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Het is gelijk of U in België woont, of gewoon hier bent, op bezoek. Er is hier veel te zien en te doen wat betreft de vele offers gegeven voor de bevrijding van Europa. Bezoek een van de musea die het verleden weer tot leven roept, of verken het landschap voor bepaalde gedenktekens en monumenten. Er zijn tientallen musea gewijd aan de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog in België. Hieronder vindt u enkele aanbevolen musea en monumenten:
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The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History of Belgium is Belgium's national military history museum. It traces Belgium's military history from the founding of the country through to the current day. It has a very large collection of WWI and WWII tanks and aircraft, as well as artefacts dating from the Napoleonic period. If you are in Brussels and are interestd in military history, the museum is very much worth a visit.
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The Baugnez 44 Historical Centre is an excellent commercial museum located near the site of the Nazi Massacre of American POWs in December of 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. It tells the story of the war from the perspective of both the soldiers and the civilians in Belgium via an informative audio guide. You will learn a lot from visiting this museum.
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The 101st Airborn Division Museum is located in a historic building in the center of Bastogne. It not only tells tells the story of the 101st Airborne Division and the other units that fought in and around Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, but it also gives a sense of what life was like for the civilians who lived in their basements while the battle raged above them.
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The Bastogne Barracks is located at the site where General McAuliffe had his headquarters during the Battle of the Bulge. You can visit the actual room where the famous Christmas dinner took place, and where McAullife uttered the word "NUTS!". The site also contains one of the most impressive collections of WWII military vehicles ever assembled. The site is owned and maintained by the Belgian military. Visit their website to book a tour!
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The Bastogne War Museum is located at the Mardasson Monument in Bastogne. This newly built museum offers visitors an interactive look at the Battle of the Bulge using modern technology.
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The Museum Hooge Crater is on a site where extensive mine warfare took place. In addition to explaining mine warfare, the museum has an interesting collection of weapons and vehicles from the war, including a German tri-plane.
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The battle of Passchendaele raged outside of Ieper from June to November 1917. Over 300,000 soldiers of the British Empire and over 260,000 Germans were casualties of this terrible battle. The Memorial Museum Paesschendaele tells their story in the broader context of the broader history of the fighting around Ieper during WWII. It includes reconstructed trenches and dugouts to help the visitor "feel" what the war was like for the men who served and died there. It also includes an "America House" highlighting the American contribution in WWI and an American section in the "poppy garden."
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The In Flanders Fields Museum is Belgium's largest and most well-known museum from the First World War. It is located in the center of Ieper.
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During WWII, Fort Breendonk was a Nazi conentration camp for political prisoners. While it was not a death camp like the more famous concentration camps in the east of Europe, it was a place of torture and death for the Belgians who fell afoul of the Nazi regime during the war. It is one of our most highly recommended visits to learn about the unspeakable acts committed by the Nazi regime.
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This M10 Tank Destroyer stands at the spot where Lt. R.F. Leach and Captain E.A. Hitchin were greeted by the city at the liberation of Arlon on 10 September 1944. The Tank Destroyer belonged to the 630th Tank Destroyer Batallion, Company A and was part of the task force that liberated Arlon. There is also a bronze plaque commemorating the liberation of Arlon by the American Army. The Monument was innagurated on 24 September 1984 for the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Arlon.