Liberation Route Europe follows in the footsteps of our liberators.
Liberation Route Europe follows in the footsteps of our liberators. It connects milestones from our collective past/history with our lives today. Join us on a journey through modern European history in the knowledge that what we do today, will make a difference.
Liberation Route Europe app:
- Read the stories about important events.
- Visit the sites of important historical events
- Listen to audio stories
- Visit museums, memorials and cemeteries
- Read people's personal stories.
- Download information from this app and you'll be able to use it offline.
Liberation Route Europe links regions of Europe that were liberated by the allied forces during the Second World War. The route starts in southern England and crosses into Normandy, France, on to Paris, the Belgian Ardennes; through into the Netherlands and cities like Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem; and across the German border into the Hürtgen Forest and on to Berlin. From there, it carries on to Gdańsk in Poland, where a democratic revolution led to the ultimate liberation of Central Europe in 1989, almost two generations later.
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