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Préparatifs pour le Jour J
Préparatifs pour le Jour J

Le Débarquement en Normandie est l’une des opérations les plus célèbres de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, à laquelle partic...

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Le Mur de l'Atlantique en Normandie
Le Mur de l'Atlantique en Normandie

Suite à l'invasion de l'U.R.S.S. et à l'entrée en guerre des États-Unis aux côtés des Britanniques, la stratégie alleman...

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La 1ère division blindée des forces armées polonaises
La 1ère division blindée des forces armées polonaises

La 1ère division blindée, sous les ordres du général Maczek, a joué un rôle majeur dans la libération de la France, de l...

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The Hague in World War Two
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
Westerplatte

Le 1er septembre 1939, les Allemands attaquèrent la péninsule de Westerplatte dans le port de Gdańsk. Cet assaut marqua ...

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Le camp national-socialiste « Ordensburg » Vogelsang
Le camp national-socialiste « Ordensburg » Vogelsang

L'Ordensburg Vogelsang était un établissement destiné à former la future élite nazie. Les jeunes cadets étaient convainc...

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Bombardement op Bezuidenhuit
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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