Themed route
Milan, during the war, was considered the'capital' of the Italian Resistance. Today it represents one of the most import...
Each of the Islands of Guernsey had distinct experiences during the Second World War, becoming part of the Atlantic Wa...
In September 1943, the Italian capital was occupied by Nazi troops: this occupation shattered forever the dream of keepi...
Lucca is a relatively quiet provincial town but during the second world war it was at the centre of several battles due ...
6 June 1944 entered history under the now legendary name of D-Day, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy. It wa...
After five long years, on 9 May 1945 the Channel Islands were freed from German military occupation, without armed confl...
The Freedom Trail follows the historic route of the American Army (in particular, Lieutenant-General George Patton’s U.S...
This themed route follows the events surrounding the defence of Bastogne in December 1944 to January 1945, and the stori...
This route, between the Mardasson Memorial and the village of Neffe, follows paths that lead to the closest point at whi...
Operation Market Garden was one of the largest Allied operations of the Second World War. It took place in September 194...
The Battle of the Scheldt was one of the largest and most severe military operations on Dutch soil during the Second Wor...
On 12 September 1944, the first Americans crossed the Belgian-Dutch border and liberated the villages of Mesch, Mheer an...
On September 12, 1944, the villages of Mesch, Mheer and Noorbeek in the far south of Limburg were liberated. At the time...
Stretching from Leopoldsburg in Belgium to the renowned "Bridge too far" in Arnhem, the Netherlands, the Market Garden a...
All German routes to bring in troops and equipment to the area west of the Maas in North and Central Limburg went throug...
Operation Market Garden created a narrow strip of liberated territory in the east of North Brabant and the far west of C...
The Martinustoren is a striking reminder of the devastation that befell Gennep and the entire North Limburg region at th...
This route, which runs through villages, past meadows, through the forest and over the German border, connects two signi...
The area between Groesbeek and the German border characterized by fields, farms, and rolling hills. Today, it is almost ...
Persecution of Jews, bombing, Market Garden and resistance – Nijmegen has been through a lot during the war. The marks o...
A few months after its liberation, Bastogne, a small town surrounded by the Ardennes Forest in southern Belgium, suffere...
The Forced Workers Trail will introduce you to places around the Island that are associated with the foreign labourers b...
The last German surge was in December 1944, when the Allies had advanced to the Belgian Ardennes and were completely sur...
During the autumn and winter of 1944 and 1945 the longest battle of the war on German soil took place in the Hürtgen For...
