Etiket: WWII
WWII explosives from Ringvaart into the air, ‘children were still magnet fishing here’
The Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (EOD) yesterday destroyed the last explosives found during work in Badhoevedorp since the turn of the year. Around the Oude Haagsebrug over the Ringvaart,…
Firearm found during a search for WWII ammunition in Ringvaart near Badhoevedorp
A firearm was found this afternoon during dredging work in the Ringvaart near the Oude Haagsebrug in Badhoevedorp. The weapon is being examined. In recent weeks, several explosives and weapons…
Catherine (almost 101) was a teenager in the resistance during WWII: “I was declared dead at the age of 19 and was called back to life after the war” | Domestic
As a teenager she carried around clandestine magazines and smuggled letters. At the age of 19, she was declared dead by her parents and she went into hiding from the…
Relatives of soldiers from crashed British WWII bomber hit by exhibition
Emotion among relatives of soldiers who died in a plane crash above the IJsselmeer during the Second World War. Today they visited an exhibition about the plane and the crash…
Stories about ‘Moorsele during WWII’ should not be forgotten
Stories about ‘Moorsele during WWII’ should not be forgotten It was a period that left a mark on their lives. Next September it will be eighty years since Moorsele was…
Tom Poes very popular in WWII, but was cartoonist Marten Toonder ‘wrong’? This exhibition in Assen provides an answer
Would you rather see advertisements that match your interests? Mediahuis Noord, in collaboration with affiliated parties who, like them, are part of the Mediahuis group, draws up joint group profiles…
Russia wants Poland to return territory it “received” after WWII and demands 700 billion euros “for reconstruction of the country”
Russia wants Poland to return territory it “received” after WWII. “Poland should be punished for betraying the historical memory of the country’s liberation,” says Russian parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who…
Russia wants Poland to return territory it “received” after WWII and demands 700 million euros “for reconstruction of the country” | War Ukraine and Russia
Russia wants Poland to return territory it “received” after WWII. “Poland must be punished for betraying the historical memory of the country’s liberation,” says Russian parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who…
New museum highlights the operation that would end WWII before Christmas ’44, but went completely wrong
Where the Westhoek dominated the First World War, a crucial role was reserved for the east of Flanders in WWII. Although that is much less known. ‘Liberation Garden’, a new…
LIVE | The Netherlands celebrates Liberation Day, female WWII veteran (96) ignites Liberation Fire
The Netherlands will celebrate Liberation Day again on Friday. Shortly after midnight, 96-year-old British former soldier Marie Scott lit the National Liberation Fire in Wageningen. She is the first female…