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Monument
The monument consists of four concrete columns, crowned with a statue of a pelican on its nest, with chicks. The pelican...
Audiospot
On 18 and 19 September 1944, unprecedented fierce fighting is raging in these woods. German troops are trying to prevent...
The Polish Cross at Axel commemorates the Polish soldiers who died on September 17, 1944 while forcing a crossing over t...
Story
Early in the morning on Friday 22 September 1944, units of the Household Cavalry reached the Polish soldiers under cover...
On September 21st 1946, a sober monument was unveiled to commemorate the events of two years earlier. The efforts of Pol...
At the T-junction of Dorpstraat-Honingveldsestraat, the Polish troops had taken up positions. When the German troops lau...
Landmark
The first Allied soldiers entering Zeeland on September 16, 1944, were Polish and part of the First Canadian Army. They ...
The medical company of the Polish paratrooper brigade chose the Roman Catholic primary school as its emergency hospital....
Battlefield
The first Allied soldiers who entered Zeeland were Polish and part of the First Canadian Army. On September 16, 1944, th...
The province of Zeeland and Flanders play an important role in the end of World War II. From 4 September to 8 November 1...
In November 1944, Moerdijk lies on the front line. Many residents flee, but about 250 civilians seek refuge in the cella...
On the 29th of October 1944, soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division enter Breda. After several artillery bombardme...
The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12. This house was the re...
This location - situated opposite the village of Oosterbeek - played an important role in both the Polish troops' attemp...
The Polish troops took up positions in and around Driel, including at the predecessor of this post-war farm, the Baarska...
After the landing of the Polish paratroopers, the German commander quickly sent in troops from the east, who took up pos...
On September 21st 1944, around 17:55, this was the landing area of the Polish troops. Around 1000 paratroopers were drop...
Because the Polish troops could not cross the Rhine on the first night, they took up positions around Driel. They also g...
The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to reach the trapped British ...
On the 22nd of February 1944, Nijmegen was hit by a veritable carpet of bombs. American pilots carried out a bombing rai...
During the Second World War, black soldiers generally served as engineers or drivers as the American Military segregated...
During the war, Jakob (Jaap) Klok ended up in the resistance in Dantumadeel, where he played an important role. At the t...
Museum
During the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944, general Leclerc, commander of the 2nd French Armoured Division, set up...
In the period after the Normandy landings, the Allied engineers had to build thousands of emergency bridges to support t...
