Liberation route Mook and Gennep
Mook, Milsbeek, Gennep
Liberation began in Limburg. Yet it would take until early 1945 before the entire province was liberated. Then the Allies started Operation Grenade, which aimed to recapture the area west of the Rhine. Mook was taken by American troops on 17 September 1944. Three days later, the Germans managed to retake Mook, but the same day Mook was swept clean with the help of British troops. Eric Holmes of the 1st battalion of the Suffolk Regiment was killed in the process. His parents were notified of his death, but his grave turned out to be untraceable. For more than 40 years, his family searched for his grave, until it was finally discovered at the foot of the Catholic church. Mookerheide hunting lodge was taken by the Waffen-SS in 1940. After the Americans recaptured the castle in September 1944, they discovered a huge ammunition depot. More than 20 train wagons were needed to remove the ammunition. The inhabitants of Gennep were evacuated at the end of September 1944, with the exception of those living in two sanatoria for TB patients. In Gennep, a bailey bridge over a kilometre across the Meuse River was constructed in early 1945. The bridge allowed Montgomery to advance further towards the Ruhr. It was the beginning of the great Rhineland offensive. On the route, you will pass Liberation Route listening stones that tell you more stories about war and peace in this area.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Groesbeekseweg , 6581 KS Heumen | 43.6 KM | |
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From
32
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70
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1459 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head south on Hoge Vlakpad | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Heumensebaan | 9 M | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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From
70
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8
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247 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head east on Heumensebaan | 4 M | ||
| Turn right onto Lindenlaan | 243 M | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
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16
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1416 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head south on Lindenlaan | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left | 339 M | ||
| You are now at section 16 | 0 M | ||
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From
16
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45
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1823 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head northeast | 2 M | ||
| Turn right | 104 M | ||
| Turn left | 59 M | ||
| Turn right onto Maasdijk | 231 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Middelweerd | 675 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Middelweerd | 58 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkstraat | 364 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kanaalweg | 330 M | ||
| You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
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From
45
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44
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1674 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head southwest on Cuijksesteeg | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 44 | 0 M | ||
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From
44
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28
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2912 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head south on Veerstraat | 2.4 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Huissestraat | 537 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
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From
28
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27
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751 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head southeast on Dorpsstraat | 426 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Voordijk | 325 M | ||
| You are now at section 27 | 0 M | ||
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From
27
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38
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2071 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Bloemenstraat | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
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39
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2451 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head east on Bloemenstraat | 35 M | ||
| Turn right onto Genneperhuisweg | 579 M | ||
| Turn left onto Genneperhuisweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Genneperhuisweg | 353 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Genneperhuisweg | 308 M | ||
| Turn left onto Genneperhuisweg | 61 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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From
39
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25
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489 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head southwest on Niersstraat | 92 M | ||
| Turn left onto Markt | 296 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zandstraat | 101 M | ||
| You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
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From
25
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51
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592 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zandstraat | 461 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Spoorstraat | 63 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit | 68 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
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52
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2444 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head south on Heijenseweg | 28 M | ||
| Turn left onto Willem Boyeweg | 295 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Willem Boyeweg | 55 M | ||
| Turn left onto Ketelhuis | 318 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Perron | 394 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Wikkel | 4 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kollermolen | 95 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 57 M | ||
| Continue onto Duits Lijntje | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
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93
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1907 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head south on Siebengewaldseweg | 1.9 KM | ||
| Make a slight right onto Hommersumseweg | 21 M | ||
| You are now at section 93 | 0 M | ||
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From
93
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53
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1947 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Hommersumseweg | 21 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Hommersumseweg | 1.9 KM | ||
| You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
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From
53
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26
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2238 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head north on Möhlenbruch | 369 M | ||
| Turn left onto Boxteler Bahn | 358 M | ||
| Turn right onto Looiseweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn right to stay on Looiseweg | 38 M | ||
| You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
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From
26
to
40
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1608 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head north on Siebengewaldseweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 40 | 0 M | ||
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From
40
to
41
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689 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head northwest on Siebengewaldseweg | 21 M | ||
| Turn left onto Sint Janstraat; St.Janstraat | 668 M | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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From
41
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50
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1281 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Sint Lambertusstraat | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Aaldonksestraat | 167 M | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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From
50
to
48
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2887 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head west on Aaldonksestraat | 671 M | ||
| Turn right onto Horsestraat | 32 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kroefsestraat | 705 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Onderkant | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
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From
48
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37
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940 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Langstraat | 940 M | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
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23
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1712 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head north on Rozenbroek | 221 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto De Diepen | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Zwarteweg | 231 M | ||
| You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
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From
23
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79
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1552 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northwest on Holleweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right | 78 M | ||
| Turn right onto Grafwegener Straße | 311 M | ||
| You are now at section 79 | 0 M | ||
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From
79
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80
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1905 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Groesbeeker Weg | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Bredeweg (N843) | 445 M | ||
| You are now at section 80 | 0 M | ||
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From
80
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89
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600 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head northwest on Bredeweg (N843) | 30 M | ||
| Keep right onto Bredeweg | 555 M | ||
| Turn left | 15 M | ||
| You are now at section 89 | 0 M | ||
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From
89
to
87
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923 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head east | 15 M | ||
| Turn left | 27 M | ||
| Turn left | 41 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Bredeweg | 293 M | ||
| Continue onto Herwendaalseweg | 487 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit | 60 M | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
to
88
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539 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head southeast | 63 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Pannenstraat | 476 M | ||
| You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
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From
88
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28
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741 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head north on Dorpsstraat | 227 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Molenweg | 195 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 14 M | ||
| Turn left | 17 M | ||
| Turn left | 18 M | ||
| Continue onto Molenweg | 270 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
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From
28
to
31
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1349 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head north on Wylerbaan | 10 M | ||
| Turn left onto Nieuweweg | 218 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Nieuweweg | 28 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Nieuweweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Maldensebaan | 13 M | ||
| You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
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From
31
to
32
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2110 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Maldensebaan | 20 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Maldensebaan | 147 M | ||
| Keep straight onto Maldensebaan | 1.9 KM | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
32
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388 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head south on Biesseltsebaan | 260 M | ||
| Turn right onto Groesbeekseweg | 128 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M |