 Blerick (near Venlo) was liberated in the first days of December 1944; Venlo and other districts east of the Meuse were liberated on the 1st March 1945 (during Operation Grenade).Some days before, Wehrmacht units had left the Maas-Rur-Stellung between Wassenberg (at the river Rur) and Venlo (at the river Meuse).The tanks and other armoured vehicles which were left on the battlefield have been preserved and in Overloon a museum, which opened in 1946, was erected to commemorate the battle.