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The Battle of Nijmegen, also known as the Liberation of Nijmegen, occurred from 17 to 20 September 1944, as part of Operation Market Garden during World War II.. The Allies' primary goal was to capture the two bridges over the Waal River at Nijmegen – the road route over the Waalbrug (Waal Bridge) and Nijmegen railway bridge – and relieve the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st ...
The Battle of the Nijmegen salient or the Defence of the Nijmegen bridgehead was a series of engagements that took place ... The British Army and the Liberation of ...
The attack failed, leaving the Nijmegen bridge in German hands. Capturing this bridge was vital. Unlike some of the bridges to the south which were over smaller rivers and canals that could be bridged by engineering units, the Nijmegen and Arnhem bridges crossed two arms of the Rhine that could not be bridged easily. If either of the Nijmegen ...
The city of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, is partially in ruins following the Operation Market Garden battle to capture its bridge over the River Waal, seen in the distance, September 1944.
Large Allied airborne landings in North Brabant, in the Reich of Nijmegen, and near Arnhem [1] The Dutch government orders a general railway strike [1] The Reichskommissariat is relocated to Delden [1] 18 Sep: Liberation of Eindhoven [1] 20 Sep: Entire East Zeelandic Flanders liberated [1] Conquest of the Waal bridges near Nijmegen [1]
Dutch patriots guard townspeople accused of collaborating with the Nazis in Nijmegen, Netherlands, after American airborne troops liberated the town in 1945. ... Germany invaded the Netherlands in ...
The Waal river near Nijmegen, 1641 Nijmegen town hall (left) around 1900. In 1678 Nijmegen was host to the negotiations between the European powers that aimed to put an end to the constant warfare that had ravaged the continent for years. The result was the Treaty of Nijmegen that failed to provide for a lasting peace.
The Franco-Dutch War of 1672–78 was the source of all the other wars that were ended formally at Nijmegen. Separate peace treaties were arranged for conflicts like the Third Anglo-Dutch War and the Scanian War, but all of them had been directly caused by and form part of the Franco-Dutch War.