Hello All, I am the grand-daughter of a Belgian resistant. I am currently writing a novel based on his experiences (and that of other people). So I do a lot of researches on various topics such as civilian resistance, armed resistance, concentration camps, Army Medical Corps, the White Brigade. I would like to know more about the battles that took place in October 1944 around Poppel, Turnhout; this is really close to the Dutch Border and this is where his 'career' in the resistance stopped as he walked on a mine. He was rescued by a Polish priest and the treated by the 17 Canadian Light Field Ambulance, the transferred to a GBH. I have most of his Field Medical Cards and I decipher them as well as I can. I still have to investigate the chronology of the events and the roles played by the British, the Poles and the Canadians all together. His memories on that particular episode are not so clear as you can imagine, he was in a very bad state, the last one of this team to be treated... Regarding my hobbies, you might have guessed that I like reading ... a lot. Cheers, Sabine
Welcome Sabine, hope you enjoy your membership. Feel free to post any good websites on Occupied Belgium (in any language, we'll struggle through with online translators).
Here you go, If you struggle with French, let me know, I am a translator. Breendonk BREENDONK - MEMORIAL Kaserne Dossin Home IV-INIG - L'IV-INIG: 3 missions
Sorry to hear what happend to your grandfather. Resistance fighters were more than brave. Hope we can help with your quest.
Welcome to the Forums, and very best wishes with your project. The part of the war which you are researching is very poorly covered in English - although it does not deal with the exact location you mentioned, you may be interested to read 'The Forgotten Battle - Overloon And The Maas Salient 1944-45' by A Korthals Altes and N K C A In't Veld ( Spellmount, Staplehurst 1995 ) which gives a good overview of low-country operations in late '44.
