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Fortification
At the beginning of the Second World War, a 360-cubic metre concrete bunker vault was excavated deep into St Peter's Mou...
Monument
The Henric van Veldekecollege, a Catholic boys' school for the well-off, was located at Aylvalaan in Maastricht until 19...
One day before liberation on 13 September 1944, eleven Belgian resistance fighters and an escaped Russian forced laboure...
The liberation of Maastricht was not achieved without a struggle. German troops had set up roadblocks on the south side ...
Landmark
During the advance of the American army through South Limburg, all bridges over the river Geul were destroyed. Except fo...
Battlefield
Early in the morning of Sunday 17 September 1944, all hell broke loose. German positions in the woods near Bunde and Geu...
On 9 October 1938, Hitler announced an expansion of the Westwall. Previously, industrial cities such as Aachen and Saarb...
The former town hall of Bocholtz features a plaque with the names of eleven inhabitants who lost their lives during the ...
Since September 1948, a commemorative column with the Dutch lion has been standing in the park at Oranjeplein ("Orange S...
Cemetery
Fierce battles raged in the skies above Friesland throughout the occupation. Allied bombers heading for targets in Germa...
On 14 July 1944 a monument in honour of the 1st Special Service Brigade was inaugurated in Amfreville. The ceremony took...
The Belfeld War Memorial was erected in memory of all fellow citizens who died during the years of occupation due to act...
Beek Airport was opened in March 1945 as 'Airfield Yankee 44' support airfield. The US Army used pre-war plans. However,...
Two months after the liberation, the beautiful countryside around Thull and the Muldersplas was the scene of a tragedy. ...
The monument in the centre of Schinveld was erected in memory of eleven residents of the municipality of Beekdaelen. Dur...
Story
During the night between 18 and 19 December 1944, the 2nd Panzer Division entered the small village of Bourcy, 11 km nor...
Ten men appeared before the military tribunal in Liège on 28 June 1948. They were accused of being perpetrators or co-pe...
On 17 December 1944, a Waffen-SS unit captured eleven G.I.s at the Langer family farm in Wereth. They were then tortured...
The 'Monument to the Fallen' was erected in memory of twenty citizens from Nuth, Hulsberg and Schimmert who died during ...
This cemetery is the burial place of 328 soldiers of the British Army. The identity of one person killed is unknown. The...
In the late morning of Friday 21 July 1944, a British bomber was hit and dropped its load of incendiary bombs over Bruns...
On 5 October 1942, the British RAF accidentally bombed large parts of South Limburg, particularly Geleen. As a result, 8...
The dressing cubicles at the old swimming pool on Brunssum Heath have a historical past. Hardly anyone knows that Jewish...
