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Audiospot
On the 5th of November 1944, as the 1st Polish Armoured Division approaches, a schoolmaster from Hooge Zwaluwe must hand...
Eerde is the first village to be liberated by American paratroopers on the 17th of September 1944. But the village still...
When on the 17th, 18th and 19th of September 1944, thousands of American paratroopers land in the area between Best and ...
At the end of October 1944, Wagenberg is under heavy artillery fire. There are many casualties among the villagers. A Re...
Little in this place reminds us of the radar station the Germans built here in 1942. The arrival of this element of the ...
During the battle that took place here in October 1944, German soldiers haul three Dutch men from of a bunker on suspici...
A long and sad series of bombing raids take place at the airfield. The bombs also fall on Gilze. As a result, the reside...
During the war, the Germans expand the air field and it becomes one of the largest in Europe. This has farreaching conse...
On the 27th of October 1944, after some hesitation, the Canadians decide to liberate Bergen op Zoom. Kees de Waal, 16 ye...
On the 28th of October 1944, Polish soldiers drive unsuspectingly into an ambush as they approach this intersection. It ...
In the autumn of 1944, there was a massive concrete anti-tank wall near this place. It was part of the German defences. ...
Monument
The monument was erected in memory of the estimated 66 British soldiers of the Lock Force who were killed (24), wounded ...
Après la libération, le 5 Novembre 1944 de St.Philipsland, qui avait été inondée, des troupes Alliées gardent la côte en...
Terneuzen fut libéré le 20 septembre 1944. Puis commença la période la plus pénible pour les habitants d'Ellewoutsdijk. ...
“Monument to the Dutch” is the only monument in the Netherlands that was donated by veterans of the 101st Airborne Divis...
The Kangaroo monument was erected in honour of the 101st Airborne Division that fought hard against the German occupiers...
Lieu d'intêret
On 24 September 1944, Koevering and Logtenburg were captured by German units during Operation Market Garden. As a result...
During Operation Market Garden, the allied troops passed the Veghel Town Hall under intense public interest. The huge co...
La province de Zélande et la Flandre jouent une rôle-clé à la fin de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale et de septembre jusqu'au...
The monument keeps alive the memory of the execution of seven men who were shot by a German firing squad on De Hamert, a...
The monument keeps alive the memory of the 54 American soldiers who were killed in action during the heavy fighting arou...
In 1945, eleven children were killed by the explosion of abandoned armaments just outside Roermond. The two dramas unfol...
The monument was erected in honour of the British Suffolk Regiment that liberated Weert on 22 September 1944....
Musée
Le Musée Serret de Saint-Amarin est installé dans un ancien tribunal administratif, transformé en hôpital militaire par ...
