Object of the Month – March 2025 A Young Zeeland Sailor at Sea On November 30, 1919, Johannes Pieter Wagenaar […]
A moment of reflection and tribute The annual commemoration at the Sloedam traditionally takes place on the last Saturday of […]

From Emergency Church to Agricultural Barn On Saturday, July 18, 2015, a large group of volunteers from the Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland […]

Impenetrable Beach To make the Zeeland beaches, like other coastal defenses, inaccessible for an Allied landing, the Germans constructed numerous […]

A Hidden Bunker Complex During World War II, the Germans built a bunker complex next to the Albertinahoeve on Pykesweg […]

The invention of the Bailey bridge Sir Donald Coleman Bailey (1901-1985) worked as a civil engineer for the British Ministry […]

Born in the USA The Sherman tank is named after General William T. Sherman, who fought for the Union during […]

Operatie Market Garden On September 17, 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden, a large-scale offensive to recapture bridges over […]

Allied fire on Westkapelle At 08:20 a.m. on November 1, 1944, the Warspite and Roberts open fire on German coastal […]

Made in Canada The QF 25-pounder gets its name from the weight of the shells this rapid-firing artillery fires: 25 […]