Name: Liberation bike ride: ‘The Forgotten Victors’ | Guild De Baronie
Start: 2024-11-09T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-09T17:00:00+00:00

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Bicycle tour in commemoration of the liberation of: Terheijden, Den Hout, Wagenberg, Zevenbergschen Hoek and Moerdijk, by the Poles and other Allies in November 1944.
 The liberation of Breda on Sunday 29 October 1944 is a fact, and with this bicycle tour we now follow the first Polish Armoured Division, under the command of Major General Stanislaw Maczek, from Breda to the bridges of Moerdijk. 
In contrast to the fighting around Breda, there was fierce combat in the area between the Mark and the Hollands Diep. The destruction in Moerdijk due to the war violence was immense. Two causes can be identified for this. The first is that there had to be a fierce battle to cross the Mark and the Mark Canal, and the second cause was the heavy fighting at Moerdijk for the Moerdijk bridges.
 On 4 November 1944, the following places were liberated: <ul><li>Terheijden</li><li>Den Hout</li><li>Made</li><li>Wagenberg </li><li>Hooge- en Lage Zwaluwe</li></ul>Zevenbergschen Hoek was liberated on 5 November, and only on 9 November 1944 did the liberation of Moerdijk take place.

Explore the cycle route to commemorate the liberation of Breda and surrounding areas, remembering the heroes of November 1944.