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Recreatiepark de Jerden - Achtpersoons appartement
Recreatiepark de Jerden - Achtpersoons appartement
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Boutique Hotel 'Herberg Het Rechthuis'
Boutique Hotel 'Herberg Het Rechthuis'
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Alibi Hostel
Alibi Hostel
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Wellekom Watersport - Rondspantkotter Ichtus
Wellekom Watersport - Rondspantkotter Ichtus
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Natuurkampeerterrein minicamping Singel - Camperplaats kleiner dan 5m
Natuurkampeerterrein minicamping Singel - Camperplaats kleiner dan 5m
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Oan 'e Dyk
Oan 'e Dyk
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Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
The liberation of the north-eastern part of Friesland was not achieved without a struggle. The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) and Canadian troops fought fierce battles, partly side by side. It was mainly occupiers fleeing in panic who caused fights and shootings that claimed victims on both sides. A fierce battle was also fought over the port of Oostmahorn.
After the liberation of Dokkum, Kollum and Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen, the attention of the Canadian troops turned to the port of Oostmahorn. It was the gateway to the island of Schiermonnikoog, which was part of the German defence line, the Atlantic Wall. This bulwark ran along the coasts of France to Norway. During the war, and extensive occupying force was stationed on the Wadden Island.
The village of Oostmahorn was "relieved" by the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) on Saturday, 14 April, after the German Grenzschutz (border control) left in silence for Schiermonnikoog. Meanwhile, a group of more than a hundred fleeing SS and SD men and a dozen women crossed the Lauwerszee from Groningen near Zoutkamp with three boats to the island. A number of them were high-ranking SD members of the infamous Scholtenhuis in Groningen. When the NBS saw them sailing past from the port of Oostmahorn, shots were fired back and forth.
The German occupying forces on Schiermonnikoog then wanted to take revenge. The village and the port of Oostmahorn were attacked from the island for two hours on Monday, 16 April. A convoy of three Dutch boats left for the port with the aim of landing there. Meanwhile, the help of the B-Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Carrier Regiment) in Dokkum had been called in. The attack was narrowly repelled, but two Canadian soldiers from a reconnaissance group were killed. A defence line of foxholes and armoured vehicles was erected around the village.
Further reinforcements were called in that day from Leeuwarden, where C Company of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders were sent to the coastal strip to patrol for German landing attempts.
After a brief but heavy shelling from the Canadians as a warning, a mediator was sent to the island the next day. The highest-ranking SD officer refused to surrender. They were waiting for an escape with a Schnell boat that was to take them to the German Wadden island of Borkum on 3 May. That turned out to be in vain, but in the meantime they kept the island occupied, even after the general capitulation of the whole of the Netherlands on 5 May.It was not until 11 June that two boats, the MS Waddenzee and the MS Brakzand, transported the last occupiers of Schiermonnikoog to the port of Oostmahorn. A column of army trucks packed with prisoners of war left the port under the guard of the Allies. From there they went to the POW camp in Beerta (Groningen).
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Huize Goede Reede - Appartement met balkon
Huize Goede Reede - Appartement met balkon
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Friesland Charter
Friesland Charter
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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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Filmhuis Stiens
Filmhuis Stiens
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Duinvilla+ 8 persoons
Beach Resorts Makkum - Duinvilla+ 8 persoons
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Waterrecreatie Syperda
Waterrecreatie Syperda
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Houtzaagmolen de Rat
Houtzaagmolen de Rat
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The Former Dairy Factory in Trynwâlden
The Former Dairy Factory in Trynwâlden
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All Joor's vakantieappartement
All Joor's vakantieappartement
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IJlst (Drylts)
IJlst (Drylts)
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Information point Woudsend (de Rakken)
Information point Woudsend (de Rakken)
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The Fisherman’s Wife Monument in Moddergat
The Fisherman’s Wife Monument in Moddergat
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Sanzi Yacht Charter - Walburga
Sanzi Yacht Charter - Walburga
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Sint Nicolaasga (Sint Nyk)
Sint Nicolaasga (Sint Nyk)
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St. Nicholas Church in Stavoren
St. Nicholas Church in Stavoren
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Iselmar Sporthotel - Hotelkamer met havenzicht
Iselmar Sporthotel - Hotelkamer met havenzicht
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Havenkom de Syl
Havenkom de Syl
