Grebbeberg
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cemetary
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The
military cemetary Grebbeberg at Rhenen
In the month of May the German
troops invaded the Netherlands.
The German army was
experienced and had better attack strategies.
The terrain of the battle
focused around the Suntemple,
which was researched by the
Ley Line Group.
The battle at the Grebbeberg
lasted 3 days.
423 Dutch soldiers died and around
250 German soldiers.
In the cemetary on the
Grebbeberg are about 380 Dutch soldiers buried.
The German soldiers are buried
at Ysselstein in the East of the Netherlands.
Many soldiers died and are
buried in this field of honor.
Many soldiers have never been
found back in the terrain.
One row in the cemetery is
empty.
When bodies are found back,
they can have a place here.
Some soldiers survived.
They were imprisoned, but were
allowed to return to their homes
a few weeks later.
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On this monument are
two lines of the Dutch
National Anthem:
Den Vaderlant Ghetrouwe
Blijf ick tot in den Doot.
True towards the homeland
will I be into death.
A very nice pavillion gives
information
about the cemetary at the
Grebbeberg
and is a place to overcome
emotions if necessary.
The official website about the
battle of the Grebbeberg
This website is in Dutch,
but there is an English summary.
The Dutch soldiers stopped the
German invasion for eight whole days.
These eight days have been so
valuable!
It would be nice to see a book
about the value of this delay of the German invasion.
During the whole invasion 2341
Dutch soldiers died,
Around 2200 German soldiers died
and
the Germans lost 50 percent of
the airplanes which
they used during this invasion
into the Netherlands.
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July 18, 2011
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