Nederweert on the front line for two months
Operation Market Garden created a narrow strip of liberated territory in the east of North Brabant and the far west of Central Limburg in the second half of September 1944. Weert and most of Nederweert fell just inside the area. The German troops withdrew behind the Wessem-Nederweert Canal and the Noordervaart. From this position, they bombarded the Allies relentlessly and caused great damage with artillery shelling.

German retreat
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Museum Air War 1939-1945
contemporary

German counterattack
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Liberation festivities

War graves of the Commonwealth of Nations

Risking his life
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Liberation Route Nrwrt
Length: 16.5 km
Route from Routebureau Noord en Midden Limburg