War Monuments

 

Amersfoort concentrationcamp Arnhem bridge Assen Driel Ekehaar Exloo Gasselte Gieten Huertgen Forest Oosterbeek war cemetary Westerbouwing
On this page the war monuments I made a photograph of on my battlefield tours.
 
Amersfoort concentrationcamp

Amersfoort concentrationcamp

 

Arnhem bridge
Arnhem bridge
 

Assen

Warmonument Stadsbroek Assen. On this place 10 good citizens were shot by the enemy on 10 April 1945.

 

Assen, Jewish monument

Oorlogsmonument Oranjestraat

Oorlogsmonument Oranjestraat

War monument Oranjestraat Assen remembering the Jewish who were living in that street.
Another monument remembering the Jews living in the center of Assen.
Another monument remembering the Jews living in the center of Assen.
 

Driel, Polish monument
Polish momunent at Driel

 
Monument to the Polish major-general Sosabowski at Driel

Monument to the Polish major-general Sosabowski at Driel
 

Ekehaar

Assen, direction Ekehaar, discovered my zoon and I this Lancaster monument, which reminds to crashed down Lancaster which was on the retourvlucht of Leipzig on 20 October 1943 and those have crashed down at 22.45. Supposedly brought down by a German night hunter, the Messerschmitt me 110 g.

Near Assen, direction Ekekhaar, is this Lancaster monument, which reminds to crashed down Lancaster which was on the retourvlucht of Leipzig on 20 October 1943 and those have crashed down at 22.45. Supposedly brought down by a German night hunter, the Messerschmitt me 110 g.

Assen, direction Ekehaar, discovered my zoon and I this Lancaster monument, which reminds to crashed down Lancaster which was on the retourvlucht of Leipzig on 20 October 1943 and those have crashed down at 22.45. Supposedly brought down by a German night hunter, the Messerschmitt me 110 g.
 

Exloo
Walking in the bunches at Exloo I found this monument for the memory of American liberator B-24, on 11 January 1944, where all crew members came for living.
Walking in the bunches at Exloo I found this monument for the memory of American liberator B-24, on 11 January 1944, where all crew members came for living.
 

Gasselte

In Gasselte this monumentje that stand remind to operation Amherst. French parachutists made the way free for the approaching Canadian troops in drenthe in April 1945.

In Gasselte this monumentje that stand remind to operation Amherst. French parachutists made the way free for the approaching Canadian troops in drenthe in April 1945.
In Gasselte this monument that stand remind to operation Amherst. French parachutists made the way free for the approaching Canadian troops in drenthe in April 1945.
 

Gieten
On October 21st, 1943 a Lancaster of the Royal Air Force crashed in the area of Gieten. The whole crew was killed and burried on the local churchyard.
On October 21st, 1943 a Lancaster of the Royal Air Force crashed in the area of Gieten. The whole crew was killed and burried on the local churchyard.

1271552 Sergeant E. Carter, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. Royal Air Force. 21st October 1943.

1320385 Sergeant E.C. Pocknell, Air Bomber Royal Air Force. 21st October 1943. Age 21.

Flight Sergeant K. Gore, Air Gunner Royal Air Force 21st October 1943. Age 23.

930345 Sergeant L.W. Searle, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force. 21st October 1943. Age 29.

1316881 Flight Sergeant D.M. Watson, Pilot Royal Airfoce. 21st October 1943. Age 20.

570403 Sergeant F.E. White, Navigator Royal Air Force. 21st October 1943. Age 23.

631262 Sergeant D.S. Wilson, Flight Engineer Royal Airforce. 21st October 1943. Age 21.

In the center of the village where I live, Gieten, is a stone with names of members of the local recistance who were killed during the war years.
In the center of the village where I live, Gieten, is a stone with names of members of the local recistance who were killed during the war years.
 

Huertgen Forest

 

Oosterbeek war cemetary
 

Westerbouwing