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15 Feb: Minister van Heuven Goedhart inaugurates the first Tribunal. [1] 23 Feb: Announcement of the composition, to the extent completed, of the third Gerbrandy cabinet. [1] 24 Feb: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy urges Eisenhower's Chief of Staff Bedell Smith for a separate offensive for the liberation of the Netherlands north of the major rivers. [2]
3 October to 8 November – Battle of the Scheldt; 4 Oct: Important note from the queen: the second Gerbrandy cabinet must disappear. [3] 6 Oct: The Canadian First Army launches a major offensive against the Germans in West Zeelandic Flanders. [3] 10 Oct: The first company of the Shock Troops departs for the front. [3]
15 April: Zutphen, Leeuwarden, Zoutkamp; 16 April: Groningen (Battle of Groningen) 17 April: Otterlo (Battle of Otterlo) 17 April: Apeldoorn; 5 May: Capitulation of the remaining German forces; 5 May: Amsterdam; 7 May: Utrecht; 9 May: De Klomp; 20 May: Texel (Georgian uprising on Texel) 11 June: Schiermonnikoog
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Dam Square is the historic centre of the Dutch national capital of Amsterdam. Until 1914 another national monument stood on the Dam, De Eendracht or popularly Naatje van de Dam, commemorating the Ten Days' Campaign. Shortly after the end of World War II in 1945, a liberty pole was erected on Dam Square. The Dutch government proposed that a ...
Pages in category "1945 in the Netherlands" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... 1945 shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam; B.
From 14 May 1940 to 5 May 1945, the Netherlands were occupied by Nazi Germany. Permanent exhibits of the museum recreate the atmosphere of the streets of Amsterdam during the German occupation of World War II. Big photographs, old posters, objects, films and sounds from that time, help to recreate the scene.
14: The 1945 Bombing of Prague: American planes bomb the wrong city. 15: Venezuela and Uruguay declare war on Germany and Japan. 16: American paratroopers and Philippine Commonwealth troops land on Corregidor Island, in Manila Bay. Once the scene of the last American resistance in early 1942, it is now the scene of Japanese resistance.