In the rolling hills of Limburg, near Margraten, they slowly loom up, row after row: the thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David. They mark the final resting place of nearly 8,300 American soldiers who died during World War II. While the headstones provide us with the names of the mostly young men involved in the liberation of the Netherlands, they do not tell us who the soldiers were and who they left behind. Moreover, the peace and quiet at the only American war cemetery in the...

The Canadian War Cemetery in Groesbeek is the burial place of 2,618 soldiers from Canada and the British Commonwealth. Most died during the liberation of the Netherlands and the decisive Rhineland Offensive at the end of World War II. This book brings their individual stories to life and offers a moving tribute to the young men who fought for freedom, democracy and peace. With the names of all the fallen and the 1,012 missing on the Memorial Wall, this is a valuable unique reference work that...

Een stille held beschrijft het leven van Garrelt van Borssum Buisman (1915- 1991), een Nederlandse cavalerieofficier die in de Meidagen van 1940 op de Grebbeberg vocht. Hij zag kans om in 1942 uit Nederland weg te komen en bereikte via Frankrijk, Curaçao, de Verenigde Staten en Canada Groot-Brittannië.

Opgeleid tot geheim agent werd hij in bezet Nederland gedropt. Hij leidde een groep verzetsmensen die zorgde voor het radiocontact tussen het verzet in Nederland en de regering in Londen. Hij...