Landing-zone German Paratroopers
This location was on 10 May 1940 on of the locations where German paratroopers landed on the Isle of Dordrecht in order to capture the Moerdijk-bridges and the bridges to Zwijndrecht.
Nowadays it is a parc called Weitzigt-parc, in 1940 it was farmland.
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- Text: Serjos de Groot
- Photos: Serjos de Groot
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