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De Leijen - Uitzichtpunt Malewei
De Leijen - Uitzichtpunt Malewei
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Landal Waterpark De Alde Feanen
Landal Waterpark De Alde Feanen
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Boer & Breakfast Het Hooihuis
Boer & Breakfast Het Hooihuis
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Fryske Waedrinners
Fryske Waedrinners
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Gastenverblijf Lânlibben
Gastenverblijf Lânlibben
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De Leijen- Leyensloane - Uitkijkpunt
De Leijen- Leyensloane - Uitkijkpunt
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Bed en Brochje De Merelhof
Bed en Brochje De Merelhof
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Toutenburger bos
Toutenburger bos
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Restaurant De Pleats
Restaurant De Pleats
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Duurswouderheide - Uitzichtplateau
Duurswouderheide - Uitzichtplateau
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Sint-Godeharduskerk Marrum
Sint-Godeharduskerk Marrum
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Hempenserpoldermolen
Hempenserpoldermolen
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40 Mêd
40 Mêd
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De Staten - Kijkheuvel
De Staten - Kijkheuvel
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Dijktempel (dike temple) at Marrum
Dijktempel (dike temple) at Marrum
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Museum Dokkum
Museum Dokkum
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Sint-Nicolaaskerk Blije
Sint-Nicolaaskerk Blije
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Zwembad De Sawn Doarpen
Zwembad De Sawn Doarpen
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Waddensea fishtours and Workshops 't Ailand
Waddensea fishtours and Workshops 't Ailand
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Sloepverhuur Noord Fryslan
Sloepverhuur Noord Fryslan
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Jan Durkspolder
Jan Durkspolder
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Klein Humalda
Klein Humalda
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Atelierkerk Ginnum
Atelierkerk Ginnum
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Ritskebos
Ritskebos
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Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
Schreiershoek recreation and vacation park
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Leeuwarden (Ljouwert)
Leeuwarden (Ljouwert)
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Aanlegsteiger LM72A
Aanlegsteiger LM72A
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Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
Attack on the port of Oostmahorn
The liberation of the north-eastern part of Friesland was not achieved without a struggle. The Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) and Canadian troops fought fierce battles, partly side by side. It was mainly occupiers fleeing in panic who caused fights and shootings that claimed victims on both sides. A fierce battle was also fought over the port of Oostmahorn.
After the liberation of Dokkum, Kollum and Dokkumer Nieuwe Zijlen, the attention of the Canadian troops turned to the port of Oostmahorn. It was the gateway to the island of Schiermonnikoog, which was part of the German defence line, the Atlantic Wall. This bulwark ran along the coasts of France to Norway. During the war, and extensive occupying force was stationed on the Wadden Island.
The village of Oostmahorn was "relieved" by the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) on Saturday, 14 April, after the German Grenzschutz (border control) left in silence for Schiermonnikoog. Meanwhile, a group of more than a hundred fleeing SS and SD men and a dozen women crossed the Lauwerszee from Groningen near Zoutkamp with three boats to the island. A number of them were high-ranking SD members of the infamous Scholtenhuis in Groningen. When the NBS saw them sailing past from the port of Oostmahorn, shots were fired back and forth.
The German occupying forces on Schiermonnikoog then wanted to take revenge. The village and the port of Oostmahorn were attacked from the island for two hours on Monday, 16 April. A convoy of three Dutch boats left for the port with the aim of landing there. Meanwhile, the help of the B-Squadron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons (1st Armoured Carrier Regiment) in Dokkum had been called in. The attack was narrowly repelled, but two Canadian soldiers from a reconnaissance group were killed. A defence line of foxholes and armoured vehicles was erected around the village.
Further reinforcements were called in that day from Leeuwarden, where C Company of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders were sent to the coastal strip to patrol for German landing attempts.
After a brief but heavy shelling from the Canadians as a warning, a mediator was sent to the island the next day. The highest-ranking SD officer refused to surrender. They were waiting for an escape with a Schnell boat that was to take them to the German Wadden island of Borkum on 3 May. That turned out to be in vain, but in the meantime they kept the island occupied, even after the general capitulation of the whole of the Netherlands on 5 May.It was not until 11 June that two boats, the MS Waddenzee and the MS Brakzand, transported the last occupiers of Schiermonnikoog to the port of Oostmahorn. A column of army trucks packed with prisoners of war left the port under the guard of the Allies. From there they went to the POW camp in Beerta (Groningen).
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De Broekophâlder
De Broekophâlder
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Dokkumer Bolwerken
Dokkumer Bolwerken
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Hegewiersterfjild - It Hegewierster Fjild - Vogelkijkhut
Hegewiersterfjild - It Hegewierster Fjild - Vogelkijkhut
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De Klinze Country House and Estate
De Klinze Country House and Estate
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