Zoeken

Zoek op namen, gebeurtenissen of plaatsen. Hulp nodig? Bekijk de zoekhulp

Former German defenses. An American military policeman looks over a concrete fort and gun emplacement somewhere in Normandy which formed part of the German defenses on the French coast. Note the Clear of Booby Traps sign, erected after American troops had made a careful search.

Het originele Amerikaanse bijschrift luidt: 'U.S. tanks rolls through ancient Dutch defense wall. A U.S. tank squeezes through an arch of an ancient defense wall in Valkenburg, Holland, liberated by the Allies September 18, 1944. The ivy-covered wall was constructed approximately 500 years ago to protect the tiny town against attack.' Een Amerikaanse tank bij de bevrijding van het Limburgse Valkenburg ...

mouwband, geel met gesp. In zwart geborduurd 'Civil Defence' corps + kroon. Achterzijde stempel: CD/54 1953 Atwel & Jenner LTD, pijl omhoog

Het Vliegersmonument in Den Helder is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan twee Britse vliegeniers die hier op 18 juli 1943 zijn gecrasht. Zij maakten deel uit van de Royal Air Force North Coates Strike Wing. De namen van de omgekomen bemanningsleden luiden: piloot-sergeant Ernest F.V. Kidd en navigator-sergeant Harrold C. Stevenson. Op 18 juli 1943 vielen vijf Engelse vliegtuigen boven het havengebied ...

German defenses at Cherbourg. One of the big guns in a German strongpoint guarding the approach to Cherbourg is inspected by an American soldier. Allied bombing and artillery fire reduced the Nazi fort to ruins.

West Wall defenses. These German defenses about a mile back from the Normandy beach were knocked out by aerial bombardment and naval gun fire. Note the thickness of the concrete walls. This section of the beach was one of the main strong points stormed by American troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force which landed in France Jun 6, 1944. Up to midnight June 17, 1944, it had cost 15,883 U.S. casualties ...