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Efeze
Efeze
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Bounce Valley Leeuwarden
Bounce Valley Leeuwarden
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Kattencafé PoesPas
Kattencafé PoesPas
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Friesland Boating Yachtcharter - Pedro Skiron 35 Kim
Friesland Boating Yachtcharter - Pedro Skiron 35 Kim
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Aldehoeve-logies - Appartement Trije
Aldehoeve-logies - Appartement Trije
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The Harlinger Pottery and Tiles Factory
The Harlinger Pottery and Tiles Factory
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Motorhome IJlst
Motorhome IJlst
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Observeum | Museum & Observatory
Observeum | Museum & Observatory
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De Weyde Blick - het Familiehuis
De Weyde Blick - het Familiehuis
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Camping de Finne - Safaritent Mexico
Camping de Finne - Safaritent Mexico
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Skrins Meadow Bird Reserve
Skrins Meadow Bird Reserve
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Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Workum
Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Workum
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Drijfveer Marina & Boat Rental
Drijfveer Marina & Boat Rental
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Sparjebird
Sparjebird
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Havenkom de Syl
Havenkom de Syl
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Visrestaurant Sudersee - fresh fish and stories
Visrestaurant Sudersee - fresh fish and stories
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Mummy Crypt in Wiuwert
Mummy Crypt in Wiuwert
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Wyldemerk
Wyldemerk
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Camping Ykema - Royale glamping tent
Camping Ykema - Royale glamping tent
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Heavy shelling on Pingjum
Heavy shelling on Pingjum
After the liberation of Sneek on April 15, 1945, Canadian troops advanced to the Afsluitdijk. The Frisian resistance advised against the attack. It remembered the May days at the beginning of the war in 1940.
After the Canadians had been festively welcomed in Leeuwaren, it was important to advance quickly to Franeker to prevent the last escape option of the Germans over the Afsluitdijk and the IJsselmeer. The attack against the Afsluitdijk was launched from the southeast on 16 April, but the tanks of the Queens Own Rifles soon ran into the strong German defenses.
After that, the village of Wons was surrounded, but the Germans defended themselves very fanatically at Pingjum. There were many snipers and the Canadians were fired on from the farms. Allied fighters and artillery were deployed to break the German resistance. During the shelling, five farms went up in flames, six civilians, one Canadian and 46 Germans were killed. On April 18, 1945, the Canadians were able to report that the entire area had been cleared of enemies.
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HappyWhale Leeuwarden
HappyWhale Leeuwarden
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Watertorenhotel Nes
Watertorenhotel Nes
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Hotel Stedswal - Kamer 5 - Hylpen
Hotel Stedswal - Kamer 5 - Hylpen
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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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