European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                German Panther tank knocked out at Overlook in october und at Overlook is now National War and resistance museum of the concentration and the Baltic pm soul Hern Holland 32 years ago cd ration tokens and cigarettes to the a Princess Julianna and Prince Bernhard uses Beatrix and Irene Rode to the await Idri Jijon Wahidi carried them to n the Buard und the Italy of the museum turn is not merely a Monument for re it is above nil intended As an Admonit As a denouncement of War and the same Lime the museum seeks to in t of the simple Chapel with its backdrop of White perpetual and requiem Organ music that is also piped into the documentation Center is in keeping with this there Are 56 mine layers and other weapons of destruction surrounding the museum build the Overlook Halfway Between kind Huven and is open daily from 9 until 7 ing summer and closes at 5 p in in Spring and fall it is closed and admission is about per adult and 35 cents for Chil Dren up to 12 years old scouts and Mili tary personnel in uniform Are let in for about 50 id museum gis called German launchers rockets screaming 1977 the Battle of Overlook began after the establish ment of the Holland Cor Ridor running from Eindhoven to Nijm Egen by the 2nd British army on according to military history sir Miles Dempsey surprised the germans and the German front was Cut in two but the germans were Able to establish a new line which later became known As the Venlo Bridgehead on the on 24 units of the German Bolh inf div the next Day the 3rd Monmouthshire Llcy inuit of the Brit ish Lith army div tire germans received reinforce ments from their 107th army Bri Gade and paratroop regiment the next Day both sides sent nut patrols and american and British fighter aircraft raided German on at the allies bombarded the Center of Overlook but the British Felt the German front too Strong to attack with the limited forces available the 7th american army div was called to Overlook from the germans had Nick named it the esp ens Diu Sion i ghost division because it unexpectedly appeared at various fronts in say the americans arrived on 29 after two Days of forced marching and Lindsey Macdonald division set up his command Post in nearby the troops were placed under Demp Seys 2nd Armor clashes lasted from 30 to on an attempt by the americans to encircle the Ger mans troops were withdrawn on 8 after taking very heavy the following Day British reinforcements arrived and More than 200 Ameri can und British gun batteries with Raf and air support attacked from ii until on 12 about shells were lobbed under this creep ing fire 100 Yards Ever five minutes the allies captured the wooded area North of the As the British troops pushed towards the Center of the there was heavy House House under heavy German sniper by 4 on the after the occupation of the ruins of the the Vil Lage was in British hundreds of germans sur rendered but the majority fled into the Woods and continued to the fighting spread South of Overlook on 15 and 16 along the Road to Ven Ray for the first attacks on thai town and the end of the Battle of according to official records the americans lost two 35 43 other vehicles and 452 the British lost one air some tanks and Allied reports listed at least two German battalions wiped along with a number of Tiger and Panther most of the americans killed during the Battle of Overlook arc buried at the american War cemetery Henri Chapelle near the stars and stripes Page 15