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Camping Hindeloopen
Camping Hindeloopen
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Friese Meren Villa's - Docklodge 36
Friese Meren Villa's - Docklodge 36
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De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 4
De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 4
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Molen De Mûnts
Molen De Mûnts
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Yn'e haven appartementen
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Veerpont De Swaegen (Sneek Paviljoenwei)
Veerpont De Swaegen (Sneek Paviljoenwei)
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Stichting Signaal Beheer - De Elzenbeam
Stichting Signaal Beheer - De Elzenbeam
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Zeilschool De Morra
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The battle for the Tjonger bridge in Mildam
The battle for the Tjonger bridge in Mildam
In the afternoon of 12 April, rumours had reached Mildam that Englishmen or perhaps Canadians had been sighted at Peperga. The Canadian vanguards had entered Friesland. For the inhabitants of Mildam it was still a surprise when at first one and shortly afterwards another military vehicle with a few men in khaki-coloured overalls stopped at the bridge.
These vehicles were part of a patrol of "D" Squadron Royal Canadian Dragoons commanded by Lieutenant Homer Thomas. These Canadians established that unlike other bridges, the bridge in Mildam over the Tjonger had not yet been blown up by the occupying forces. The fact that the Tjonger bridge in Mildam had not been destroyed was due to the local resistance movement. The Germans had indeed planned to blow up this bridge as well. But at the risk of their own lives, resistance fighters had removed the detonators from the explosives affixed to the bridge.
The Squadron Commander immediately ordered all units to secure the bridge. And the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces were also requested to provide men. The precautions turned out to be justified. In the night of 12 to 13 April, German troops launched one of their few counter-attacks in the province of Friesland. From Heerenveen, they managed to surprise the Canadians in Mildam. They tried to regain control of the bridge three times. During the fierce fighting, Canadian vehicles were knocked out. But the Dragoons stood firm, and the Germans were driven off again. Mildam was freed.Four Canadian soldiers were injured in the fighting. The number of casualties on the German side is unknown. There was property damage in Mildam, but no civilians were killed. With a little less luck, though, there would have been several Dutch casualties. In the early morning of 13 April, a group of dozens of resistance fighters approached the bridge at dusk from the direction of Nieuweschoot. This was the reinforcement requested by the Canadians on 12 April when the undamaged bridge was discovered. The resistance fighters were partly carrying captured German weapons and were not noticed by the Dragoons in the semi-darkness until late.
Lieutenant Thomas, mentioned earlier, almost gave the order to open fire. It was only at the last moment that it became clear that they were not Germans. The resistance members had managed to make themselves known by singing songs in English.
The preservation of the bridge was important. During the following days, the Canadians would make extensive use of the bridge to advance further in the direction of Leeuwarden and liberate the province of Friesland.
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 6 persoons
Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 6 persoons
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City Tours Leeuwarden
City Tours Leeuwarden
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Zwem- en Recreatiebad It Rak
Zwem- en Recreatiebad It Rak
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Veltman Vis
Veltman Vis
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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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Proeflokaal de Stadswaagh
Proeflokaal de Stadswaagh
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De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 3
De Kan Hoeve - Vakantiehuisje 3
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El Cafetín espresso
El Cafetín espresso
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Het Korhoen van Anne Woudwijk
Het Korhoen van Anne Woudwijk
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Kaatsveld Weidum KV Nije Kriich
Kaatsveld Weidum KV Nije Kriich
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Information panel Boer Kuiper
Information panel Boer Kuiper
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Eysinga State - Vakantiewoning Yn 't Bosk
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Lauwersmeer - Zomerhuisbos - Uitzichtplateau
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IJsbaan Broek
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Midlumerweg 5
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