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Monument
The Garden of the Righteous of the World (abbreviated to Gariwo), inaugurated in 2003, is a memorial space dedicated to ...
Musée
House Nune Ville has a great deal of history. During WW II, the family of minister Plug lived here. They hid a nineteen ...
Histoire
Contrary to their expectations, the Canadians reach the village of Hoogkerk unopposed on Saturday afternoon, April 14, 1...
Audiospot
Noorderplantsoen, one o'clock on Sunday afternoon: the Canadians are starting the attack on the strongest position in th...
Some places in the province of Groningen paid a high price for the liberation. In addition to Groningen, Appingedam was ...
Champ de Bataille
Delfzijl-Pocket, as the Canadians called the port city, was the last hurdle on the way to the complete liberation of the...
From Weiwerd, the Irish Regiment of Canada advanced with tank support towards Farmsum on 2 May 1945. Delfzijl had alread...
After the heavy fighting for Woldendorp, the Canadians of the Westminster regiment advanced on April 30, 1945 towards Te...
In the Frisian Maritime Museum, a model can be seen of the barge Jan Nieveen, which maintained a regular ferry service b...
With reconnaissance flights, the Allied air force mapped out German troop movements in Friesland. And, in some cases, at...
"The worm has red hair," "Give my regards to Joseph." Such phrases were used to announce arms drops. In Friesland, 24 of...
Fierce battles raged in the skies above Friesland throughout the occupation. Allied bombers heading for targets in Germa...
Every year on 15 April, the Royal Canadian Dragoons commemorate the liberation of Leeuwarden and Friesland on Leeuwarden...
By 18 April, the mainland of Friesland had been liberated. The fighting continued in Groningen. The Wadden Islands had t...
During the war, dozens of people hid in the small village of Abbega and the adjacent hamlet of Abbegaasterketting. In Fe...
There is a living war memorial in Grolloo in the form of a Canadian Red Beech. It is known as the Vredesboom (Tree of Pe...
A village in Drenthe, in the smoke of the Westerbork camp, not only had NSB members, but also the resistance. Everyone k...
Because of the situation in the south, the Allied advance and the liberation of the northern part of the Netherlands had...
On 6 April 1945, the first Canadian scouts had been spotted in the northern part of the Netherlands. The population was ...
The bridge over the Linthorst-Homan Canal had been blown up, so the Canadian liberators had to take a different way on t...
After the German resistance was forcibly crushed in Hooghalen, the Canadian troops moved into Assen. In the preceding da...
A special museum has been established at the Johan Willem Friso Barracks in Assen: the Stoottroepen Museum displays the ...