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Story
The British liberated Mol on 13 September 1944. In the vicinity, there was fighting at every crossing point on the Bocho...
The German army finally surrendered in May 1945. The few Jews, Roma and political prisoners who survived the concentrati...
On 9 September 1944, Viersel-dorp had already been liberated. The other side of the Albert Canal was still held by the G...
Monument
In 2003, part of a British aircraft was dredged up from the river Meuse near Batenburg. This turned out to be the landin...
Liberation Square in St Helier was officially opened as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations. The principal buildin...
On Christmas Day in 1943 a team of six under Captain P. Ayton undertook the only Allied raid to take place on Jersey dur...
Vector of Memory
The Royal Canadian Dragoons entered Friesland near Noordwolde on 12 April 1945. They managed to traverse large parts of ...
On 8 December 1944, the Detention Centre in Leeuwarden was raided by the KP (Knokploegen), the armed resistance in Fries...
With a loud bang, the Germans destroyed the bridge at Burgumerdaam. Burgum resident Jaap Boskma saw it happen and helped...
On 26 September 1944, the Germans forced railwaymen Alfredo Ballotti and Dorindo Nicodemi to transport war material. The...
Private Harte was a stretchet-bearer in the A Company of the Cape Breton Highlanders on 1 May 1945 when a platoon was en...
On 11 April 1945, it became clear that German resistance in the north of the Netherlands was limited. On 12 April, the A...
The Germans position their command post in the presbytery of Tjamsweer. From here they have an excellent connection with...
Out of fear of being arrested by the Canadians, a group of SD and SS men fled from Groningen to Zoutkamp on 15 April 194...
Other
A veteran of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, Private Léo Leblanc became a much-loved personality among the inhabitan...
The Cape Breton Highlanders regiment was moved into position for the final attack on the German 10.5 cm coastal guns nor...
Landmark
Am 6. Juni 1944 bezog der Stab der 716. Infanterie-Division seinen neuen Gefechtsstand nordwestlich von Caen. In den ers...
The Battle of Verrières Ridge took place from 19 to 25 July 1944, on the road towards Falaise. At Saint-Martin-de-Fonten...
Immediately after the liberation of the city on 15 April, a bond was formed with the liberators, the Royal Canadian Drag...
On 19 November 1944, members of the 'Sipo und SD' shot three men in cold blood on the Rijksstraatweg, near the exit to M...
During the war, Fliegerhorst Leeuwarden was an important base of operations for the Luftwaffe, the German air force. By ...
The monument was erected in Porretta Terme in 1946 in honour of Antonio Giuriolo and the fallen partisans. Giuriolo was ...
The Rocchetta Mattei castle is located in Savignano (Grizzana Morandi) on the Porrettana state road no. 64. During the G...
On 2 May 2015, this monument was unveiled here for the Frisian Canadian soldier, Gaele Visser, who was born in Haskerhor...
