Commemorative plaque of Battle of Bienen (Бинен)

Germany / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Rees / Бинен
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on March 25, 1945. Probably, the 1st Allied plaque in Germany.

This is the English version of the German text:

"BIENEN TABLET

This tablet has been placed by a group of surviving Canadian veterans of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 3 Canadian Infantry Division, in proud and grateful memory of those forty members of their regiment who fell in battle at Bienen, Germany on Sunday, March 25, 1945 and in memory of those fellow combatants of 9 Canadian Infantry (Highland) Brigade and 51 British Highland Division who died in the same battle and in the same cause and as well, in respectful memory of those adversaries in the German army who died on that fateful day.

At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We will remember them.

Erected at Bienen on the 55th Anniversary of the event in the year 2000."

Source and further details of the Battle of Bienen and the history of this plaque: cmcf.forumotion.ca/veteran-recollections-f131/ronald-fr...
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Coordinates:   51°47'55"N   6°22'2"E
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