Netherlands Liberation Day Challenge 2022 - scratch

Surname/tag: dutch challenge

Contents 1 Goal 2 Scope 3 Nationalities 4 Resources 4.1 United States 4.2 Australia 4.3 Belgium 4.4 Canada 4.5 France 4.6 India 4.7 New Zealand 4.8 Poland 4.9 Russia 4.10 South Africa 4.11 United Kingdom 4.12 The Netherlands

Goal

Commemorate members of military forces that were killed in WWII in the Netherlands.

Scope

Only members of allied forces that were buried in the Netherlands. Excluded are casualties in overseas parts of the Netherlands like Nederlands Oost-Indië.

Nationalities

The Militaries of many nationalities were instrumental to the liberation of the Netherlands. Organisations like the American Battle Monuments Commision and Commonwealth War Graves Commission honour the fallen and have searchable databases with data on them.

Served with	War Dead
American	10022
Australian	360
Belgian	11
Canadian	5712
Dutch	18
French	229
Indian	1
New Zealand	243
Polish	224
Russian	2
South African	8
United Kingdom	12871

Resources

The organisations mentioned above provide access to the basic data for the fallen. At the Dutch and other national levels more data can likely be found. And of course there always is just googling a name…

United States

• https://www.honorstates.org/
• https://www.tracesofwar.com/default.asp
• https://marketgarden.com/database/index.php?database=2
• https://marketgarden.com/database/index.php?database=3

Australia

• https://www.awm.gov.au/
• https://vwma.org.au/

Belgium

Canada

• https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng
• http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/wp/
• https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/Pages/introduction.aspx

France

• https://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultcommune.php?idsource=46829

India

New Zealand

• https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph
• https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/

Poland

• https://listakrzystka.pl/en/
• https://www.niebieskaeskadra.pl/
• https://marketgarden.com/database/index.php?database=4
• http://www.polishwargraves.nl/

Russia

South Africa

• https://www.southafricawargraves.org/lists/netherlands.htm

United Kingdom

• http://www.rafcommands.com/
• https://monument.marketgarden.com/

The Netherlands

• https://www.grebbeberg.nl/index.php?page=militair_ereveld_grebbeberg
• https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/
• https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/
• https://www.tracesofwar.nl/
• https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/
• https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/
• http://www.teunispats.nl/fr-sglo.htm
• https://stichtingongeland.nl/
• https://www.flevolanderfgoed.nl/home/erfgoed.html
• https://shhk.nl/en/crash-sites.html
• https://www.wingstovictory.nl/Wings_to_Victory
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