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Monument
Located between Assenois and Bastogne, a pre-WWII small concrete Belgian bunker marked the vicinity in which Sherman tan...
Landmark
On the morning of 5 September 1944, a patrol of African-American soldiers entered Lucca through Porta San Pietro. The t...
The convent attached to the church became the headquarters of the Republican National Guard in 1943 and as such a place ...
Story
In the early morning of Tuesday 28 April 1945, the Canadian Perth Regiment captures the German anti-aircraft battery Nan...
On Saturday 24 August 1940 there was plenty of walking along the seawall above Uithuizen. For example, by farmer Jacob S...
Official American Missing Air Crew reports state that on 30 December 1944, three U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts c...
On 13 April 1945, the resistance in Weststellingwerf launched an attack on two key bridges near De Blesse over the Linde...
The Swedish ships Dagmar Bratt and Noreg arrived in the port of Delfzijl on 28 January 1945. The holds of the ships bulg...
Hennie Oosterhuis is twelve during the liberation. She cycled behind her friends to the entrance of Uithuizermeeden. The...
The Church of St Joseph was destroyed by the retreating Nazis. After reconstruction, a bas-relief by Serafino Beconi ded...
The monument on the wall of the former town hall of the municipality of Bergharen was created in memory of mayor Jacques...
The Psychiatric Hospital (the PZ) in Franeker was and is a household name in Friesland. During the occupation, besides i...
On 11 April 1945, it became clear that German resistance in the north of the Netherlands was limited. On 12 April, the A...
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...
Between 1945 and 1948, a temporary American military cemetery containing the graves of some 2,700 American soldiers was ...
The monument honours the men of Easy Company from the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the U.S. 101st Airborne...
Wardin and Marvie were strategic positions in the defence of Bastogne. At the beginning of the battle, the villages were...
Immortalised in Stephen Ambrose’s book and the subsequent TV series, Band of Brothers, Foy has become a well-known villa...
The village of Villeroux and surrounding area, including the Bois de Fragotte (Fragotte Wood) was the scene of fierce fi...
On September 5th 1944 at 9.30 a.m, four British reconnaissance vehicles approached from Mortsel. Residents streamed into...
On 9 September 1944, Viersel-dorp had already been liberated. The other side of the Albert Canal was still held by the G...
Albergo Regina was the power centre of German occupation in Milan and became the main place of detention for partisans, ...
In 2003, part of a British aircraft was dredged up from the river Meuse near Batenburg. This turned out to be the landin...