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In the autumn of 1944, Operation Market Garden got bogged down in the swampy fields of the Betuwe. At many locations, th...
On Sunday the 17th of September 1944, the sky was brightly coloured. Hundreds of planes flew over and countless parachut...
Seizing the bridge over the Rhine in Arnhem, the key objective of Operation Market Garden, proved to be an impossible mi...
Landgoed Avegoor has it all: idyllic, comfortable, luxurious. And yet, in 1941, it did not meet the demands of Hauptstur...
The lock between Dieren and Spankeren was where the locals celebrated the retreat of the last German soldiers. Bren carr...
The meadows at Wolfheze were a good location for the allied airborne landings. The allied forces suspected that there we...
On 18 September 1944, Major-General Urquhart and Brigadier Lathbury were the two most important commanders during the Ba...
On 17 September 1944, the Sunday rest had already been disrupted by air raid alarms twice. These both proved to be false...
The museum buildings of the Netherlands Open Air Museum provided shelter to people who fled from the city centre of Arnh...
After some fierce fighting, both sides needed time to regroup, to bury the dead and tend to the wounded. During a break ...
In September 1944, the allied forces met with fierce German resistance near Elst while they were advancing towards Arnhe...
The Betuwe, the floodplain between the Waal and Rhine river, became the boundary between Allied and German territory aft...
The population of Millingen did not think for one moment that they too might have to evacuate their homes. This meant th...
Known locally as the land of wind and water, this region has great stretches of marshlands and rivers. If you head towar...
Bridges are of utmost importance for the allied advance. The Molenhook bridge, as the Americans refer to the old bridge ...
Mud and yet more mud. That's what everyone who fought here at the Wylerbaan remembers. Operation Veritable, which involv...
Monument
Les Braves Memorial Monument can be found on the centre of Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. The monument consists of thr...
Fortification
The Battery of Azeville can be found 7 km from Sainte-Mère-Eglise in Normandy. Built in 1941, it is one of the first bui...
Museum
Two museums can be found in Saint-Côme-du-Mont: the D-Day Experience exhibits the American side and Dead Man’s Corner Mu...
The Omaha Beach Memorial Museum was built on the grounds of the American naval landing of June 6, 1944, 200 metres from ...
The Overlord Museum can be found in Colleville-sur-mer just a short distance from Omaha beach. The museum retraces the p...
The Memorial Museum of Civilians at War in Falaise opened in 2016 and covers over 1,000 m² of exhibition. Each of the th...
Cemetery
The Polish Military Cemetery in Urville-Langannerie, Normandy, is the only Polish cemetery of the region. The cemetery c...
The Radar Museum in Douvres was built on the grounds of a former bunker. The museum presents the history of the site and...
