1942 result(s)
Audiospot
November 1944. American troops fight to no end in the Hürtgen Forest, in impenetrable woods and incessant rain, facing h...
Champ de Bataille
Willemstad, a centuries-old fortified town, proved a tough nut to crack for the Allies in November 1944. A British divis...
The noise of war had approached the West Brabant village of Dinteloord in the first days of November 1944. It stopped at...
"The name Woensdrecht alone sends shivers down the spines of veterans of the Canadian 2nd Infantry Division." These are ...
The area around the existing roundabout in Hoogerheide was the scene of fierce street battles between Canadian soldiers ...
By mid-January 1945, units of the Canadian 4th Armoured Division had been staying along the Meuse front for two months. ...
In late October 1944, German troops were withdrawing to new positions across the entire front in the West Brabant region...
Monument
During the Second World War, Milsbeek suffered a relatively high number of civilian casualties. Most occurred when the v...
Cimetière
La Nécropole Nationale de Zuydcoote existe depuis 1922 et regroupe des soldats de la première Guerre Mondiale de nationa...
Fortification
À Oostende, en Belgique, le site Atlantikwall du domaine de Raversyde compte plus de 60 bunkers, postes d’observation et...
Musée
Situé à Marckolsheim, le Musée Mémorial de la ligne Maginot du Rhin rappelle les terribles combats qui eurent lieu du 15...
Le Mémorial de Dunkerque (Dunkirk Memorial) honore spécifiquement la mémoire des 4 528 soldats du Corps expéditionnaire ...
After the battle was won in Normandy, the Canadian 4th Armoured Division began its long march into Holland. In late Octo...
Liberating the inner city of Bergen op Zoom proved to be an easy task for the Canadian 4th Armoured Division. However, t...
On Sunday 15 April around 1:30 PM, a large open truck will head for the Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat. The German army vehic...
The serious violent crimes committed by Canadian soldiers in the Netherlands is an unknown page in the military history ...
Deux familles membres de la Résistance tchèque vivaient dans ce bâtiment ; la famille Král et la famille Hrdlička. Elles...
Histoire
C'est dans ce bâtiment que vivait la famille Král : Václav Král, sa femme Pavla Králova et leur fille Helena Králova. La...
The Biesbosch Museum Island tells the unique story of the historical development of the Biesbosch. Visitors discover the...
De 1935 à 1945, la maison EL-DE abrite le siège de la Gestapo de Cologne. Fondé en 1979, le Centre de documentation est ...
Le 10 juin 1944, les nazis commettent un crime de guerre dans le village français d’Oradour-sur-Glane en Haute-Vienne. L...
As a grocer, Ruurd de Bruin was closely involved in the resistance in Northeast Groningen. In August 1944 he was arreste...
Le Musée d’Histoire Jean Garcin, situé à Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, a ouvert ses portes en 1990. Il retrace les évènements de...
On Tuesday, 19th September 1944, the British paratroopers George Bowers and Robert Thompson were fatally hit by German f...