A significant archaeological find has recently surfaced near the Waal river in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. While the city continues to develop, this discovery forces historians and archaeologists ...

NIJMEGEN, Netherlands (Sept. 17, 2015) -- As the sun set behind dark clouds on Sept. 17, U.S. Army paratroopers lined up on the far side of the bridge over the Waal River, prepared to walk across ...

Paratroopers were well into their third day of heavy fighting by the time the small boats arrived on the banks of the Waal River at Nijmegen, Netherlands, on Sept. 20, 1944. Charged with the daunti… ...

Dieter Stenger, Maj. Julian Cook’s Courage Under Fire, Army History, No. 93 (Fall 2014), pp. 28-29 ...

Rather than build its levees higher, the ancient city of Nijmegen, Netherlands decided to instead allow more room for the river. The city moved houses and a levee and created a wider floodplain.