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Holiday Park Landal Elfstedenhart
Holiday Park Landal Elfstedenhart
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Fries Landbouwmuseum (Frisian Agricultural Museum)
Fries Landbouwmuseum (Frisian Agricultural Museum)
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Min12 Leeuwarden
Min12 Leeuwarden
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De Leijen - Uitzichtpunt Malewei
De Leijen - Uitzichtpunt Malewei
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Camping de Finne - Kampeerplekken
Camping de Finne - Kampeerplekken
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Duitse krijgsgevangen via Harlingen afgevoerd naar Duitsland
Duitse krijgsgevangen via Harlingen afgevoerd naar Duitsland
Op dit punt lag vroeger de Postbootsteiger. De aanlegplaats voor de veerdienst naar Vlieland en Terschelling. Deze veerdienst werd tijdens de oorlog 'gewoon' gebruikt. De haven van Harlingen werd na de oorlog gebruikt om Duitse krijgsgevangenen af te voeren naar Duitsland.
Veel Duitse militairen zijn in de laatste dagen voor de bevrijding via Harlingen gevlucht naar Noord-Holland, dat onderdeel was van “Festung Holland”. Dat gebeurde te voet en met rij- en voertuigen via de Afsluitdijk, maar ook met schepen via de haven van Harlingen.
Na de capitulatie van Nazi-Duitsland werd de haven gebruikt om Duitse krijgsgevangenen uit Noord-Holland naar Duitsland af te voeren. Friesland lag op de route. Van de circa 140.000 krijgsgevangen werden er op 21 mei ongeveer 25.000 met schepen en landingsvaartuigen vanuit Den Helder naar Harlingen overgebracht.
Het merendeel van de krijgsgevangenen werd vanaf 25 mei 1945 tot en met 5 juni 1945 in grote groepen over de Afsluitdijk naar Friesland geleid onder escorte van Canadese eenheden. In het gebied tussen Zurig, Witmarsum en Pingjum werd er een rustpauze ingelast. Daarna werd de voettocht hervat via Bolsward, Sneek, Akkrum, Beetsterzwaag, Siegerswoude en Bakkeveen richting Duitsland.
De Harlinger haven werd ook gebruikt om Nederlandse collaborateurs, die naar Terschelling waren gevlucht, door te sturen naar de verschillende interneringkampen. Zo werd op deze plek werd ook de naar Terschelling gevluchte NSB-burgemeester van Harlingen P.J.E. Dekker, weer aan wal gebracht.
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Irish Pub Paddy O'Ryan
Irish Pub Paddy O'Ryan
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Burgumer Mar - Jistrum - De Dunen - Uitkijkheuvel
Burgumer Mar - Jistrum - De Dunen - Uitkijkheuvel
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Logementen Jannum
Logementen Jannum
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Zijda Yachting - Veritas Elite
Zijda Yachting - Veritas Elite
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Landal Esonstad
Landal Esonstad
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Camping & Haven Recreatie Dokkum
Camping & Haven Recreatie Dokkum
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Tusken de Marren - Vakantiehuis Anker wellness 8p
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Brêgeham recreatie
Brêgeham recreatie
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Rommert de houtsnijder | Beeldenroute Olterterp
Rommert de houtsnijder | Beeldenroute Olterterp
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HappyWhale Sneek
HappyWhale Sneek
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Poppodium Het Bolwerk
Poppodium Het Bolwerk
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Blotevoetenpad Gaasterland
Blotevoetenpad Gaasterland
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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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Veendijkhoeve
Veendijkhoeve
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Dada-monument
Dada-monument
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B&B De Hofstee
B&B De Hofstee
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Statue ‘Lapkepoep and Frisian farmer's wife’
Statue ‘Lapkepoep and Frisian farmer's wife’
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Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Iisfugel
Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Iisfugel
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