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Audiospot
In the last two years of the war, the resistance in Friesland became more and more organised. On 12 December 1944, the D...
The Second World War drew to an end in April 1945. The German troops surrendered in only a matter of days. Nevertheless,...
Museum
The Charles de Gaulle Historial presents the story of a man whose life is closely linked to the liberation of France. Th...
In September 1944, heavy fighting takes place in central and northern Limburg between the Allies advancing from the Peel...
In the night of 16 to 17 June 1943, a heavily loaded Lancaster bomber takes off from Bottesford to bomb Cologne. The air...
After the Normandy landings, (D-Day 1944), the Allies advanced towards Germany. To support the progress of the ground fo...
In March 1945, after 'Operation Blackcock', British soldiers take a well-deserved breather in Weert. The men play a fier...
Special Operations Executive Finishing School was the official name for the spy school that was based here in the vill...
Opened in 2002 and located at Salford Quays in Greater Manchester, IWM North is one of the five branches of the Imperial...
On September 17, 1944, the British XXXth Army Corps departs from here to enter the Netherlands. The bridge does not fall...
A tall Cross of Honour once stood on the deserted Peel. It marked the spot where a bomber crashed on the 7th of February...
After the arrival of the first prisoners-of-war who had fled Germany in 1941, a group in Herkenbosch create an escape ro...
Monument
Richard Jung was born on 27 February 1911 in Reichenberg, Czech Republic. He worked as a shunter with the Czech Railways...
The American 30th Infantry Division reach the Netherlands on 12 September 1944, and liberate Maastricht. They turn to th...
On 1 November 1944, the island of North Beveland was liberated by the Canadians. Schouwen-Duiveland is still occupied at...
On 2 May 2015, this monument was unveiled here for the Frisian Canadian soldier, Gaele Visser, who was born in Haskerhor...
On 8 April 1945, an aerial bombardment of a train at Meppel station kills dozens of people, including travellers of Germ...
Battlefield
On September 21st 1944, around 17:55, this was the landing area of the Polish troops. Around 1000 paratroopers were drop...
Story
In the autumn of 1944, the Americans choose the village of Margraten as the final resting place for the men killed in ba...
Landmark
In autumn 1944, Den Bosch had been liberated and the Allies were close to the river Meuse. The Germans expected the Alli...
The Americans encounter some German resistance when they capture Eindhoven, but they take the city fairly quickly. Here ...
Almost nothing remains of De Hattert Castle. Between late September and mid-October 1944, an unprecedented tank battle t...
Cemetery
The western Havelland region is far away from vibrant urban centres and major transport routes. Since the 19th century, ...
During the large-scale Allied offensive in February-March 1945, the British occupy Weeze. Many young German soldiers are...