The Netherlands · History and memory

The Second World War in the Netherlands: Sites and Tours

The occupation lasted five years, Rotterdam was destroyed by bombing in May 1940, and the failed airborne operation at Arnhem in September 1944 left the country north of the rivers to face a winter of famine. The Resistance Museum in Amsterdam, the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek and the battlefield walks around Arnhem are listed below, without ranking.

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Every kind of Dutch day out, and the best-reviewed way to book each.