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Vakantiehuis in Gaastmeer
Vakantiehuis in Gaastmeer
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Kelder 65
Kelder 65
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Tusken de Marren - Vakantiehuis Anker wellness 14p
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Bed and Breakfast Unia Zathe
Bed and Breakfast Unia Zathe
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Camping de Achte - Vakantiehuisje de Achte
Camping de Achte - Vakantiehuisje de Achte
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Skûtsje De Leafde
Skûtsje De Leafde
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Veldman Yacht Charters
Veldman Yacht Charters
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Tjitsma-state Koningsterp Wijnaldum
Tjitsma-state Koningsterp Wijnaldum
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Friesland Boating Yachtcharter - Morrakruiser FBB 1150 Christa
Friesland Boating Yachtcharter - Morrakruiser FBB 1150 Christa
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Elektro Fox
Elektro Fox
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'Living Room Theatre' De Wier Koarnjum
'Living Room Theatre' De Wier Koarnjum
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REM Yachtcharter - Motorjacht Geminus
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Public toilet on Rienck Bockemakade in Sneek
Public toilet on Rienck Bockemakade in Sneek
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De Friese Bierbrouwerij Us Heit
De Friese Bierbrouwerij Us Heit
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Recreatie Tolbrugschans
Recreatie Tolbrugschans
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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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Verblijf bij Bynt - Appartementen 1e etage
Verblijf bij Bynt - Appartementen 1e etage
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Lutz Watervilla's - Wettervilla Fiif
Lutz Watervilla's - Wettervilla Fiif
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Schrijvers blokhut
Schrijvers blokhut
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Tweemastklipper Manna
Tweemastklipper Manna
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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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Cannon Firing in Sloten
Cannon Firing in Sloten
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Burrito Brothers
Burrito Brothers
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Atelier en Beeldentuin Fransje Versloot
Atelier en Beeldentuin Fransje Versloot
