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Grave (Netherlands)
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Grave is a municipality
and a city in the southern Netherlands
. Grave is a fortified city, in the province North Brabant
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, spanning the river Maas
. The bridge was one of the key strategic points in Operation Market Garden
; the city was liberated at September 17, 1944, but suffered very little damage. The bridge was named in 2004 after Lieutenant John S. Thompson
who commanded the platoon of the 82nd Airborne Division that conquered the bridge.
The Hampoort is the old entrance to the city, and its still largely intact and can be visited.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a city in the southern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Grave is a fortified city, in the province North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
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Near to Grave lies a bridge, built in 1929. It is the northern connection to GelderlandGelderland
Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
, spanning the river Maas
Maas
Maas is the name, in English borrowed from the Dutch language, of a river that is also named Meuse , in English borrowed from French language. The practical use in English may be influenced by the context at a lower or upper stream location....
. The bridge was one of the key strategic points in Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful Allied military operation, fought in the Netherlands and Germany in the Second World War. It was the largest airborne operation up to that time....
; the city was liberated at September 17, 1944, but suffered very little damage. The bridge was named in 2004 after Lieutenant John S. Thompson
Jocko Thompson
John Samuel "Jocko" Thompson was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball from 1948 to 1951. He also served in the Army of the United States as a first lieutenant in the European theater during World War II...
who commanded the platoon of the 82nd Airborne Division that conquered the bridge.
The Hampoort is the old entrance to the city, and its still largely intact and can be visited.