1922 result(s)
Monument
One day before liberation on 13 September 1944, eleven Belgian resistance fighters and an escaped Russian forced laboure...
Lieu d'intêret
During the advance of the American army through South Limburg, all bridges over the river Geul were destroyed. Except fo...
Cimetière
Mainly victims of Operation Blackcock, a gruesome battle in which the so-called Roerdriehoek between Sittard and Roermon...
Fierce battles raged in the skies above Friesland throughout the occupation. Allied bombers heading for targets in Germa...
Trees have been planted in the Memorial Woods on the Kollenberg, at a ten-minute walk from the historic city centre, in ...
Fortification
This bunker, a concrete casemate from 1939, is one of the remnants of the fighting during the German invasion on 10 May ...
Musée
Kleng Wach (Vaals dialect for small guardhouse) was built around 1890 as a customs office. Located on the border between...
During the years of occupation, the borders were closed and Vaals became isolated due to its special location. The same ...
More than half of the Jewish residents of Valkenburg (over forty people) were murdered in the extermination camps. They ...
The monument in Voerendaal commemorates the 34-year-old Belgian resistance fighter Marcel Le Chantre. On 2 September 194...
On the liberation day of Banholt, 13 September 1944, another joyful event took place in the village. A resistance plaque...
The Historical Collection of Ground-Based Air Defence (Historische Collectie Grondgebonden Luchtverdediging, HCGLVD) was...
Champ de Bataille
When the final Canadian-British attack on the German positions at the Sloedam was successful, the advance to Middelburg ...
Histoire
At the end of April 1945, German soldiers opened a cupboard on the farm of the Dijkema family on Geefsweersterweg betwee...
La branche du Musée impérial de la Guerre située à Londres propose plusieurs expositions relatant l’histoire des soldats...
Audiospot
Before the War, Jan van Hoof was active in the Scouts and he naturally gravitated to the Resistance. He spent months obs...
During the war, Jakob (Jaap) Klok ended up in the resistance in Dantumadeel, where he played an important role. At the t...
Les îles Anglo-Normandes ont été les seules îles britanniques à être occupées par les forces allemandes pendant la Secon...
The village of Scharsterbrug and the bridge over the Scharster Rhine were important to the German defenders. Both were s...
Les îles Anglo-Normandes ont été le seul territoire britannique à être occupé par les forces allemandes pendant la Secon...
L'île de Sercq, l'une des îles de Guernesey, a été occupée par les forces allemandes en 1940 pendant une période de près...
On 12 April, a Staghound of the Royal Canadian Dragoons drove into an ambush at Oldeholtpade. Private Wilfred Berry was ...
An estimated 1,800 Dutch citizens, the so-called Engelandvaarders, attempted to escape to England during World War Two. ...
Until 1943, Rabbijn Maarsenplein, later renamed after one of the victims, was the heart of The Hague's Jewish quarter. T...