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In December 1944, when the Allies had advanced to the Belgian Ardennes, they were completely surprised by three German a...
#Storyline
As D-Day approached, Kent became the stage for one of the War’s greatest deception plans, Operation Fortitude South. In ...
The liberation of the Alsace happened in stages. Logistical difficulties, broken terrain, stubborn German resistance, an...
In May 1940 the Netherlands was occupied by German forces. It would take five years before they could be ousted. The fin...
Operation Market Garden was one of the largest Allied operations of the Second World War. It took place in September 194...
During the autumn and winter of 1944/45, the longest battle of the Second World War on German soil took place in the Hue...
In August 1944 the Allies broke out of Normandy. The speed of the allied advance was so great that they outran their sup...
On 2 September 1944 allied troops crossed the Belgian border at diverse places. The process of liberation went fast: in ...
The liberation of Paris didn’t have Allied priority, but an uprising of the population against the Germans on 19 August ...
Operation Pluto (Pipelines Under The Ocean) represents one of wartime’s greatest feats of engineering. Huge pipelines we...
The European drama of 1939-1945 resulted in widespread destruction. Millions were killed, maimed, displaced or traumatiz...
Fought between the iconic landings on 6 June 1944 and the liberation of Paris on 25 August, the Battle of Normandy is of...
6 June 1944 entered history under the now legendary name of D-Day, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy. It wa...
The Allied campaign of Monte Cassino was fought in four phases between January and May 1944. The town of Cassino was a k...
D-Day is one of the most remembered campaigns of the Second World War. The operation involved troops from Britain, the U...
Following the invasion of the U.S.S.R. and the entry into the war of the U.S.A. on the British side, German strategy in ...
The Polish First Armoured Division under command of general Maczek played an important role in the liberation of France,...
In the early morning of 10 May 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. The Hague became the centre of German rule in the ...
On 1 September 1939 the Germans attacked the Westerplatte peninsula in the port of Gdańsk. This assault marks the beginn...
The Ordensburg Vogelsang was a training venue for an upcoming Nazi-elite. Young cadets were persuaded they were racially...
#Storia
On 3 March 1945, The Hague's Bezuidenhout district was bombed by the British as they attempted to eliminate the V-2 laun...
During the war, Maria Verhoeven ran a textile shop on Oosteinde, in the centre of Baarle-Hertog. However, 'Miet Pauw', a...
When German forces retreated in the evening, they left the centre of the village of Zondereigen, in the municipality of ...
Lier, 5 September 1944, 9.30am. From Mortsel, four British reconnaissance vehicles approached. On the Grote Markt, resid...
