Question 182: Where is this and what happend here? A - Kapelscheveer’s Weeping Willow

[Dutch Grenadier]

And please no cheesy googlephoto tricks

 

[Alpha Zwo]

Gettysburg? Pickett's charge on day 3?

 

[willard]

Field near Grave, Netherlands, where US 82nd Airborne landed during Market-Garden?

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

Nope

 

[Bert Blitzkrieg]

which country?

 

[Bootie]

Malmedy Massacre field?

Quite hard to guess as its just a tree and a field with no distinguishing features?

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

Small hint. It is a famous tree

 

[2054172]

Looks like a regular old willow tree....white willow to be exact

 

[Bootie]

Is it Battle Creek?

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

WWII

 

[willard]

I asked a Dutch co-worker if it rang any bells with him, and he had no clues. Is it definitely not in the Netherlands? :confused-new:

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

yes it is in the Netherlands, the tree is very famous and the period is WWII

 

[2054172]

Anne Frank's Tree

 

[Mehlsack]

Kapelscheveer’s Weeping Willow
there took place the battle of the Kapelsche Veer during Winter 44/45

http://www.ditmonument.nl/kapelscheveer.html

http://canadianheroes.org/loren/loren2.htm

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

And the point goes to Mehlsack. This is indeed the Weeping Willow of Kapelscheveer

 

[Mehlsack]

Hurra!!!

will post a new question soon

 

[Dutch Grenadier]

I have 7 points now.

 

[willard]

Dang! I must have spent 2 hours searching for the answer Oh well, next time!