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Archive for the ‘history’ Tag
When I grow up 4 comments
Hope full of doubts.. 15 comments
It has been a very busy time for me, started a new job and had difficulties foccusing on both that,family and photography, just weren’t happy with my pictures anymore…
And then there was May… and a week with a lot of photo opportunities 😀
This one was taken on Liberation Day, 5th of May in Wageningen(Netherlands)during the parade …It’s an image that I can’t seem to forget, never forget
I wasn’t sure to post the coloured version aswell but as that was my image to start with here it is…
Leaving at eight 13 comments
Jonkerbos – War Cemetery-Nijmegen/the Netherlands 6 comments
The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. Nijmegen was a front line town from 17 September 1944 until February 1945. The cemetery, which was created by No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station RAMC during Operation Market Garden, is in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch, from which it took its name. Many soldiers buried here died of their wounds during the winter of 1944/45 when the Island, south of Arnhem, was held by units of XXX Corps, and much of the British army was dug in along the Maas river.
Jonkerbos War Cemetery contains 1,629 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 99 of them unidentified, and 13 war graves of other nationalities.
Sailing away 11 comments
