
Overloon Eyewitness Event
A two-day living-history weekend at the War Museum Overloon with 500+ reenactors portraying American, British, Canadian, German and Dutch units, including staged mock battles with blank ammunition, pyrotechnics and armoured vehicles, multi-nation encampments with trenches and fortifications, and…
September 2027
The Victory Show
A large-scale WW2 re-enactment show at Foxlands Farm, Cosby, Leicestershire, billed as one of the largest WW2 living history events in the UK, with historic military vehicles, aircraft, tanks, battle reenactments and a 1940s dinner dance.
Market Garden Commemorations
The 82nd Airborne commemorations across the Arnhem region.
Steam Back to the Forties (Sheringham 1940s Weekend)
The North Norfolk Railway's 'Steam Back to the Forties' event transforms Sheringham, Weybourne and Holt stations into a 1940s scene with steam trains, reenactors and period entertainment, coinciding with the town's wider Sheringham 1940s Weekend programme.
Welshpool 1940s Weekend
A three-day 1940s-themed festival in the Welsh market town of Welshpool with vintage vehicles, a Spitfire display, reenactors and wartime entertainment across the town hall and other venues.
Rockford World War II Days
Midway Village Museum's 148-acre campus in Rockford, Illinois becomes a WW2-era European village each September for what its organisers bill as the largest World War II re-enactment in the Midwest.
Eisenhower Farm World War II Weekend
The National Park Service's free annual living-history weekend at the Eisenhower National Historic Site, the former president's farm adjoining the Gettysburg battlefield.
Ginkel Heath Parachute Drop
A live mass parachute jump onto the historic Ginkel Heath drop zone, re-enacting the 1944 landing of the British 4th Parachute Brigade during Operation Market Garden. Known locally as Para Dropping Ginkel Heath.
October 2027
Back to the 1940s (Eden Camp)
An annual immersive 1940s living history weekend at Eden Camp Modern History Museum, a former WW2 prisoner-of-war camp near Malton, featuring reenactors, a 1940s evening dance and access to the original wartime huts.
Pickering 1940s Weekend
A town-wide wartime-Britain celebration in the North Yorkshire market town of Pickering, run by Pickering Town Community Interest Company in partnership with Eden Camp Museum, with costumed characters, swing music, historic vehicles and a heritage steam backdrop from the North Yorkshire Moors Rai…
Battle for the Airfield
The American Heritage Museum, built around the Jacques Littlefield tank and vehicle collection in Hudson, Massachusetts, stages a two-day WW2 battle reenactment each October billed as one of the premier events of its type in the country.