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Fortyfikacja
In 1941, Fliegerhorst Venlo was built for a unit of German night fighters. In 4 years, they shot down 400 bombers, which...
Pomnik
The monument at the 'Three Pines' reminds the inhabitants of Velden (municipality of Arcen en Velden) of the general eva...
An American B17 crashed in Beek in October 1943. The bomber was part of a major operation to bomb a ball bearing factory...
The monument 'Our Lady of Banneux' in Tegelen (municipality of Venlo) is a sculpted corner statue of a female figure. Th...
On 20 November 1944, the tower of St. Josephkerk was blown up by the retreating German army. This almost completely dest...
Miejsce zainteresowania
After the D-Day landings commenced, thousands of soldiers were transported back to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley...
Southampton Common was used as a marshalling camp in the designated marshalling area ‘A’, and local residents played a v...
The monument consists of four concrete columns, crowned with a statue of a pelican on its nest, with chicks. The pelican...
Cmentarz
The Roman Catholic Cemetery of Hout-Blerick houses the grave of one British aviator, together with four Dutch soldiers. ...
The Evacuation monument reminds Lomm's inhabitants of the general evacuation of the local population in January 1945. Th...
The Belfeld War Memorial was erected in memory of all fellow citizens who died during the years of occupation due to act...
The liberation monument in Venlo is a bronze statue of a standing female figure with a child above her head. The statue ...
The cemetery of Swartbroek has a separate honorary courtyard with the graves of fifty British soldiers and a British air...
Beek Airport was opened in March 1945 as 'Airfield Yankee 44' support airfield. The US Army used pre-war plans. However,...
Two months after the liberation, the beautiful countryside around Thull and the Muldersplas was the scene of a tragedy. ...
The monument in the centre of Schinveld was erected in memory of eleven residents of the municipality of Beekdaelen. Dur...
Historia
During the night between 18 and 19 December 1944, the 2nd Panzer Division entered the small village of Bourcy, 11 km nor...
Ten men appeared before the military tribunal in Liège on 28 June 1948. They were accused of being perpetrators or co-pe...
Now a wedding venue and tearoom, Pembroke Lodge situated in Richmond Park, was once the headquarters of the General Head...
St Paul’s Gardens was once the site of the Old St Paul’s School in Hammersmith, which became the Supreme Allied Headquar...
The 'Monument to the Fallen' was erected in memory of twenty citizens from Nuth, Hulsberg and Schimmert who died during ...
This cemetery is the burial place of 328 soldiers of the British Army. The identity of one person killed is unknown. The...
In the late morning of Friday 21 July 1944, a British bomber was hit and dropped its load of incendiary bombs over Bruns...
The dressing cubicles at the old swimming pool on Brunssum Heath have a historical past. Hardly anyone knows that Jewish...