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Monument
The monument was erected in 1951 in memory of more than one hundred Maastricht residents who died during the bombardment...
Audiospot
The British military cemetery holds the grave of art protection officer Ronald Balfour. In 1944, the historian from the ...
Until September 1944, the citizens of Frasselt had been largely unaffected by the war. In preparation for Operation Mark...
In October 1944, the German army devises plans to flood a large part of the Dutch-German border area in defence of an al...
On 11 September, British reconnaissance forces are already in the area. They race through the Brabant landscape in fast ...
On their route north towards Nijmegen and Arnhem the ground troops of Operation Market Garden had to deal with fierce op...
On September 17, 1944, five Allied planes are shot down above this area by German flak. A large number of paratroopers a...
Because the advancing route of the British is still under German attack and the column is constantly being forced to hal...
On September 18, 1944, American paratroopers make contact with British ground troops at this church. At that moment, Ein...
In October 1940, General De Gaulle decides to start a parachute regiment: 1st Compagnie d’infanterie de l’air. The soldi...
After successfully dropping on the moors north of Son on Sunday September 17, American paratroopers immediately head tow...
Liberation comes to the people of Eindhoven on 18 September 1944. They celebrate exuberantly. The Americans and British ...
On September 19, the Germans launch a counterattack from Nuenen against the British, who are advancing towards Arnhem. T...
Musée
Le musée du Renseignement militaire de Bedfordshire retrace l’histoire des services de renseignement militaire britanniq...
Le musée de l’Aviation de Sywell fut inauguré en 2001 dans le Northamptonshire par le célèbre aviateur Alex Henshaw MBE....
Cimetière
Au cimetière et mémorial américain de Cambridge reposent 3 812 soldats américains tombés durant la Seconde Guerre mondia...
Le musée de l’Aviation Solent Sky retrace l’histoire de l’aviation de Southampton qui acquit une stature internationale ...
Le Musée des sous-marins de la Royal Navy, branche du Musée national de la Royal Navy, retrace l’histoire des sous-marin...
Dans le comté de Buckingham, à Bletchley Park, se trouvait la base secrète des « casseurs de code » qui décryptèrent, pe...
Fortification
Situé sur l’ancien site de la RAF Uxbridge, le bunker de la bataille d’Angleterre abritait, pendant la Seconde Guerre mo...
Le mémorial de la bataille d’Angleterre se trouve à Capel-le-Ferne, sur la côte anglaise du Kent. Le site comprend la st...
Le HMS Belfast est à l’origine un croiseur léger de la Royal Navy, devenu musée flottant. En 1978, il est rattaché au mu...
La branche du Musée impérial de la Guerre située à Londres propose plusieurs expositions relatant l’histoire des soldats...
Histoire
On 25 September 1944 the Allies crossed the Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten Canal just south of Rijkevorsel. The front line now ...
