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Pomnik
Operation Cannonshot was the code name for the Canadian crossing of the IJssel at Gorssel and Wilp on April 11, 1945. Af...
Historia
"The worm has red hair," "Give my regards to Joseph." Such phrases were used to announce arms drops. In Friesland, 24 of...
Fortyfikacja
Constructed by Nazi Germany, the Atlantikwall was a line of defence of more than 5000 kilometres in length to prevent an...
When rumours of the liberation of Brussels reached Leopoldsburg, the occupiers began to retreat. So too in the K-blocks,...
Audiospot
On the 11th of November 1944, a ferry accident occurred at Kessel. German soldiers force seven inhabitants of Belfeld to...
Miejsce zainteresowania
Mill Lane had become the fortified citadel of the German Headquarters during the Occupation, surrounded by barbed wire a...
Prowincje Zelandia i Flandria odegrały ważną rolę pod koniec II wojny światowej. Od 4 września do 8 listopada 1944 r. to...
Zuidlaren's resistance monument is undeniably a resistance monument. It depicts a man facing a firing squad. He appears ...
The EUR district, south of Rome, is one of the biggest examples of fascist urban planning and architecture in Italy. Mus...
Cmentarz
Fifteen Allied pilots and fifteen resistance causalities found their final resting place at the Noorderbegraafplaats in ...
Pole bitwy
Every year on 15 April, the Royal Canadian Dragoons commemorate the liberation of Leeuwarden and Friesland on Leeuwarden...
The story of the Jewish people of Meppel, who were among the few to survive. Like the story of Jacob and Johanna van Ess...
The Ghetto of Rome has a long history; it was created in 1555 by pope Paul IV for the Jews to live in an area closed by ...
On Sunday the 17th of September 1944, the sky was brightly coloured. Hundreds of planes flew over and countless parachut...
In the last week of November 1944, Geijsteren Castle was bombed severely for days on end by British troops. 60 German pa...
Beside the Elizabeth Marina is Richard Perry’s Freedom Tree, which was unveiled by HM Queen Elizabeth II on the 60th ann...
On the 17th of September 1944, thousands of American and British paratroopers jump above their drop zones at Eindhoven, ...
Roosteren was liberated on 30 September 1944. However, 40 members of the resistance and former soldiers from Roosteren a...
Muzeum
Discover the extraordinary story of the Dutch men and women who travelled to England during the second World War to free...
French paratroopers landed in several places in Drenthe the days before the liberation of Grolloo on 12 April, including...
A large Allied army camp was located in Wijchen from 1944 to 1945. It was know locally among the population as 'Little C...
Bunkermuseum Zoutelande tells the story of the German coastal defence system, the Atlantic Wall, in Zeeland. It also foc...
Eén van de Canadese regimenten dat Zuid-Beveland van 24 tot 31 oktober bevrijdt is Le Régiment de Maisonneuve. Hiervan m...
Po lądowaniu polskich spadochroniarzy niemiecki dowódca szybko wysłał oddziały ze wschodu, które zajęły pozycje za nasyp...
