Canadian Trail Drenthe
The liberation of Drenthe began in early April 1945, immediately after Canadian forces of the First Canadian Army completed their operations in Overijssel. The Manitoba Dragoons, a Canadian reconnaissance unit, moved ahead of the main forces and were among the first to enter Drenthe, initiating the rapid advance into the province as part of the final phase of the liberation of the Netherlands.

The inferno of Camp Ten Arlo
historical

Canadians across the Zeegser bridge
historical

Leo kept watch over ‘t Wilhelminahuis
historical

Assener Stellung: impressive but useless

A Hague evacuee's ‘Journey to Drenthe’ - Assen after the war - eyewitness report in two parts - part 2

Johannes Hovenkamp Memorial

Monument "Ride to hell"

Anton van der Waals, aka Joop van der Meer: double agent

Clem Ervine's revenge attack

Thijs Poorta saw occupiers come and go

Fire behind the Grollerholt as harbinger of freedom

The German defence line at Balloërveld

Boulder for steadfast resistance

The quick liberation of the province of Drenthe

Camp Westerbork National Memorial Centre
contemporary

A bittersweet liberation
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Camp Westerbork finally liberated
audiospot

Monument French paratroopers
monument

The Beiler defence surprised

A fatal miss

Ter Steege's farmhouse: hiding place and resistance spot

The last flight of a B-17

NSB members and English disease

The battle at Groote Slag

Paratroopers around Grolloo, support from and for the resistance

Bombs without a target

The shelling of a villa full of Germans

Former resistance takes control

Hoogeveen's defence failed to arrive

How things went wrong on Wijsterseweg

French occupy Spier

A Canadian beech tree as a liberation memorial

The liberation of Grolloo through the eyes of an evacuee from The Hague

Caught off guard

Museum Stoottroepen

Liberation with a twist and a sad aftermath

A Hague evacuee's ‘Journey to Drenthe’ - Assen after the war - eyewitness report in two parts - part 1

Symbol of eternity

Cowardly executions at Spier
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‘El Feri’ is free

The Pesse conflagration

Deadly betrayal for Klaassens father and son

Cycling enemy under fire

Westerborkpad
Length: 16.32 km
Route from None

Westerborkpad
Length: 11.62 km
Route from None

Nijanderstraat
Length: 7.6 km
Route from None

Westerborkpad

Pieterpad 1

Nijanderstraat