L80 - Opheusden - Slag om Opheusden

Operation Market Garden was over at the end of September 1944. The war moved to the surroundings of Nijmegen and the Betuwe. There the front line lay straight through the River area. On October 4, the German occupier launched an offensive to regain Opheusden. There was fierce fighting in and around the village, with dozens of soldiers on both sides losing their lives.