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Wolkom Thús
Wolkom Thús
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Easterwood Hondvriendelijke Vakantiewoningen
Easterwood Hondvriendelijke Vakantiewoningen
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 6 persoons
Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 6 persoons
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Lytsewierrum (Lutkewierum)
Lytsewierrum (Lutkewierum)
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Group accommodation at ‘De Blikvaart’
Group accommodation at ‘De Blikvaart’
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Restaurant-Logement De Hinde
Restaurant-Logement De Hinde
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Kitesurfing Spot at Hindeloopen
Kitesurfing Spot at Hindeloopen
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Vegotel
Vegotel
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City Tours Leeuwarden
City Tours Leeuwarden
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Hotel de Wijnberg - Comfort plus kamer
Hotel de Wijnberg - Comfort plus kamer
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 5 persoons
Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla+ 5 persoons
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Bed & Breakfast ByPaula - Kamer Kapelaan
Bed & Breakfast ByPaula - Kamer Kapelaan
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Grou Command Post
Grou Command Post
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Akkrum
Akkrum
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De Hege Grezen near Oudemirdum
De Hege Grezen near Oudemirdum
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Lies Keramiek
Lies Keramiek
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Stadsherberg Sneek - Comfort kamer met kitchenette
Stadsherberg Sneek - Comfort kamer met kitchenette
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Heempark Heeg
Heempark Heeg
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Nero: coffee & foodbar
Nero: coffee & foodbar
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Jachthaven Leeuwarden
Jachthaven Leeuwarden
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Oosterschar Nature Reserve
Oosterschar Nature Reserve
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Jachthaven Hoora Heeg - Safaritent Deluxe
Jachthaven Hoora Heeg - Safaritent Deluxe
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Hotel Workum
Hotel Workum
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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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