Joe's Broendel

Source: Les Meloures

Copyright: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

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Joe's Bridge er næsten navnet på bro nummer 9 over Kanalen Bocholt-Herentals i Lommel i området Barrier. Broen fik navnet af britiske tropper i september 1944. Broen fungerede som springbræt for landoffensivet i Operation Market Garden.

Den 10. september 1944 fik britiske tropper fra Irish Guards den underminerede bro under et overraskelsesangreb fra det angræbende industrikompleks i Overpelt ubeskadiget. På det tidspunkt fandtes der stadig heftige kampe mellem tyske elitetropper i Hechtel, der var 12 km længere sydpå, og Welsh Guards under Slaget om Hechtel. Gennem en omringningsbevægelse mod nordøst langs Eksel, Overpelt og Neerpelt lykkedes det Irish Guards at nå kanalen. Ved erobringen af broen blev de tilbagetrækkende tyske tropper fra Hechtel skåret af. I de efterfølgende dage forsøgte tyskerne forgæves at genvinde broen, blandt andet med bajonetkampe og troppeforstærkninger, hvor der også faldt civile ofre. Broen blev af britterne kaldt Joe's Bridge som en hyldest til oberstløjtnant John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur, chef for Irish Guards. En mindetavle ved foden af broen minder om begivenheden den 10. september 1944.

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Copyright: Creative Commons 3.0

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Address: Limburg, Belgium

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Source: Les Meloures

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