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Familie Jensma-De Vries
Familie Jensma-De Vries
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Noorderhaven 32
Noorderhaven 32
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Bootverhuur Hollema
Bootverhuur Hollema
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TOP Jubbega - Derde Sluis
TOP Jubbega - Derde Sluis
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NUT Gaasterlân Sleat
NUT Gaasterlân Sleat
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Visitor Centre and Tourist Office Stavoren
Visitor Centre and Tourist Office Stavoren
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De Holle Poarte near Makkum
De Holle Poarte near Makkum
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla XL
Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla XL
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Uitkijkpunt Ryptsjerksterpolder
Uitkijkpunt Ryptsjerksterpolder
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Zijda Yachting - Captain Willem Barentsz Elite
Zijda Yachting - Captain Willem Barentsz Elite
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Anouschka Brom Soulgifts, Art & Crystals
Anouschka Brom Soulgifts, Art & Crystals
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Ambush at Oldeholtpade
Ambush at Oldeholtpade
On 12 April, the bridge over the Tjonger in Mildam fell into the hands of the Royal Canadian Dragoons reconnaissance regiment. Because the occupier had blown up many other bridges, the Canadians attached great importance to preserving this bridge for the crossing of other Canadian units. That is why dozens of armoured cars, mobile artillery guns and numerous other vehicles were sent to Mildam that day to reinforce the bridgehead over the Tjonger.
In one of those armoured cars, a Staghound, was 24-year-old Trooper Wilfred Robert George Berry from Ontario. The young Canadian had volunteered for military service in Europe. And had already fought with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Italy. At the end of February 1945, they were transferred to Northwest Europe.
For Berry, the war ended in Friesland. In Oldeholtpade, on the road to Wolvega, his vehicle drove into an ambush along with at least one other Staghound. In the vicinity of a broken-down German car, German soldiers had hidden with Panzerfausts. The Panzerfaust was a very powerful and easy-to-use anti-tank weapon. The first shot missed, but the second projectile hit the front Staghound, on the side where driver Wilfred Berry was sitting at the time.2 The Staghound went off the road and overturned. The three other crew members got injured, but were able to leave the vehicle and took cover behind the second Staghound. One of them stated:
"[…]Flames burst through the turret, where the officer and I were half in and half out of the hatches. Any skin surface not covered was burned and the flames badly singed our eyebrows, eyelashes, moustaches and hands, sending me and the officer both wounded to the field hospital."3
Immediately after the first Staghound was hit, the second Staghound opened fire on the Germans. Seriously injured, Wilfred Berry remained in the vehicle. After about fifteen minutes of shooting back and forth, the other Staghounds retreated towards Oldeberkoop. The exact reason for this remains unclear. Berry was already dying and was briefly cared for by the elderly Andriesje Dekker-Oosterhof in the vehicle when the shooting had stopped. The tragedy had unfolded right in front of her house. He died in the wreck shortly afterwards.
Berry's remains were eventually transferred to the farm on "De Bult" in Oldeberkoop and buried there. After the war he would be reburied at the Canadian war cemetery in Holten. The other crew members were eventually able to return to their units after receiving medical treatment. The commander only had burns on his face.
The event made a deep impression on the inhabitants of Oldeholtpade. In 1945, a monument to Berry was erected. And in 1965, a street was named in his honour.
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Buiten Museum Workum
Buiten Museum Workum
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Gast op stal
Gast op stal
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Eysinga State - Boerderijbungalow seis
Eysinga State - Boerderijbungalow seis
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't Bûterhûs - Appartement Zon
't Bûterhûs - Appartement Zon
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Zijda Yachting - Sara Elite
Zijda Yachting - Sara Elite
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Heavy shelling on Pingjum
Heavy shelling on Pingjum
After the liberation of Sneek on April 15, 1945, Canadian troops advanced to the Afsluitdijk. The Frisian resistance advised against the attack. It remembered the May days at the beginning of the war in 1940.
After the Canadians had been festively welcomed in Leeuwaren, it was important to advance quickly to Franeker to prevent the last escape option of the Germans over the Afsluitdijk and the IJsselmeer. The attack against the Afsluitdijk was launched from the southeast on 16 April, but the tanks of the Queens Own Rifles soon ran into the strong German defenses.
After that, the village of Wons was surrounded, but the Germans defended themselves very fanatically at Pingjum. There were many snipers and the Canadians were fired on from the farms. Allied fighters and artillery were deployed to break the German resistance. During the shelling, five farms went up in flames, six civilians, one Canadian and 46 Germans were killed. On April 18, 1945, the Canadians were able to report that the entire area had been cleared of enemies.
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Bed and Breakfast Zathe De Spieker
Bed and Breakfast Zathe De Spieker
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it Dreamlân groupaccommodation
it Dreamlân groupaccommodation
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Stal Edda
Stal Edda
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Bunkerboot en reparatiesteiger CIV
Bunkerboot en reparatiesteiger CIV
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Restaurant Aan de Gracht
Restaurant Aan de Gracht
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De Friese Bierbrouwerij Us Heit
De Friese Bierbrouwerij Us Heit
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