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Story
In preparation for the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, numerous targets were attacked in Western Europe to prevent the...
Audiospot
One of the most successful military operations during Operation Market Garden is the rapid capture of this bridge. Lieut...
Museum
During World War II, only a small proportion of the Dutch population was actively involved in resistance activities. The...
Landmark
On 10 September 1944, after several days of heavy fighting around Beringen and Beverlo, British troops tried to enter Le...
Monument
It is on this spot that Operation Market Garden premiered on the morning of 16 September 1944. Today, the only reminder...
The Camp of Beverlo and Leopoldsburg retained an important military function just after liberation, remaining a gatherin...
After the liberation, Leopoldsburg remained important to the British war machine as the military camp was ideal for hous...
During the liberation battles in the Beringen-Hechtel-Helchteren triangle, on 9 September 1944 the brother-in-law of the...
Leopoldsburg played an important role during Operation Market Garden. In Cinema Splendid, for instance, the briefing on ...
Cemetery
The 'Canadian War Cemetery Holten' on the Holterberg is one of the most impressive reminders of the Second World War. In...
Vasily Marempolsky was a Ukrainian slave worker brought by the Germans to the Island of Jersey during the Occupation. Th...
After their battles for the village of Hechtel, the British troops gave it the name 'Little Caen'. Like the town of Caen...
Without realising it, in September 1944 the inhabitants of Hechtel found themselves at a junction of great military impo...
This memorial is a tribute from the inhabitants of Banholt and Terhorst, to the American liberators of the 119th Regimen...
On Sunday September 17, in three quarters of an hour, more than 4.500 paratroopers are dropped in this area. This farm, ...
The US 82nd Airborne Division Monument in Gela, Sicily, commemorates the men of the 82nd who fought and died at Ponte Di...
Fortification
There are 3 river casemates in Lent: Lent-West (near the railway track), Lent-Middle (at the access ramp to the road bri...
The Historical War Museum of the Landings in Sicily can be found in Catania, on the east coast of Sicily. The museum pre...
The German War Cemetery can be found in Motta San Anastasia, Catania, Sicily. The cemetery contains 4,561 remains brough...
The Channels Islands were the only British isles to be occupied by German armed forces during WWII. The occupation laste...
The surrender papers were signed by the German Commandant on 10th May 1945 and thereafter the British liberating party f...
The internment camp in Casoli in the province of Chieti, Italy, was set up by the fascist government to imprison foreign...
Former Gothic Line fortifications can be seen in the MediaValle area of the Serchio River, at Borgo a Mozzano, Italy. Th...