MARGRATEN, Netherlands — Ever since a US military cemetery in the southern Netherlands removed two displays recognizing Black troops who helped to liberate Europe from the Nazis, visitors have filled ...

Visitors to a US military cemetery in the southern Netherlands have voiced strong objections after two displays honouring Black troops, instrumental in liberating Europe from the Nazis, were removed.

174 of the 8,200 U.S. soldiers who are buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery are Black. Nearly one million African American soldiers fought in Europe during World War II. Now, plaques at a ...

The liberation of northern Limburg in early March 1945 was largely down to one of three African-American battalions in the segregated US army. Many of the Black veterans kept quiet about their ...