1942 result(s)
Audiospot
In October 1940, General De Gaulle decides to start a parachute regiment: 1st Compagnie d’infanterie de l’air. The soldi...
On 11 September, British reconnaissance forces are already in the area. They race through the Brabant landscape in fast ...
At the end of October 1944, Wagenberg is under heavy artillery fire. There are many casualties among the villagers. A Re...
Fierce battles take place in and around Nispen prior to its liberation. When it finally comes on the 26th of October 194...
During Operation Veritable, the Allied advance faced considerable resistance up and down the Dutch-German border. The ar...
In early October 1944, fierce battles are raging around the villages of Overloon and Venray. The Germans are using the V...
The 22nd of March 1945. It is sunny in Nijverdal. Not a cloud on the horizon, so to speak. People are fairly accustomed ...
In the night of 13 to 14 April 1945, the German troops in Oostmahorn hear that the Canadians are on the way. They retrea...
During the Second World War, the Sinti and Roma people are persecuted and deported to extermination camps such as Auschw...
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...
Battlefield
The high ground of the Westerbouwing was heavily attacked by German troops. The British troops were unable to stop the a...
Hotel De Tafelberg was one of the two main medical points in the perimeter. Operations were carried out here....
Story
Arnhem survives a large part of the war quite well, but on 17 September 1944, the city finds itself in the middle of the...
The St Elisabeth Hospital, today an apartment building, was still a hospital in the war years. During the Battle of Arnh...
Museum
The Sywell Aviation Museum in Northamptonshire was opened in 2001 by the legendary aviator Alex Henshaw MBE. It provides...
During the summer of 1944, Allied fighters increasingly attack trains, ships and trucks. They are attempting to paralyse...
The Royal Navy Submarine Museum is part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and tells the story of the Royal Navy’s...
At the airfield Station 139, Thorpe Abbots, there were a total of two communal sites with further eight smaller sites...
The airfield Station 139, Thorpe Abbots was spread out over a large area with different functions and facilities for ...
From October 24, 1944, Canadian troops advanced from the Kreekrak Dam towards Walcheren. It was a challenging advance th...
The defense of Vlissingen was among the strongest parts of the Atlantic Wall. With the coastal artillery in German hands...
On September 3 1944, the Comité de Libération (Liberation Committee) took up residence at the town hall. It was formed b...
Positioned to the southeast corner of Station 139, Thorpe Abbots, this was the location of the airfield's Technical S...
The advance through Zuid-Beveland, Operation Vitality, was aimed at reaching the Sloedam, after which the invasion of Wa...