Strabrechtse Heide - Munitieopslagplaats

After Operation Market Garden, the remaining ammunition was collected and taken to central destruction sites. In the Strabrechtse Heide between the Platvoetje and the Grafven was such a place on the territory of the municipality of Heeze. Unfortunately, there were also fatalities during the destruction. It was destroyed in a very different way than now. The result was that not only was a lot of life-threatening ammunition above the ground, but also in the ground. Between 1980 and 1982, the EOD and a contractor worked daily to search for and destroy all remaining ammunition. At that time, this was the largest clearance campaign of the EOD. The ammunition found daily had to be destroyed immediately.