32. Dordrecht- De Vriesestraat May 1940

A picture of the Vriesestraat. There is a great havoc in the houses and shops there. If you look closely, you can still use the 7-Field piece Guard Kruithof of the Corps Driving Artillery together with his Crews fired on the German tanks that tried the Vriesebrug to appear on May 13, 1940. The piece 7-Veld received a direct hit Private Burgers and Van den Akker were killed. Guard master Kruithof and enlisted soldier J. Eijkelenberg were seriously injured in Fireduel with the German tanks.

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