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 | his observation tower is build by the Germans in the Second World War, as part of the Fliegerhorst (airfield) Hemiksem.
Address:Klaverbladdreef, Hemiksem |  | 09/06/2009 | 62 | 



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 | The Fliegerhorst Venlo/Netherlands (codenamed Nassau), was one of the larger military airfields. It was partly in the Netherlands and partly in Germany. It was heavily bombed during World War II. After the war the part on Dutch soil was almost completely demolished. On the German side, a large number of structures can be found in the woods. |  | 10/22/2008 | 650 | 
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 | Photo was taken July 19, 1944 by a Spitfire MK XI of the 7th PRG. |  | 11/10/2009 | 55 | 
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 | Detailed aerial view, Exit D3, taken 6 June 1944 at 1230 hrs.
(Photograph U.S. National Archives)
See also overall view of Easy Red:
http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile25563/Omaha-Beach,-6-June-1944-(Overlay-I).htm |  | 05/30/2007 | 823 | 



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 | Detailed aerial view, Exit E1, taken 6 June 1944 at 1230 hrs.
(Photograph U.S. National Archives)
See also overall view of Easy Red:
http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile25563/Omaha-Beach,-6-June-1944-(Overlay-I).htm |  | 05/30/2007 | 727 | 



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 | Hvidsten group (Danish: Hvidstengruppen) was a Danish resistance group during World War II. Its name stems from an inn called Hvidsten Kro between Randers and Mariager in Jutland where it was formed. It started in 1943 and existed until 1944 when its members were arrested by the Gestapo. The identity of its members had been revealed by a captured British agent who under torture had revealed wha... |  | 08/09/2009 | 26 | 



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 | This air base saw heavy fights during Opeation Overlord. Build in 1937, it was conquered in June 1940 by the Wehrmacht and becaom ethe home base of a German bomber squadron.
Actually Carpiquet air base should had been taken during D-Day, but the Allies didn't succeed. Canadian forces attacked the airfield on 04.07.1944 (Operation WIndsor). It was finally taken by 08.07.44. ... |  | 11/21/2008 | 261 | 
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 | 3 January 1944 Roccasecca Road Bridge, Italy |  | 04/15/2007 | 239 | 



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 | 2 January 1944 Ventimiglia Railroad Bridge, Italy |  | 04/15/2007 | 276 | 



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 | Sortie 2422 o the 7th PRG flown July 21, 1944 in Spitfire MK XI MB 948. |  | 01/09/2009 | 224 | 
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 | The city of Düren was located on the main fighting front during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. During 1944 and 1945, the protracted and bloody Battle for Hürtgenwald was fought on Düren's district area, and on November 16 1944, Düren was completely destroyed by Allied air bombings. Approximately 22,000 people lived in Düren at that time, and 3,000 of them died during the bombin... |  | 02/27/2007 | 353 | 



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 | This photo is from an aerial record compiled by the government in 1944 and shows Wanstead Park and surrounds on 7 August 1944. The H.E. and V1 damage to Heronry Pond can be seen, plus V1 damage in Tennyson Avenue and in Wanstead Park Avenue (just in East Ham but dealt with by Wanstead CD). What appears to be a heavy anti-aircraft battery can also be seen on Wanstead Flats. |  | 06/06/2008 | 322 | 



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