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During a period of of about nine months, night and day, seven days a week, some missile, V1 or V2, struck the taget area of Antwerp about every twenty minutes.
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Called up July 1944. Infantry training Ox & Bucks Lght Inf...
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Apr 20, 2015 · The Germans were not only attacked on the ground, Bomber Command targeted them from the air – using their air superiority to bomb Walcheren and flood the island by destroying the dykes there. On October 3rd, 247 Lancaster bombers and Mosquitoes of Bomber Command attacked Walcheren.
With the support of further massive aerial bombardments by Bomber Command, and close air support from the 2nd Tactical Air Force, German strongpoints at Calais were gradually taken by tank–infantry...
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Antwerp has been of strategic importance in Western Europe for over a thousand years, enduring numerous conquests and liberations throughout its history. In the autumn of 1944, the city gained strategic prominence once more, acting as a crucial hub for the Western Allies' liberating forces during their advance towards Berlin. On September 4, 1944, ...
In late 1944, the threat of Hitler's vengeance weapons instilled fear within the inner circles of the Western Allies as Germany grew increasingly desperate to stop the invasion of their territory. Throughout that summer and autumn, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels persistently proclaimed the existence of enigmatic weapons capable of alterin...
In the winter of 1944-45, the Allied press named Antwerp "The City of Sudden Death." During this period, massive explosions occurred randomly throughout the city, similar to bombs being dropped, yet no bombers were visible in the sky. These explosions did not come with the deep, throbbing sound typically associated with the pulse jet engines of the...
Ford, Brian J. (2011). Secret Weapons: Technology, Science and the Race to Win World War II. Osprey Publishing. Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 0PH, UK 44-02 23rd Street, Suite 219, Long Island City, NY 1101, USA. Neufeld, Michael J. The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemunde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era. Harvard Press Cambrid...
Dec 28, 2005 · In 1944, he and four other officers were briefed on secret orders from General Eisenhower on the desperate situation for the British in Antwerp. Dad and his colleagues were told that every...
Bombing claims many victims. The city breaks under war and persecution. How could this happen? What does it mean to live in an occupied city? What happens when basic values such as freedom and equality fall away? Who becomes the main victim of this and who doesn't? What role do local authorities and police play?
Antwerp, 1940 - 1945. Military violence and mass persecution of Jews and dissenters during World War II broke the city. Personal stories and objects make this period very tangible in this new permanent MAS exhibition.
