1942 result(s)
Monument
The Ellen Hoffmann Square is not only named after one of the murdered Jewish inhabitants of Gennep, her name is also a s...
Landmark
The river Niers in Gennep presented a difficult natural obstacle at the beginning of the British attack on the Lower Rhi...
Story
The medieval building here next to the church, called the Devil's House or Maarten van Rossum House, was occupied by Ger...
Fortification
Huys Heyen, strategically located on the river Meuse, dates back to the beginning of the 16th century. The castle almost...
If we compare the current convent in Ottersum with photos from before 1944, it is clear that about half of the buildings...
From mid-September 1944 until 12 February 1945, Milsbeek was always close to the frontline. It was very dangerous there,...
Museum
Home to an extensive collection of original uniforms, weapons, artefacts, and scale models, the Canada-Poland War Museum...
Battlefield
After the landing of the Polish paratroopers, the German commander quickly sent in troops from the east, who took up pos...
Cemetery
Venray War Cemetery is a Commonwealth war grave in Venray. 692 soldiers who died during the period from October 1944 to ...
Camps C18, C19, C20 & C21, Southampton Common were positioned around the northern end of the common. The marshalling a...
The Historical Remembrance Park Museum preserves the extent of sacrifice and violence of the passage of WWII along the G...
In the final months of the war, the front in the river area was manned on the German side by troops of the SS division L...
When the Canadian troops had penetrated the outer defense ring of the Delfzijl-Pocket at the end of April 1945, the Germ...
Hitler's last major offensive in the West, while accumulating devastation, also highlighted a number of civilians who pl...
The commemorative monument for French paratroopers can be found in Assen, Drenthe in the Netherlands. The monument was b...
During the Second World War, Balmer Lawn Hotel was requisitioned for military purposes and used as headquarters for Ma...
Because the Polish troops could not cross the Rhine on the first night, they took up positions around Driel. They also g...
In the night of 24 to 25 September 1944, after two earlier failed attempts by the Poles, a final operation was undertake...
The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to reach the trapped British ...
The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12. This house was the re...
Early in the morning on Friday 22 September 1944, units of the Household Cavalry reached the Polish soldiers under cover...
The municipality of Houffalize houses a statue of Pogge, a friendly character from the Schaerbeek folklore. There is als...
The Anzio Beachhead Museum is devoted to the Allied amphibious landing on 22 January 1944, along the coastline between A...
At the T-junction of Dorpstraat-Honingveldsestraat, the Polish troops had taken up positions. When the German troops lau...