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Makkum War Memorial
Makkum War Memorial
By 16 April, the major part of Friesland had been liberated. But some important targets of the Canadians had not yet been achieved. They wanted to win the Frisian ports and the Head of the Afsluitdijk from the Germans as quickly as possible. But they would be hard fought. Both the ports and the Afsluitdijk were used by German soldiers to escape to North Holland.
As elsewhere in Friesland, the Canadians were helped by resistance fighters from the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (N.B.S.) They suffered several casualties near Makkum. On 16 April, Schelte Bruinsma and Simon Sipma were killed in an attack on a farm in which the Germans had entrenched themselves. The next day, another group tried to occupy a bridge under Makkum. However, the Germans caught sight of them and in the ensuing gunfight, Rinnert Anema, Roelof van der Meer and Hendrik Postma were killed. Makkum was liberated on 18 April, as one of the last villages in Friesland.
The monument at the Buren in Makkum was unveiled in 1952 in commemoration of the members of the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces who were killed around the village during the struggle for liberation.
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Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Leeuwarden
Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Leeuwarden
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Poppodium Het Bolwerk
Poppodium Het Bolwerk
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Ice cream salon Margje 24
Ice cream salon Margje 24
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Ichthustsjerke (Ichthuskerk gereformeerde kerk)
Ichthustsjerke (Ichthuskerk gereformeerde kerk)
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TOP Harlingen/Westerzeedijk
TOP Harlingen/Westerzeedijk
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Skips Lodge
Skips Lodge
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Familieboten - Vienna
Familieboten - Vienna
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Hotel de Wijnberg
Hotel de Wijnberg
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de Tijnjehoeve - Safaritent L - de Tijnjehoeve
de Tijnjehoeve - Safaritent L - de Tijnjehoeve
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Minicamping 'De Vasthi-hoeve'
Minicamping 'De Vasthi-hoeve'
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Birthplace of Admiral Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
Birthplace of Admiral Tjerk Hiddes de Vries
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Wellekom Watersport - Platbodem lemsteraak WB22 – Wellekom
Wellekom Watersport - Platbodem lemsteraak WB22 – Wellekom
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RCN de Potten - Bungalow de Valk
RCN de Potten - Bungalow de Valk
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B&B Zathe de Spieker
B&B Zathe de Spieker
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Het Molenhuis
Het Molenhuis
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WestCord WTC Hotel - Junior Suite
WestCord WTC Hotel - Junior Suite
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Remains of the Atlantic Wall in Harlingen
Remains of the Atlantic Wall in Harlingen
The bunkers at Harlingen were part of the Atlantic Wall: the more than 6,000-kilometer-long German defense line from Norway to Spain. The Atlantic Wall is one of the largest structures of the 20th century.
The line was built during the Second World War between 1942 and 1945 to prevent an Allied invasion of the Western European mainland from the sea. The Atlantic Wall was a series of separate smaller and larger support points that could give each other fire support.
In many cases they consisted of bombproof bunkers, sometimes with a wall and roof thickness of at least two meters of reinforced concrete. Due to a lack of labour, equipment and fuel, only 510 bunkers of the planned 2000 had been built in the Netherlands. In the English Garden in Harlingen is a German bunker that was part of the Atlantic Wall. It concerns a Communications Command Post with which the Germans coordinated the Frisian coastal defences.
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Rondvaartbedrijf van der Werf
Rondvaartbedrijf van der Werf
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NENEK Fashion & Lifestyle
NENEK Fashion & Lifestyle
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Solo 4 personen
Beach Resorts Makkum - Solo 4 personen
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Forest cabin Nooitgedacht
Forest cabin Nooitgedacht
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Camping Sudersé - Trekkershut It Lurkje en It Sweltsje
Camping Sudersé - Trekkershut It Lurkje en It Sweltsje
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Cheung Kwong
Cheung Kwong
