Heumen Lock Bridge
Description:
On the west end of the Heumen lock bridge, three memorials commemorate the efforts and sacrifices of U.S. Paratroopers who fought and died in the liberation of the area during Operation MARKET GARDEN September 1944 in World War II. Two monuments are located in a memorial plot originally erected around a statue in memory of 24 Netherlands Soldiers who died defending the bridge against German invasion in 1940, and seven individual Triangles of Tribute are mounted on the wall of the adjacent lock pumping station.
Address:
2-3 Kapitein Postmalaan , 6582 CE , Heumen , Gelderland , Gelderland , The Netherlands
The site is located just east of the town of Heumen at the junction of Monumentweg and Kapitein Postmalaan, southeast of the intersection of A73 and N271, about 9 kilometers south from center of Nijmegen, 9 kilometers west of the Netherlands-German border near Kleve.
Map reference (click on pin to see Lat/Long):
51.76773 5.850454 2-3 Kapitein Postmalaan
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