On Sunday January 11th I decided to go metal detecting with my dad! He asked me to come with him and a friend. Normally I’m busy on Sundays doing school work, but since I’m off till the end of January I decided to go with them! It turned out we stumbled upon the remains of […]
Last friday I went to see Fury with my buddy Maurits! First of all, this movie really had me moving, but I also have my doubts on some things. Feel free to comment and start a discussion with me. I want to start of with the first scenes showing a German officer, on a horse, […]
Wednesday September 17th it will be the 70th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Luckily, wednesday is my day off from studies, so I will be visiting the battlefields of Operation Market Garden (OMG) As a preparation of the anniversary it is the perfect time to rewatch some great movies such as A Bridge Too […]
I’ve been catching up to Lloyd Clark’s, “Crossing the Rhine” – Breaking into Nazi Germany 1944 and 1945 – The greatest Airborne battles in history. I highly recommend this book if you want in-depth information about Operation Market Garden. It gives you a great insight in the thoughts of veterans, but also in decisions made […]
During a metal detecting trip on the Western Front we a found a U.S. Canteen. To our surprise there was a name inscribed! The owner who named himself Gilbert, probably lost his canteen during The Battle of the Bulge. Now I’m trying to find the old man back and I need your help! This is […]
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Some call us rude, some find it fascinating, some don’t care, some find it interesting, some find it grave robbing and for some it’s the most exciting thing in their life. I’m talking about metal detecting on the World War 2 battlefields. In this blog I’d like to talk about the last 2 of the […]
After this year’s Militracks, me and my dad went metal detecting on the battlefields of Operation Market Garden. Since we had some time left after the event, we wanted to swing with our Metal Detectors. Our research consisted of looking on Google Maps with my phone right after the event. We didn’t expect to find […]
Saturday May 7th it was my day to go to Militracks, a World War 2 event at the Overloon War Museum. There were vehicles you could board, there was a fair with a lot of items and you had access to the War Museum. Overloon saw heavy fightings after the failure of Operation Market garden. […]
The title of a book about the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War 2. It seems to be a normal thing, black people fulfilling the role of a soldier. I wasn’t always like that. In the 20th century racism played a big role in the society. Racial segregation showed up all […]
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