1942 result(s)
Fortification
The Rocca Janula Castle was built around the year 1000 and had a purely military purpose, which was to defend the Abbey ...
Monument
On 28 December 1943, a German patrol in the territory of Vallerotonda, Cardito hamlet, met a group of civilians who had ...
Musée
The Living Museum of Remembrance, open since 2013 in Colle San Magno, i.e. the German rear of the Cassino front, recount...
A fierce battle rages in the skies above Friesland throughout the occupation. Allied bombers en route to targets in Germ...
Le Westmount Memorial au Jersey Crematorium commémore l’ancien Strangers’ Cemetery où les travailleurs forcés et les esc...
The Museum was established to commemorate the sacrifice of the people involved on the Gustav Line battle front for more ...
The 'Memorial Stone for Fallen Canadians' in the outer wall of the Martinikerk church in Sneek has been erected in memor...
The museum is dedicated to the 2nd Polish Army Corps under the command of General Władysław Anders in the Battle of Cass...
Histoire
On Sunday 15 April 1945 - the day regarded as Friesland's liberation day - Jitze Pieter van Dijk was killed in Kiesterzi...
The monument is devoted to the fallen Canadians who, between 31 August and 1 September 1944, conquered Quota 204 by brea...
On 17 October 1944 Gino Menconi was captured by the Germans, wounded, tied to a bed. After being doused with petrol, he ...
In his early twenties, Aldo Salvetti was captured, tortured and finally crucified to a gateway. He never revealed the na...
This monument was erected in memory of mayor Jacques Luske, who helped people in hiding during the war. He was arrested ...
Cimetière
Dans ce cimetière militaire canadien reposent 2617 membres des forces armées du Commonwealth tués pendant la Seconde Gue...
Audiospot
Eerde is the first village to be liberated by American paratroopers on the 17th of September 1944. But the village still...
Many of the museums artefacts were donated by war veterans or local people. Almost every object in the Betuws War Museum...
Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt's ancestors most probably hailed from Oud-Vossemeer. A small exhibition in the former co...
Dans le cadre des 70 ans de commémoration de l'opération Market Garden, une douzaine de panneaux photos ont été placés à...
Vossenberg Fortress is located on a sandy ridge in the Groote Peel nature reserve. The fortress was built in 1939 when t...
The Town and Territory Museum documents the history of Valdinievole, through various sections dedicated to the Environme...
The Monument in memory of the victims of the Padule di Fucecchio massacre was built after the war, in Cintolese. It comm...
Autre
Colle di Compito concentration camp, in Capannori, was established in July 1942 and soon after reached 4000 Allied priso...
En préparation du débarquement de Normandie du 6 juin 1944, de nombreuses cibles ont été attaquées en Europe occidentale...
One of the most successful military operations during Operation Market Garden is the rapid capture of this bridge. Lieut...