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Audiospot
On the 28th of October 1944, an imposing building, The Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, still stands here. A German D...
With the advance of the Allies, the Germans fall back to a line, which among other places, runs along this canal. At the...
In October 1944, the fighting in and around the village of Dorst is so fierce the Poles of the 1st Polish Armoured Divis...
In October 1944, a 12-year-old boy witnesses the devastation wrought in his village after the Battle of the Mark Canal. ...
On the 27th of October 1944, Achtmaal is liberated by the US 104th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Timberwolves. The so...
During Operation Veritable, the Allied advance faced considerable resistance up and down the Dutch-German border. The ar...
In the last week of November 1944, Geijsteren Castle was bombed severely for days on end by British troops. 60 German pa...
In early October 1944, fierce battles are raging around the villages of Overloon and Venray. The Germans are using the V...
Vector of Memory
The only German War Cemetery in the Netherlands was constructed in 1946, by order of the Dutch government. Almost 32.000...
Story
In the evening of Friday September 22nd 1944, parts of the allied ground army – coming from the south of the Netherlands...
Until 1972, this—one of the most western points of Germany—was the site of the forester's house of Nergena-Süd in Grafwe...
In the night of 24 to 25 September 1944, after two earlier failed attempts by the Poles, a final operation was undertake...
Landmark
The tennis court behind Villa Hartenstein was used as a temporary prisoner of war camp. Over 200 prisoners of war were ...
The quarry at Les Maltières, near Gorey Village, was reopened in 1942 to meet the building objectives of the Organisatio...
At the beginning of the Battle of Arnhem, the Roman Catholic parish house was set up as a first aid post for civilians....
On September 24th 1944, Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, commander of the ground army, visited Driel. Together with Ma...
On the 1st of October 1944, the 1st Polish Armoured Division enters the Netherlands to the south of Baarle-Nassau. But i...
The house at Stationsweg 8 was taken by British troops and served as part of the British defense line. The Kremer-Kingma...
Battlefield
The Northern part of the perimeter was situated at the station of Oosterbeek. The troops at the North side of the railwa...
On September 17, 1944, paratroopers from the American 501st Parachute Regiment come down near this castle. But during th...
After the airborne landings of September 17, the inhabitants of Reek near Grave are awaiting the liberators. On Tuesday,...
One of the most successful military operations during Operation Market Garden is the rapid capture of this bridge. Lieut...
The planners of Operation Market Garden unfortunately overlook a usable airfield here, in particular, because it is very...
During Operation Market Garden, numerous air battles take place above the operations area and on the approach routes, du...
