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Landmark
The bakery of the Crum family used to be on the Paul Krugerstraat 23. It was in the middle of the battle between the Bri...
Villa Harteinstein used to be the headquarters of the British stroops commanded by general Urquhart. The headquarters ha...
The 1st Border Regiment guarded the West side of the perimeter. Mortar teams of the regiment dug in at the Van Lennepweg...
Estate the Hemelse Berg became a shelter for refugees during de Battle of Arnhem, but they did not get through the war u...
Battlefield
The high ground of the Westerbouwing was heavily attacked by German troops. The British troops were unable to stop the a...
Story
On September 21st 1944, Polish troops landed near Driel. Only a small part of the troops managed to reach the perimeter,...
Before the airborne troops land at Arnhem, Nijmegen and Eindhoven and the British 2nd Army advances from the Belgian-Dut...
The Old Church was one of the southernmost points of the perimeter. The area around the church was defended by the Lons...
As one of the boundaries of the perimeter, the damage to the Weverstraat was considerable. German artillery caused much ...
Hotel De Tafelberg was one of the two main medical points in the perimeter. Operations were carried out here....
Audiospot
The British Army is again halted beyond Aalst on September 18. A battery of German guns fires on the column. There is no...
Because the advancing route of the British is still under German attack and the column is constantly being forced to hal...
On September 18, American paratroopers enter Eindhoven. They liberate the city. They also ensure the advance route and t...
On September 18, 1944, American paratroopers make contact with British ground troops at this church. At that moment, Ein...
In October 1940, General De Gaulle decides to start a parachute regiment: 1st Compagnie d’infanterie de l’air. The soldi...
The Americans encounter some German resistance when they capture Eindhoven, but they take the city fairly quickly. Here ...
Liberation comes to the people of Eindhoven on 18 September 1944. They celebrate exuberantly. The Americans and British ...
On September 19, the Germans launch a counterattack from Nuenen against the British, who are advancing towards Arnhem. T...
On Sunday September 17, in three quarters of an hour, more than 4.500 paratroopers are dropped in this area. This farm, ...
After successfully dropping on the moors north of Son on Sunday September 17, American paratroopers immediately head tow...
On September 27, 1944, because the Germans were expecting an Allied attack, they order the population of Overloon and th...
Almost nothing remains of Hattert Castle. Between late September and mid-October 1944, an unprecedented tank battle take...
Monument
The monument 'Our Lady of Banneux' in Tegelen (municipality of Venlo) is a sculpted corner statue of a female figure. Th...
In Nederweert, a big liberation celebration was organised from 9 to 12 June 1945, with a parade in which more than 1500 ...
