Commemoration Operation Veritable, Groesbeek 2020

Operation Veritable (also known as the Battle of the Reichswald)
conducted by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's

 Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, 

primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army 

under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and

 the British XXX Corps 

under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks.
It took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945

 during the final stages of the Second World War.
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Preparations by the regional TV

Due to storm Ciara 

events were held at one of the local churches.

We decided to visit a monument nearby
and ofcourse the Canadian Cemetry.

At the Canadian Cemetry
a black leaf
rested on the stones.
A monument in itself,
created by nature.

Spring showing itself
in the middle of a fierce storm,
the thorns of the roses
as a symbol of the pains of life.

The fields where many paras landed
and so many died.

I found a feather 

between the graves.
Given freedom in the air 

it flew over the graves

into the fields.

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