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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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A bloody liberation

The battle erupted in full force. For a fortnight, both camps shot back and forth. Kalmthout was heavily bombed. Many ho...

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Battle in the Kempen

House to house, body to body. On 25 September 1944 Canadian liberators crossed the Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten canal near Ri...

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A mass grave on the moors

On October third 1944, Allied troops took Brasschaat. After liberation, a gruesome discovery was made at the Maria-ter-H...

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Bombs under the bridges of Boom

The liberators were coming. On 4 September, British tanks rushed towards Boom. Their mission: to liberate Antwerp and th...

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Hiding in the brick oven

Brickworks battlesOn 24 September, the battle erupted. With the help of local resistance fighters, the 49th Infantry Div...

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Children won't be spared

On 24 September, troops of the British 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division advanced from Postel, across the northern canal ba...

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German anti-aircraft guns strafing Allied aircraft

The sparsely built-up area around Kasterlee was home to a lot of German anti-aircraft artillery during World War II. The...

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