The Battle of Overloon was fought in the Second World War between Allied forces and the German Army which took place in and around the village of Overloon...
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Netherlands, which originated as a museum for a World War II battle (Battle of Overloon) that occurred around the village from 30 September to 18 October...
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57056°N 5.95694°E / 51.57056; 5.95694 The Overloon War Museum (Dutch: Oorlogsmuseum Overloon) is located in Overloon, Netherlands. The museum was opened on...
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Battle of Aachen: September–October 1944 Battle of Crucifix Hill Battle of Overloon: September–October 1944 Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September–December 1944...
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Venray (category Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands))
War II Battle of Overloon. Towards the end of World War II there were several battles in and around Venray, damaging large parts of the center of Venray...
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7th Armored Division (United States) (category Armored divisions of the United States Army)
of World War I. On 8 October, the division was relieved from the attack on Overloon by the British 11th Armoured Division and moved south of Overloon...
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Panther tank (category Medium tanks of Germany)
War and Resistance Museum, Overloon, Netherlands. Ausf. G. This tank was abandoned by its crew during the Battle of Overloon after being knocked out by...
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September: Deurne 26 September: Mook 27 September: Helmond, Oss The battle of Overloon started on 30 September 5 October: Kerkrade 6 October: Ossendrecht...
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Cromwell tank (category Cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom)
Cromwell IV. National War and Resistance Museum, Overloon, Netherlands. Recovered after the Battle of Overloon in October 1944. Cromwell IV. Heintz Barracks...
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Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers. They were forced to adapt to new technologies and forged the direction of modern warfare...
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Operation Market Garden (category Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
bridgehead west of the Meuse near Venlo was for the Allies an unexpectedly protracted affair, which included the Battle of Overloon. After Aintree's...
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British army officer, recipient of the Military Order of William of the Netherlands for action at the Battle of Overloon during World War II, in Helmingham...
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stands at the Overloon War Museum. Erskine, David (1956). The Scots Guards, 1919-1955. W. Clowes. p. 390. Gaunt, John (2000), "The Battle of Broekhuizen"...
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States Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar - India War Museum Overloon - Overloon, The Netherlands Park of Military History - Slovenia http://paris1814.com/tankmuseum/kubinka...
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Kenneth Mayhew (category Knights Fourth Class of the Military Order of William)
several injuries among the company. On 16 October 1944, during the Battle of Overloon, Mayhew was injured by shells while creating bridges for tanks across...
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clearing of the Scheldt Estuary. To expand the thin Market Garden salient, Operation Aintree intended to expand Eastwards towards Overloon and the later...
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Liberation Route Europe (category Aftermath of World War II)
Nijmegen Loenen Field of Honour Memorial for the mass grave Huissen Audiospots: 76 Important remembrance sites Museums Overloon War Museum General Maczek...
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Lashmer Whistler (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
crossing of the Meuse-Escaut canal on 18 September. The division participated in Operation Market Garden and then in the Battle of Overloon, taking over...
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Eric Bols (category Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies)
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his command of the brigade during the Battle of Overloon and the subsequent liberation of Overloon and...
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Vincent Speranza (category Recipients of the Legion of Honour)
of the official Airborne song Blood on the risers. During the 2021 Christmas period, Speranza was featured in an hour-long broadcast by the Overloon War...
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Renault FT (category History of the tank)
German-captured FT at the Overloon War Museum, Overloon Renault FT-17, nicknamed "The Five of Hearts," at the National Museum of the United States Army Approximately...
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21st Army Group (category Army groups of the British Army in World War II)
of Nijmegen were repelled. The thin salient was then expanded Eastwards with Operation Aintree which saw bitter fighting around the town of Overloon....
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Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger (category Cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom)
the Overloon War Museum in the Netherlands, acquired from the Muzeeaquarium Delfzijl in 1976; the other was awaiting restoration at the Isle of Wight...
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Goliath tracked mine (category World War II infantry weapons of Germany)
Camp, UK The REME Museum, UK Dutch Cavalry Museum, Netherlands War Museum Overloon, Netherlands Het Nederlands kustverdedigingsmuseum: Fort aan den Hoek van...
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Winston Churchill's pets (redirect from Pets of Winston Churchill)
Churchill, when the swan's mate belonging to a zookeeper in Overloon picked him out of a police line-up of six swans. Arabella Churchill later recalled being chased...
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Operation Pheasant (category Battles of World War II involving Canada)
this bridgehead and the threat was removed albeit at high cost in taking Overloon and Venray. However this meant that the flank further West towards Tilburg...
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8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 (category World War II anti-tank guns of Germany)
Cavalry Tank Museum, Ahmednagar Netherlands Overloon War Museum, Overloon Atlantikwall-Museum, Hook of Holland Bevrijdende Vleugels Museum, Best New...
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Sturmgeschütz III (category World War II tank destroyers of Germany)
Tallinn. StuG III Ausf. G. Overloon War Museum, Overloon, Netherlands. One StuG III Ausf. G. Memorial to the Heroes of Volokolamsk Who Died During the...
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campaign Battle of the Grebbeberg – 1940 Battle of the Afsluitdijk – 1940 Operation Market Garden – 1944 Battle of Overloon – 1944 Battle of the Scheldt –...
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Crusader tank (category Tanks of Argentina)
des Blindés in France preserves a Mk III anti-aircraft Crusader and the Overloon War Museum in the Netherlands owns a gun-tractor variant. Overall, including...
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