Information Sign 'The enemy did not pass here'
The text on this information board indicates how the German advance was stopped at the Kornwerderzand block line in the May days of 1940. Only after the capitulation of the Netherlands on May 15, 1940 was the German army able to take the position of Kornwerderzand.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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