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Baptism of fire over the Vennenberg
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Baptism of fire over the Vennenberg 

It was Saturday morning, 1 May 1943. Tail gunner Stanley McClellan glanced at his watch and checked the time: the moment...

The Netherlands

​​Exercise Fabius II​
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​​Exercise Fabius II​

​​In May 1944, the British 50th Infantry Division landed here at Hayling Island beach front as part of Exercise Fabius I...

United Kingdom

At the Cheval Blanc crossroads
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At the Cheval Blanc crossroads

The Cheval Blanc crossroads is a strategic point south of Mons. It is the crossroads of two essential roads for the bell...

Belgium

Belgian Piron Brigade enters Buren
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Belgian Piron Brigade enters Buren

Liberation was celebrated extensively in the streets of the western river area. At least, by the inhabitants who could c...

The Netherlands

Kremer Family Resistance
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Kremer Family Resistance

Four members of the same family, the Kremer Family, were active as Resistance fighters. They acted mainly as ‘Passeurs' ...

Luxembourg

The resistance at St. Paul's Gate
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The resistance at St. Paul's Gate

Porta San Paolo is the symbolic place of the first Roman Resistance and, in general, of the voluntary opposition of Ital...

Italy

German reprisals on the Industry Bridge
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German reprisals on the Industry Bridge

The city of Rome survived the German occupation in an atmosphere of terror, deprivation, and cold. People began to raid ...

Italy

​​Boots the Chemist​
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​​Boots the Chemist​

​​In 1940, this Boots pharmacy in Guernsey was managed by Arthur Butterworth, an Englishman. Despite being expected to c...

Guernsey

Corporal and local boy killed during liberation
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Corporal and boy killed in liberation

After the liberation of Emmen, the road to the north lay open and the Polish forces advanced northwards along several r...

The Netherlands

The quick liberation of the province of Drenthe
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The quick liberation of the province of Drenthe

To hinder the Allied advance, the German occupier had constructed the so-called Assener Stellung in the northern part of...

The Netherlands

​​Gun fire in Les Canichers​
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​​Gun fire in Les Canichers​

​​Naumannshöhe Battery was one of two remaining batteries in St Peter Port after the German occupation ended. Local isla...

Guernsey

Resistance remains active after liberation
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Resistance remains active after liberation

Roosteren was liberated on 30 September 1944. However, 40 members of the resistance and former soldiers from Roosteren a...

The Netherlands

Trench lines in the Reichswald
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Trench lines in the Reichswald

Operation Veritable was an Allied campaign aimed at driving the German army out of the Reichswald, a vast and dense fore...

Germany

Easter celebration and parade
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Easter celebration and parade

In late March 1945, the First Canadian Army (General Crerar) was on the eve of the liberation of the eastern and norther...

The Netherlands

The Ghetto of Rome
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The Ghetto of Rome

The Ghetto of Rome has a long history; it was created in 1555 by pope Paul IV for the Jews to live in an area closed by ...

Italy

The liberation through the eyes of Spar grocer Germ Waijer
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The liberation through the eyes of Spar grocer Germ Waijer

Friday 13 April 1945 "The signs of liberation are there. Where we could normally sell rationed products based on that ...

The Netherlands

'Sagging Susie' Bridge
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'Sagging Susie' Bridge

In the period after the Normandy landings, the Allied engineers had to build thousands of emergency bridges to support t...

The Netherlands

Early Christmas for Dutch children
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Early Christmas for Dutch children

On Tuesday 19 December 1944, in both Heusden and Elshout, Canadian servicemen organised a big party with a Father Christ...

The Netherlands

Via Rasella Attack
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Via Rasella Attack

On 23 March 1944, in Via Rasella, in the centre of Rome, a bomb by GAP (Patriotic Action Group) partisans killed 33 Nazi...

Italy

A bucket as a helmet
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A bucket as a helmet

Friday April 20, 1945. The mother of Henk (9) and Frits (6) Middendorp hung up the laundry in the garden of their farm i...

The Netherlands

Elsenborn Camp
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Elsenborn Camp

The Elsenborn military training ground was established for the Prussian Army in 1894, when the region was part of the Pr...

Belgium

Parachute drop on the Appelsche Heide
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Parachute drop on the Appelsche Heide

On April 3, 1945, the BBC broadcasts a mysterious message: "Listen to the sound of the waves." This cryptic command serv...

The Netherlands

The Liberation of Lunteren
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The Liberation of Lunteren

While Otterlo was liberated on April 16, 1945, a Canadian regiment continued its advance towards Lunteren. This operatio...

The Netherlands

Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.
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Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.

In the evening of Friday September 22nd 1944, parts of the allied ground army – coming from the south of the Netherlands...

The Netherlands