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Grebberberg-Wageningen cycling route

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Distance à parcourir

18.95 km

Sites et histoires le long de la route

Black and White Wageningers
Histoire
Black and White Wageningers

The evacuation of Wageningen on 10 May 1940 had been carefully prepared. It was there, in particular, that the battle ag...

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Corporal Dewe
Histoire
Corporal Dewe

On 1 October 1944, German troops ordered the evacuation of Wageningen. Wageningen remained a ghost town until after 5 Ma...

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Rhenen twice in the front line
Histoire
Rhenen twice in the front line

During the Second World War, Rhenen found itself in the line of fire on two occasions. The town had to be completely eva...

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Zoo Ouwehands during the may days
Lieu d'intêret
Zoo Ouwehands during the may days

Ouwehands Dierenpark (Zoo) in Rhenen was founded by Cor Ouwehand and opened its doors in 1932. During the May Days of 19...

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Poorly equipped and hardly prepared
Histoire
Poorly equipped and hardly prepared

In 1922, the Dutch government implemented severe budget cuts that heavily impacted the military. Among other measures, t...

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In the trench
Lieu d'intêret
In the trench

This reconstructed trench was part of the stop line on the Grebbeberg and serves as an example of the defensive works us...

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Bleeding trees
Histoire
Bleeding trees

These three beech trees stand between the Heimersteinse Laan and the forest path that curves to the northwest. The visib...

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The Battle of the Grebbeberg: 11–13 May 1940
Champ de Bataille
The Battle of the Grebbeberg: 11–13 May 1940

At 3:55 AM on 10 May 1940, German troops crossed the Dutch border. Wehrmacht soldiers, preceded by the SS Regiment Der F...

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Visitor center Cemetery of Honor - the May Days of 1940
Lieu d'intêret
Visitor center Cemetery of Honor - the May Days of 1940

The exhibition at the visitor center on the Cemetery of Honor focuses on the events of the May Days of 1940 and recounts...

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Unequal struggle in the outpost zone
Histoire
Unequal struggle in the outpost zone

The defense of the outpost zone was assigned to the third battalion of the 8th Infantry Regiment. The over 500 soldiers ...

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Huize De Rijnschans
Histoire
Huize De Rijnschans

Here at Huize 'De Rijnschans', the outpost zone began—the foremost line of resistance in the defense of the Grebbeberg. ...

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We were absolutely out of luck!
Histoire
We were absolutely out of luck!

You are looking at the crash site of the Fokker CV aircraft of Sergeant-Pilot Tonnie van Liempd and Lieutenant-Observer ...

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Sjoerd de Vrij, reporter for Radio Herrijzend Nederland
Histoire
Sjoerd de Vrij, reporter for Radio Herrijzend Nederland

On May 5, 1945, Canadian General Foulkes and German General Blaskowitz meet at the damaged Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen...

Pays-Bas

The second evacuation of Wageningen
Histoire
The second evacuation of Wageningen

After the Allied airborne landings on September 17, 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden, it becomes too unsafe in W...

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Wageningen, City of Liberation
Vecteurs de Mémoire
Wageningen, City of Liberation

Wageningen was liberated on 17 April 1945 by troops from the British 49th Infantry Division. There was no one there to c...

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Food transports
Audiospot
Food transports

In April 1945 the population of the Western part of the Netherlands was starving. The Allies decided to negotiate food a...

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Evacuate the Zoo!
Audiospot
Evacuate the Zoo!

When the Allied advance came to a standstill in Arnhem during the failed Operation Market Garden of September 1944, the ...

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La capitulation de l'Allemagne - Hotel de Wereld
Histoire
La capitulation de l'Allemagne - Hotel de Wereld

Le 5 mai 1945, le commandant en chef des forces allemandes aux Pays-Bas, le général Blaskowitz, rencontra le général can...

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L'hiver de la faim
Histoire
L'hiver de la faim

L'hiver 1944-1945 fut très rude et une grande partie des Pays-Bas toujours sous occupation allemande souffrit d'une grav...

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Museum De Casteelse Poort
Musée
Museum De Casteelse Poort

Historisch Museum De Casteelse Poort is housed in a villa that stands on the site of an old castle. Remains of the castl...

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National War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Cimetière
National War Cemetery Grebbeberg

Immediately after the Netherlands surrendered, a cemetery was laid out at the battle site for both Dutch and German mili...

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