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Vorbereitungen für den Tag der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie

Der »D-Day«, der Tag der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie, ist eine der am eindrücklichsten in Erinnerung geblieb...

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Der Atlantikwall in der Normandie

Nach dem Einmarsch in die UdSSR und dem Kriegseintritt der USA an der Seite der Briten veränderte sich die deutsche Stra...

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Die 1. Panzerdivision der polnischen Streitkräfte

Die 1. Panzerdivision unter der Leitung von General Maczek spielte eine wichtige Rolle bei der Befreiung Frankreichs, Be...

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The Hague in World War Two

In the early morning of 10 May 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. The Hague became the centre of German rule in the ...

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Westerplatte

Am 1. September 1939 griffen die Deutschen die Halbinsel Westerplatte vom Danziger Hafen aus an. Dieser Überfall markier...

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Nationalsozialistische Ordensburg Vogelsang

Die Ordensburg Vogelsang war ein Schulungslager für den Nachwuchs der nationalsozialistischen Elite. Den jungen Führungs...

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Bombardement op Bezuidenhuit

On 3 March 1945, The Hague's Bezuidenhout district was bombed by the British as they attempted to eliminate the V-2 laun...

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Miet Pauw, a resistance woman murdered

During the war, Maria Verhoeven ran a textile shop on Oosteinde, in the centre of Baarle-Hertog. However, 'Miet Pauw', a...

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Zondereigen: from battlefield to construction site

When German forces retreated in the evening, they left the centre of the village of Zondereigen, in the municipality of ...

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Liberation and months after

Lier, 5 September 1944, 9.30am. From Mortsel, four British reconnaissance vehicles approached. On the Grote Markt, resid...

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The battle for Monday city

On 29 September 1944, the British 49th West Riding Infantry Division advanced on Merksplas Colony. That place was marked...

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Soldiers and nurses in the Castle

As during World War I, the Germans took up residence in the castle of the Counts de Renesse. In 1941, British bombs dest...

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A surprising liberation

A big role for two small bridgesIn Willebroek in 1944 there was a pontoon bridge over the Brussels-Scheldt Canal, and in...

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A long awaited liberation

During September 1944, nervousness increased in Turnhout. Both residents and German soldiers knew that the Allies were g...

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An eye for an eye

During World War II, Breendonk Fort served as a transit camp. The German occupiers locked up political prisoners and res...

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The liberation of Viersel

By 9 September 1944, Viersel village had already been liberated. The other side of the Albert Canal was still in the han...

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The battle for the stone bridge

October 1944. In the north-east of the province of Antwerp, the German army was trying to hold out. The British 49th Inf...

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Celebrations after a delayed liberation

Hoevenen experienced turbulent times in 1944. The liberation of Antwerp on 4 September brought not the hoped-for joy, bu...

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Friend and foe

Belgium fell victim to the infamous flying bombs, a German precursor to the rocket. Antwerp and its port were major targ...

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Two beautiful liberation stories

In September 1944, the British army took the southern part of Kempen step by step. The Germans did what they could to st...

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Of fathers and bridges

On 13 September 1944, the British liberated Mol. Nearby, every crossing on the Kempen Canal Bocholt-Herentals was fought...

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Poles liberate the centre

Merksplas was the scene of heavy fighting during the last days of September 1944. On 29 September, British troops delive...

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The Wing, a special monument

On the night of 14-15 February 1943, German guns brought down a Royal Air Force bomber over Meerhout. The HE164, a Vicke...

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Waiting on the Liberation

On the night of 3 to 4 October, the shelling lasted almost 10 hours. Dozens of civilians did not survive the bombing. It...

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