Events

As during the Operation Market Garden in 1944, around 2000 paratroopers will be dropped out of planes above the Ginkelse Heide. The brave men who fought for freedom 76 years ago will be commemorated during the Airborne Air Landings and Commemoration on the 19th of September.

2019 will be marked by the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. On the 13, 14, and 15th of December, the Bastogne War Museum will take part in the NUTS Weekend, just like the rest of the city of Bastogne. A series of events will be organised during these three days.

The Airborne commemorations on Ginkel Heath near Ede are surrounded by para drops with hundreds of parachutists, together with a large Airborne Experience. The Airborne program starts at 09.30 hrs and ends at 16.30 hrs. At Ginkel Heath  approx. 1.000

During this Airborne ceremony with an international contribution at the Airborne Square at the foot of the John Frost Bridge at Arnhem, all Allied soldiers are commemorated, who fell in battle whilst trying to conquer and hold the Arnhem bridge

On the 31st of August in 2019 the province of Zeeland, the city of Terneuzen and National 4 and 5 May Committee organise a big event to  start the nationwide celebration of 75 years of freedom.  It will be about commemorating the Battle of the Scheldt, which took place in Zeeland in November 1944. 

The Liberation Days in Antwerp will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the city during World War II. The event’s activities include a Liberation Parade, a commemorative ceremony, a Liberation Ball and more.

The commemoration at Driel is attended by Polish veterans and international officials, who lay wreaths to pay respect to the fallen.

As during the Operation Market Garden in 1944, around 2000 paratroopers will be dropped out of planes above the Ginkelse Heide. The brave men who fought for freedom 75 years ago will be commemorated during the Airborne Air Landings and Commemoration on the 21st of September.

This ceremony held by the Canadian Battlefields Foundation commemorates the first meeting of the people of Caen and their liberators – the Canadian Army. In this square the tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusliers Regiment and the soldiers of the Stormont,

The new Canadian Artillery Memorial to the Normandy Campaign will be unveiled by a delegation of Canadian gunners.

The start of Operation Market Garden on the 17th of September 1944 in the Ede/Oosterbeek/Arnhem region is commemorated with a small scale Airborne ceremony and wreath laying, organised by the municipality of Renkum.

Two military parades starting at Leopoldsburg (Belgium) to Veghel (Netherlands), and from Veghel to Nijmegen (Netherlands). In Veghel there will be two camps open for visitors with a variety of activities. The event is organised by the Foundation Operation Market Garden.

On the first Sunday after September 17, a memorial service is held at the CWGC Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek where the fallen are commemorated with solemn homage in the presence of veterans, their relatives, international officials and many spectators.

The ceremony held at the Abbaye d’Ardenne since 1994 by the Canadian Battlefields Foundation, commemorates the murder of 20 Canadian prisoners of war by troops of the 12th SS Panzer Division on 7 June 1944. Captured at the battles that

The first of three ceremonies sponsored by the Canadian Battlefields Foundation since 1994, this event is held in the Canadian Garden at Le Memorial de Caen. It seeks to highlight the deep connection between the Canadian Armed Forces and the

For the fifth edition of the annual Memorial Day of Canada in The Netherlands, Bergen Op Zoom cemetery will be the main place to commemorate Canadian soldiers who passed away during the Second World War.