A tour in the wake of the liberators

Your route starts at EuroParcs De Zanding. You then arrive at a listening point of the Liberation Route: L54: The Incredible Patrol. In October 1944, American intelligence officer Hugo Sims and his battalion were ordered to take as many German prisoners of war as possible. Together with five volunteers, he crosses the Rhine in the dark and goes far into enemy territory. Work camp't Wijde Veld was inhabited in 1944 by 18 families from Stavenisse in Zeeland. For six months they find themselves in the middle of the bitter fighting between British and German troops. Further on you will discover L20: Landings of paratroopers and gliders Liberation Route. On Sunday, September 17, 1944, countless paratroopers and gliders landed here in the fields and fields.