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Noordwolde the first village to be liberated by land
Noordwolde the first village to be liberated by land
In the evening of 11 April 1945, units of the Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment Royal Canadian Dragoons arrived at Dwingeloo, just before the so-called Frieslandriegel. This line of defence had been constructed shortly before by the work of many Dutch forced labourers. However, the line was hardly occupied and eventually turned out to be incorrectly constructed.
The Dragoons' task was to scout the road well ahead of the rest of the Canadian units. And they noted that the Germans in this area were barely able to defend themselves effectively. Partly for this reason, it was decided on 11 April that units of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and supporting units would make a jump to Leeuwarden in the following days. If the Frisian capital and possibly the rest of Friesland could be taken, the Germans would be trapped in the western part of the Netherlands. After all, large parts of Overijssel and Gelderland had also been liberated at this point.
The infantry had to advance through Zwolle, Meppel, Steenwijk, Heerenveen to Leeuwarden. To get them to Leeuwarden as soon as possible, all kinds of extra vehicles had been arranged. Meanwhile, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and not much later another reconnaissance regiment, the Duke of York´s Royal Canadian Hussars, would enter Friesland to scout the planned main route there. And to create as much chaos as possible among the German defenders.Thanks to the citizens of Dieverbrug in Drenthe, an emergency bridge was built over the Drentse Hoofdvaart canal so that the Canadian vehicles could advance to Friesland. Then, on the morning of 12 April, the Dragoons were the first Canadian land unit to enter the province of Friesland. The village of Noordwolde was the first to be liberated.
Although this first Frisian village could be taken without a fight, there was brief fighting immediately north of Noordwolde. About twenty Germans and Dutch accomplices tried to delay the Canadians. After a short fight, the Germans fled the scene, leaving all their equipment behind. Others, including ten Dutch accomplices of the Landwacht and Ordnungspolizei, were captured.But the very first liberators to set foot on Frisian soil were French SAS paratroopers from the 3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes. Just over 700 of them were dropped over Drenthe and south-east Friesland on the night of 7 to 8 April. Their mission was to support the Allied ground operation. They did so by creating chaos behind German lines, capturing bridges, and carrying out all kinds of operations together with the resistance. They had to keep this up until the Canadian ground units reached them. A small proportion ended up at Appelscha and Haulerwijk and carried out their assignments there. In the performance of these assignments, 21-year-old Chasseur de 2e Classe (Private 2nd Class) Henri Pintaud was killed on 8 April.
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Vegetatio
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Yachtcharter De Drait Drachten - Sloep Cabin Drait 151 t/m 155
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Bremer Wildernis
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Het Kleine Paradijs
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BinnenInn 24-Person Group Stay
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Peal 5: It sintrum
Peal 5: It sintrum
Dit punt is ûnderdiel fan it trajekt 'It Paad Werom Terherne'. Besjoch de hiele rûte.
(harkje hjir nei it audioferhaal)
Foar dizze sprong doch ik in berop op dyn ferbyldingskrêft. We steane by it reade bankje en geane werom nei it jier 1540, yn deselde tiid as de bou fan de Stins dy’t we niiskrekt seagen. Gean mar eefkes rêstich sitten ast dat noflik fynst.
Bist safier? Okee dêr geane we.
It is de tiid fan de reformaasje en ek Fryslân keart him tsjin it Katolisisme. It is de tiid fan de “hagepreken” en rûnom steane tsjerkjes ferskûle. Sa ek op it plak wêr’t letter de snackbar en it terras stean soene, stiet in skûltsjerkje yn de foarm fan in âld skuorre. Dit is ien fan de earste Doopsgezinde gemeentes. Fan bûten liket it op in âld skuorre, mar binnen wane je jin yn in tsjerke, kompleet mei in preekstoel. It hûs rjochts fan de Pastorij is de âlde pastorijwente. ’t Far rint hjir omhinne en wêr’t letter it pleintsje kaam is, steane noch in pear húskes oan it wetter. Dizze húskes wurde pas yn de jierren sechtich fan de 20ste ieuw ôfbrutsen. Okee, eefkes bekomme? We geane wer fierder!De yllúzje fan tiid learde ús al dat wy oer wetter rinne kinne en dus rin mar mei tusken de grutte balstiennen troch nei de T-splitsing. Stopje hjir mar eefkes.
Dit punt is ûnderdiel fan it trajekt 'It Paad Werom Terherne'. Klik hjir om werom te gean nei de rûte.
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