Liberation route Mook and Gennep
Mook, Milsbeek, Gennep
The liberation began in Limburg. Still, it would take until early 1945 before the entire province was liberated. That’s when the Allies launched Operation Grenade, aimed at recapturing 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 that same day Mook was cleared again 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 remained untraceable. For more than 40 years, his family searched for it, until it was finally discovered at the foot of the Catholic church. The hunting lodge Mookerheide was occupied by the Waffen-SS in 1940. After the Americans recaptured the castle in September 1944, they discovered a massive ammunition depot. More than twenty train wagons were needed to transport the ammunition away. The residents of Gennep were evacuated at the end of September 1944, with the exception of the inhabitants of two sanatoriums for TB patients. In Gennep, a Bailey bridge over a kilometre long was built across the Meuse in early 1945. Thanks to this bridge, Montgomery was able to push further towards the Ruhr area. It marked the beginning of the major Rhineland Offensive. Along the route you’ll pass audio stones of the Liberation Route that share more stories about war and peace in this area.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Molenweg 46a, 6561 AK Groesbeek | 43.5 KM | |
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From
28
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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
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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
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34
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1685 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head south on Biesseltsebaan | 260 M | ||
| Turn right onto Groesbeekseweg | 128 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Groesbeekseweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 34 | 0 M | ||
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From
34
to
36
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1461 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head north on Bosweg | 12 M | ||
| Continue onto Bosweg | 16 M | ||
| Turn left onto Groesbeekseweg | 896 M | ||
| Keep right onto Groesbeekseweg | 186 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Broeksingel | 46 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Broeksingel | 305 M | ||
| You are now at section 36 | 0 M | ||
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From
36
to
35
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1397 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Eendenpoelseweg | 277 M | ||
| Turn left | 306 M | ||
| Continue onto Oosterkanaaldijk | 814 M | ||
| You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
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From
35
to
50
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1540 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head southeast on Oosterkanaaldijk | 800 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Oosterkanaaldijk | 740 M | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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From
50
to
8
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1612 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Bredeweg | 488 M | ||
| Turn left onto Rijksweg | 276 M | ||
| Turn right onto Stationsstraat | 848 M | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
to
70
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247 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head north on Lindenlaan | 243 M | ||
| Turn left onto Heumensebaan | 4 M | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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From
70
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47
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1391 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head east on Heumensebaan | 88 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Heumensebaan | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 47 | 0 M | ||
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From
47
to
46
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1273 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head southeast on Biesseltsebaan | 117 M | ||
| Continue onto Bisseltsebaan | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 46 | 0 M | ||
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From
46
to
61
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1139 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Bisseltsebaan | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
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From
61
to
42
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2696 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head west on Papenbergseweg | 281 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zevendalseweg | 951 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 12 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Zevendalseweg | 985 M | ||
| Keep left onto Zevendalseweg | 441 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rijksweg | 26 M | ||
| You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
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From
42
to
41
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1003 M | 1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Witteweg | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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From
41
to
28
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1004 M | 1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Witteweg | 270 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Dorpsstraat | 734 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
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From
28
to
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
to
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
to
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
to
26
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2580 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Picardie | 13 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Picardie | 1.2 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Looiseweg | 439 M | ||
| Continue straight | 27 M | ||
| Continue onto Looiseweg | 885 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
to
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
to
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
to
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
to
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
to
80
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1906 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
to
88
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1951 M | 2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Bredeweg (N843) | 30 M | ||
| Keep right onto Bredeweg | 555 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 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 2nd exit onto Pannenstraat | 43 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Pannenstraat | 475 M | ||
| You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
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From
88
to
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 | ||
| Make a slight right onto Molenweg | 270 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M |