They tackled between 30 and 50 kilometres each day in camouflage uniforms while carrying 10 kg backpacks through the towns around Nijmegen. |
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As usual, the ceremonial of the Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards, who formed the Guard of Honour in scarlet tunics and black bearskins, was immaculate. |
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In the edited transcript of his oral interview below, Young describes how soldiers and civilians celebrated VE-Day in Nijmegen together. |
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Van Lin was study secretary of the Pontifical Mission Works and director of the Nijmegen Institute for Mission Studies. |
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In 98, Nijmegen was the first of two settlements in what is now the Kingdom of the Netherlands to receive Roman city rights. |
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The result was the Treaty of Nijmegen that, unfortunately, failed to provide for a lasting peace. |
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Ndegwa spent the fall semester attending classes and experiencing Nijmegen through the college's Study Abroad program. |
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Through the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Nijmegen grew steadily. |
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In 1923 the current Radboud University Nijmegen was founded and in 1927 a channel was dug between the Waal and Maas rivers. |
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In 1940, the Netherlands was invaded by Germany with Nijmegen being the first Dutch city to fall into German hands. |
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On 22 February 1944, Nijmegen was heavily bombed by American planes, causing great damage to the city centre. |
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The objective in Nijmegen was mainly to prevent the Germans from destroying the bridges. |
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The Valkhof museum, on the Valkhof, has a permanent display of the history of Nijmegen, including artifacts from the Roman era. |
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Nijmegen or just NEC, short for Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie, which plays at the 12,500 seat Stadion de Goffert. |
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It has been contended that in the 8th century Emperor Charlemagne maintained his palatium in Nijmegen on at least four occasions. |
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In 1230 his son Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor granted Nijmegen city rights. |
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The loan was never repaid, and Nijmegen has been a part of Gelderland ever since. |
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The river Waal not only has a sharp bend near Nijmegen, it also forms a bottleneck. |
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Famous medieval painters like the Limbourg brothers were born and educated in Nijmegen. |
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However, some scholars have ascribed the Nijmegen evidence to a mere detachment of IX Hispana, not the whole legion. |
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Less clear is whether the whole IX legion was at Nijmegen or simply a detachment. |
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Mommsen's thesis was published long before the first traces of IX Hispana were found at Nijmegen. |
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The bridges at Nijmegen, over the Waal distributary of the Rhine, were also an objective of Operation Market Garden. |
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Amsterdam is much younger than Dutch cities such as Nijmegen, Rotterdam, and Utrecht. |
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France consolidated its hold with the 1679 Treaties of Nijmegen, which brought most remaining towns under its control. |
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After seizing Aachen and capturing Charlemagne's Palace at Nijmegen, he returned to France at the request of the German bishops. |
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And again in 870 Rorik was received by Charles the Bald in Nijmegen, to whom he became a vassal. |
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Rovers were due to play NEC Nijmegen at the Dutch club's family open day. |
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Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands, the first to be recognized as such in Roman times, and in 2005 celebrated 2,000 years of existence. |
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In 1678 Nijmegen was host to the negotiations between the European powers that aimed to put an end to the constant warfare that had ravaged the continent for years. |
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Then again, the Leefbaar parties that caused the loss then and lost most of their votes this time have no branch in Nijmegen, which makes this comparison less valid. |
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The municipal elections of 19 March 2014 saw the Socialist Party narrowly becoming the largest party in the Nijmegen city council after gaining three more seats. |
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Room for the river Waal as it passes Nijmegen is one of these measures. |
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This theory fell out of favor among some scholars The Nijmegen evidence has led to suggestions that IX Hispana was destroyed in later conflicts of the 2nd century. |
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Exhaustive analysis has indicated that the preferred option would be to relocate the entire production of Nijmegen Mill to other Sappi mills in Europe. |
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Twelve members of the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, based at Edgbaston's Queen Elizabeth Hospital, are taking part in the gruelling Nijmegen Marches, in Holland. |
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Bandy Vereniging Nijmegen is the biggest bandy club in the country. |
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