Liberation Memorial Ter Aalst (Den Hout)
This memorial commemorates the crossing of the Markkanaal on the 3rd of November 1944, by the First Polish Division, the Princess Irene Brigade and the 240th Company Royal Engineers.
30 Polish and 100 German soldiers were killed during this fight.
An exactly similar Monument is placed in Oosterhout at the Korenbocht.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries & TracesOfWar.nl
- Photos: Bob van Vree
Nearby
Museum
- Stedelijk Museum Breda - Breda
- Queen Wilhelmina Pavilion Breda - Breda
- Museum The Rose Geertruidenberg - Geertruidenberg
Point of interest
- Bullet Impacts Ruiterspoor 8 Den Hout - Den Hout
- Bullet Impacts & War Damage Houses Den Hout - Den Hout
- Bullet Impacts Achterstraat 18 - Den Hout
Monument
- Liberation Route Marker 157 - Ter Aalst (Den Hout)
- Jewish Memorial Vrachelse Heide Oosterhout - Oosterhout
- Liberation Memorial Ruiterspoor Den Hout - Den Hout
Cemetery
- Polish War Grave Vrachelse Heide Oosterhout - Oosterhout
- Dutch War Grave Vrachelse Heide Oosterhout - Oosterhout
- Grave Civilian Casualty Den Hout - Den Hout
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stone Klappeijstraat 46 - Oosterhout
- Stumbling Stone Leijsenhoek 73 - Oosterhout
- Stumbling Stone Hoogstraat 80 - Oosterhout
Fortification
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