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Story
On December 10, 1944, a British bomb caused a tragedy in Loenen. A bomb missed its target and struck Hotel-Pension Bosch...
Battlefield
The first Allied soldiers to enter Zeeland were Poles, part of the First Canadian Army. On 16 September 1944, they cross...
Cemetery
Johannes van Zanten was a resistance fighter in the Betuwe region and leader of his own armed resistance group Buren. Wi...
Audiospot
By the end of September 1944, Operation Market Garden was over and the war had moved to the region east of Nijmegen and ...
The Betuwe defense line was reinforced with artillery at specific spots with a view of the rivers Rhine (De Spees) and W...
On Monday, September 18, 1944, the second day of Operation Market Garden, a British parachute brigade lands on the Ginke...
Landmark
At Castle 'Deelerwoud' in Hoenderloo, a German 'Lazaret' (emergency hospital) was established from September 1944 onward...
Monument
'Bitter Tears' is a literal speaking monument. It was placed on the wall of Tiel's former synagogue in 1996. The monumen...
The Dutch flag can be seen on the steeple of Tricht's Reformed church in 1945: Germany has surrendered. Soon after the c...
Fortification
As a neutral country, due to the greatly increased threat of war in 1939, the Netherlands took the inevitable decision t...
On 5 February 1945, German troops in Asperen closed the Heukelum and Gellicum gates, isolating the town from the outside...
Jewish residents were required to visibly wear the yellow Star of David with the word 'Jew' in it on their clothing from...
Museum
‘The D-Day Story, Portsmouth’ is the lead museum in the UK that tells the story of D-Day (Operation Neptune/Operation Ov...
In the night of April 16-17, 1945, a Canadian regiment is in the village of Otterlo. Just after midnight, the Germans la...
On the morning of April 13, 1945, the Canadians anticipated a swift advance towards the Groote Wetering Canal. While thi...
Liberation was celebrated extensively in the streets of the western river area. At least, by the inhabitants who could c...
The Canadian Memorial, Bolderwood, is located on the eastern side of the A35 about half a mile (0.8km) from the underp...
In the building of the current GGNet on Deventerstraat in Apeldoorn, the former nursing institution St. Joseph Foundatio...
On April 17, 1945, Ede was liberated by British and Canadian soldiers. The soldiers were welcomed with cheers by the loc...
After the successful crossing of the IJssel on April 11, 1945, Canadian infantrymen on the west bank encircle the villag...
On April 17, 1945, a Canadian infantry regiment is tasked with liberating Apeldoorn. After taking Apeldoorn without resi...
The seven-metre-high monument 'The Wing' was unveiled in 2014. It is a steel duplicate of a wing of a US warplane contai...
The Dutch memorial in Huissen (municipality of Lingewaard) is a walled mass grave decorated with reliefs depicting the a...
After the failure of the Battle of Arnhem, the Over-Betuwe region becomes the frontline. German commander Harmel turns D...