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Luogo di interesse
Stokes Bay was an embarkation point for Operation Overlord and was a construction site for Mulberry Harbours used to off...
Monumento
The former town hall of Bocholtz features a plaque with the names of eleven inhabitants who lost their lives during the ...
Since September 1948, a commemorative column with the Dutch lion has been standing in the park at Oranjeplein ("Orange S...
Cimitero
Fierce battles raged in the skies above Friesland throughout the occupation. Allied bombers heading for targets in Germa...
Mainly victims of Operation Blackcock, a gruesome battle in which the so-called Roerdriehoek between Sittard and Roermon...
Fortificazione
Sanderbout Fortress in the historic centre of Sittard was probably built around 1500. It is the only visible bastion of ...
Trees have been planted in the Memorial Woods on the Kollenberg, at a ten-minute walk from the historic city centre, in ...
There is a war monument in Meeswijk, on the Belgian side of the ferry across the river Meuse near Berg aan de Maas. It ...
This bunker, a concrete casemate from 1939, is one of the remnants of the fighting during the German invasion on 10 May ...
The Rolberg in Elsloo offers a wide view of the Belgian Meuse region and witnessed the beginning and the end of the war....
Campo di battaglia
In the early morning of 1 September 1944, a squadron of American fighter spotted a train near Stein. They had orders to ...
During the years of occupation, the borders were closed and Vaals became isolated due to its special location. The same ...
Museo
Kleng Wach (Vaals dialect for small guardhouse) was built around 1890 as a customs office. Located on the border between...
Storia
After several aborted attempts to take Aachen, the Americans prepared a new attack on the city from 7 October 1944. The ...
The centre of Vaals offers a good view of the German Schneeberg, a wooded hill north of Aachen. There is a tank obstacle...
Many imposing buildings in the Vaals region were used for military purposes during the Second World War. Sometimes this ...
Five months after the liberation of Vaals, a murder took place in the Vijlener Woods in March 1945. Border guard Jeu Sai...
More than half of the Jewish residents of Valkenburg (over forty people) were murdered in the extermination camps. They ...
In the weeks preceding the liberation of South Limburg, the German troops hastily built fortifications along the river G...
Gdynia War Museum displays the collection of collector Mario Maas. At the age of six, he started collecting items from W...
Memorial 40-45 Kapelle is a 'museum at home'. It tells about the French Battle, unknown to many, that took place in Zeel...
The Emile Cady Monument pays homage to Corporal Emile Cady, who died here on 10 May 1940, during the first invasion of...
Bastogne represents the last point of the Liberty Road (Voie de la Liberté). Starting in Normandy, the Liberty Road is...
Located between Assenois and Bastogne, a pre-WWII small concrete Belgian bunker marked the vicinity in which Sherman tan...
