September 2019

A Dutch city is to grant a one-time honorary citizenship to more than 300 British soldiers who died fighting to liberate the Netherlands in World War II. Special honor will be given to the 328 men buried in the…

Veteran Sandy Cortmann arrived at the Ginkel Heath commemorations today via a tandem jump (Photo: Cpl Robert Weideman / MOD / PA)A 97-year-old veteran captured in Arnhem was parachuted over the Dutch town to mark the 75e…

British World War II veterans were among those honored before a crowd of thousands on a night of special commemoration to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem.Arnhem city center was packed with Dutch citizens and visitors from…

Dutch town to grant honorary single citizenship to more than 300 British soldiers who died fighting to liberate the Netherlands in WWII.Special honor will be given to the 328 men buried in the Commonwealth and War Graves Commission (CWGC)…

Mierlo War Cemetery in the Netherlands. Photo: Wammes Waggel via Wikimedia Commons. A number of headstones of British and Commonwealth soldiers from World War II in the Netherlands have been disfigured by swastikas and other markings,…