Kommelkwartier in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands — Northwestern Europe

Herdenkingsplein (12): Maastricht Commandocentrum / Maastricht Command Center

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 27, 2023

1. Herdenkingsplein (12): Maastricht Commandocentrum / Maastricht Command Center Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Van 22 oktober 1944 tot 10 maart 1945 is Maastricht het commandocentrum van het Amerikaanse 9e Leger.

Op 7 december 1944 vindt in het Henric van Veldekecollege een belangrijke bijeenkomst plaats van de Amerikaanse generaals Eisenhower en Bradley en de Britse veldmaarschalk Montgomery.

(English translation:)
From October 22, 1944 to March 10, 1945, Maastricht was the command center of the American 9th Army.

On December 7, 1944, an important meeting of the American generals Eisenhower and Bradley and the British Field Marshal Montgomery took place at the Henric van Veldeke College.

Erected 2022.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is December 7, 1944.

Location. 50° 50.932′ N, 5° 40.942′ E. Marker is in Maastricht, Limburg. It is in Kommelkwartier. Memorial is on Herdenkingsplein, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Maastricht, Limburg 6211 PX, Netherlands. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Herdenkingsplein (13): Politieke Delinquenten / Political Delinquents

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(here, next to this marker); Herdenkingsplein (14): De Vrijheid Wordt Gevierd / Freedom is Celebrated (here, next to this marker); Herdenkingsplein (10): Bombardement op Blauwdorp / Bombing of Blauwdorp (here, next to this marker); Herdenkingsplein (11): Amerikaanse Bevrijders / American Liberators (here, next to this marker); Herdenkingsplein (09): Arbeidsbureau Batterijstraat / Batterijstraat Employment Office (here, next to this marker); Herdenkingsplein (08): ‘Op de Bon’ / Food Coupons (here, next to this marker); Herdenkingsplein (07): Schuilgelegenheid / Shelter (a few steps from this marker); Herdenkingsplein (06): Persoonsregistratie / Personal Registration (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maastricht.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.

Also see . . . Summit in a Maastricht school building (Liberation Route Europe).

Excerpt: The Allied commanders on the Western Front, Dwight Eisenhower (US), Bernard Montgomery (UK), Omar Bradley (US) and Arthur
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, October 27, 2023

2. Maastricht Command Center Marker - wide view
The subject marker is the third from the right.
Tedder (UK), all arrived at Simpson on 7 December 1944 for deliberations. The central question was how to bring Hitler to his knees. The airborne landings near Arnhem had failed, and the Allied advance was stalled everywhere. Eisenhower and Montgomery were diametrically opposed when it came to the strategy to be followed: advance over a broad front (Eisenhower) or penetrate quickly and deeply towards the Ruhr region and Berlin (Montgomery). The outcome is not known. Presumably, the two met somewhere in the middle, but daring airborne landings far behind the frontline as at Arnhem and Nijmegen were a thing of the past.

(Submitted on February 21, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 41 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 21, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.