Standdaarbuiten

Standdaarbuiten is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant located in the municipality of Moerdijk, about 9 km northeast of Roosendaal.

Standdaarbuiten
Coordinates: 51°36′44″N 4°30′52″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
MunicipalityMoerdijk
Population
 (2005)
1,890

It was a separate municipality until 1997 when it became part of Moerdijk.[1] In the Late half of World War II the town would the center of a major River crossing across the Mark River by the 104th Infantry Division in support of Operation Pheasant between the 31st of October and the 3rd of November, 1944. Elements of the German 711th Infantry Division managed to stop the first major crossing on the 31st by the 2nd Battalion of the 415th Infantry Regiment and result in a 3 Prone attack by the 1st and 3rd Battalions (plus the 2nd Battalion of the 413th Infantry Regiment) to secure the town and establish a Bridgehead over the Mark. (Cecil H. Bolton would also earn his Medal of Honor serving with the 104th Infantry Division at Standaarbuiten).

References
  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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