British 146th Brigade at St-Joseph-Rijkevorsel the Antwerp -Turnhout channel could cross, break through the German positions and could form a bridgehead from which Rijkevorsel and the surrounding villages in the Northern were freed. The formation of the bridgehead was also due to the allies of great strategic importance the crossing to the Netherlands and the release of the port. From "Plum Bridge" the code name for the temporary bridge was built at that time was on September 25, 1944, the liberation of the villages north of the canal started. The Germans did not, however, without a fight, and there followed a series of violent counterattacks. With the help of the Canadian 27 ° Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) Battalions of the 49th Infantry Brigade of the British (The Polar Bears) did however maintain.
From the French border to the south of Rijkevorsel, the Allied armies, 23 days repeated. It would take 28 days for all the hamlets of Rijkevorsel were freed and the shot to village can finally obtain the bloodiest period of his existence. The bridgehead Rijkevorsel subsequently attracted many thousands of troops (British, Canadians and Poland), hundreds of vehicles and tons of equipment to the front in the neighboring municipalities Brecht, Wuustwezel, Hoogstraten and Merksplas.
the 377VGD Wehrmacht reenactmentgroup
this kubelwagen is original it was on duty in Koursk Russia
how it was in 1944
the modelshow
de krauts were very happy to get support from the sturmtiger (mine) and the panther (peter)
we got tips from the rc meeting in 1944
