Herritage
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Hernen Castle
Hernen Castle
Hernen Castle (Kasteel Hernen) is a moated medieval fortress featuring unique covered parapets and situated...
HERNEN
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Groesbeek’s aqueduct
Groesbeek’s aqueduct
The Romans took full advantage of the landscape with differences in level rarely seen in this country....
BERG EN DAL
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Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.
Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.
In the evening of Friday September 22nd 1944, parts of the allied ground army – coming from the south...
Driel
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The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre
The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre
On September 24th 1944, Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, commander of the ground army, visited Driel....
Driel
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Batenburg
Batenburg
In Batenburg, a picturesque town on the banks of the river Maas, time seems to have stopped. Strategically...
BATENBURG
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The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail
The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail
In the night of 24 to 25 September 1944, after two earlier failed attempts by the Poles, a final operation...
Driel
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Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski
The bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski looks out over his headquarters, at Molenstraat 12. This...
Driel
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The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles
The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles
The first objective of the Polish troops was to use the Driel ferry to cross the river and to reach the...
Driel
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The Household Cavalry came to reinforce the Polish troops with eight armored cars
The Household Cavalry came to reinforce the Polish troops with eight armored cars
Early in the morning on Friday 22 September 1944, units of the Household Cavalry reached the Polish soldiers...
Driel
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The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel
The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel
Because the Polish troops could not cross the Rhine on the first night, they took up positions around...
Driel
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Stevenskerk
Stevenskerk
The late Gothic St Stephens’s Church is in the heart of the charming historical centre of Nijmegen. As...
Nijmegen
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The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel
The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel
On September 21st 1946, a sober monument was unveiled to commemorate the events of two years earlier....
Driel
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The emergency hospital in the school - Operating dressed in flak jackets
The emergency hospital in the school - Operating dressed in flak jackets
The medical company of the Polish paratrooper brigade chose the Roman Catholic primary school as its...
Driel
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Landing sites – then fields and orchards
Landing sites – then fields and orchards
On September 21st 1944, around 17:55, this was the landing area of the Polish troops. Around 1000 paratroopers...
Driel
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German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire.
German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire.
After the landing of the Polish paratroopers, the German commander quickly sent in troops from the east,...
Driel
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Kasteel Doornenburg
Kasteel Doornenburg
Mediaeval castle in Overbetuwe where the Rhine and Waal meet. Imposing stronghold, part of which is free...
DOORNENBURG
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Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel
Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel
At the T-junction of Dorpstraat-Honingveldsestraat, the Polish troops had taken up positions. When the...
Driel
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LiberationTour
LiberationTour
In lovely Groesbeek, a stone’s throw from Nijmegen, Liberation Tour hosts a liberation-themed tour. An...
GROESBEEK
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Stichting van Steen en Natuur
Stichting van Steen en Natuur
Stichting van Steen en Natuur – the Brick and Nature Foundation – focuses on the preservation of the...
OOIJ
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The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.
The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned.
The Polish troops took up positions in and around Driel, including at the predecessor of this post-war...
Driel
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Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine
Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine
This location - situated opposite the village of Oosterbeek - played an important role in both the Polish...
Driel
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Wijchense Molen
Wijchense Molen
Situated on Bronckhorstlaan opposite the railway station and close to Kasteel-Raadhuis Wijchen (Wijchen...
WIJCHEN
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The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post
The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post
At the beginning of the Battle of Arnhem, under the leadership of the local female doctor, Dr. A. van...
Driel