1942 result(s)
Storia
'This used to be Ochten' was the text written on a road sign at the edge of the town in May 1945. It is not widely known...
Seven months of battle had turned the Neder-Betuwe area into a wasteland. There was an enormous damage to houses and bar...
Monumento
The monument on the Voerweg commemorates the end of the Second World War and the 1st Canadian Army who were stationed in...
US soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division 506th Regiment pass the small station near Opheusden in October 1944. After t...
La storia di Anne Frank è ben nota, grazie alla pubblicazione del suo diario da parte del padre. Sebbene la sua vita in ...
Audiospot
In order to receive Jewish refugees from Germany, the Dutch government built a refugee camp on the bare heathlands of We...
During their advance towards the Westerschelde, Polish soldiers marched from Axel towards Zaamslag on 19 September 1944....
Cimitero
Five months after Polish troops liberated the border village of Koewacht, a stray V2 caused death and destruction. Four ...
Fortificazione
During World War II, the former Dutch-Spanish forts from the 80-year war still proved useful. On 16 September 1944, Poli...
The Van de Rhoer brothers are one of the stories of the Jewish people of Meppel, and were among the few to survive. ...
In 2019 Axel commemorated and celebrated the 75th anniversary of its liberation by First Polish Armored Division. To per...
After Koewacht, the neighbouring village of Heikant was the second place in Zeeland to be liberated by the First Polish ...
On Szydlowski Square (Szydlowskiplein) in Axel stands Colonel Szydlowski's monument in honour of the Polish liberators. ...
Luogo di interesse
The first Allied soldiers entering Zeeland on September 16, 1944, were Polish and part of the First Canadian Army. They ...
Campo di battaglia
In the small hamlet of Othene, just east of Terneuzen, the war went almost without incident. Until the day of liberation...
In the peace of the trees of Axel's General Cemetery lies the Polish Field of Honour. On the way to this field, visitors...
'The Dying Pole' is an impressive, bronze statue in the centre of Axel. A lasting tribute to the town's Polish liberator...
After standing in a workshop for many years, a 'forgotten' statue was still unveiled. Monument 'The Fallen Warrior' comm...
The First Polish Armoured Division had liberated all of East Zeeuws-Vlaanderen on 20 September 1944. Near the hamlet of ...
The former Catholic cemetery, behind the former Catholic church, is now located in Szydlowski Park. This cemetery contai...
This location - situated opposite the village of Oosterbeek - played an important role in both the Polish troops' attemp...
During the war, the German occupiers confiscated bells everywhere in order to melt them down for ammunition. However, th...
On 17 September 1944, Operation Market Garden began, and the Betuwe area was also hit by relentless fighting and bombing...
In the autumn of 1944, the high water and the Rhine reached a water level of 12.15 meters above the Amsterdam Ordnance D...