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Monumento
Urmond's terp church dates from the end of the 18th century and has a turbulent war history. Two of the three church bel...
Vector of Memory
Più di tre mesi dopo il difficile sbarco in Normandia, gli uomini della 30ª Divisione di fanteria americana, meglio cono...
Museo
The Historical Collection of Ground-Based Air Defence (Historische Collectie Grondgebonden Luchtverdediging, HCGLVD) was...
As a result of bombings and plane crashes, many farms and houses in the German-Dutch border region had become uninhabita...
Storia
At both ends of the bridgehead installed on June 6, 1944, Caen and Cherbourg are the two main targets of Operation Overl...
An American B17 crashed in Beek in October 1943. The bomber was part of a major operation to bomb a ball bearing factory...
Luogo di interesse
The Hochbunker Heckeshorn was a part of the former German Air Raid Defence School and now serves as an emergency hospita...
Cimitero
The municipal cemetery includes a mass grave with 186 war victims from Montfort and surrounding villages. They died in t...
This fountain commemorates the courageous behaviour of Roermond's women during the Second World War. Children can be se...
On 15 November 1944, the first men of the British 5th battalion Black Watch regiment entered Leveroy. East of the villag...
Campo di battaglia
On 22 September 1944, the major part of Nederweert was liberated by scouts from the illustrious 3rd British Infantry Div...
On 27 October 1944 at 6.15 in the morning, the deafening roar of cannons put an abrupt stop to the relative calm at the ...
The first phase of Operation Mallard entailed crossing the northern part of the Wessem-Nederweert Canal by the Scottish ...
The monument 'Our Lady of Banneux' in Tegelen (municipality of Venlo) is a sculpted corner statue of a female figure. Th...
In Nederweert, a big liberation celebration was organised from 9 to 12 June 1945, with a parade in which more than 1500 ...
Fortificazione
The castle of Blitterswijck was destroyed by acts of war at the end of the Second World War....
The 'Norfolk monument' in Venray was erected in memory of the soldiers of the 1st battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regimen...
The monument at the former Vredeskerk in Venray was erected in memory of all soldiers (American, Canadian, German, Engli...
Riley's Gully (literally: the trench of the British commander Peter Riley) was the place at the Vlootbeek where heavy fi...
The war memorial is located behind the Molenhoek brewery and keeps the memory of the temporary American military cemeter...
The house of the former Yugoslavian embassy was erected during the Nazi era and also served as the headquarter of the Re...
The Großdeutschland Guard Battalion played a key role in the suppression of the 20 July 1944 plot and was stationed in t...
In September of 1944, Operation Market Garden was launched. Though most of the fighting took place in and around Nijmege...
The former Tienakker convent in Wijchen served as a headquarters for the Allied troops during WWII and was even visited ...
