The strategic importance of the Geul in 1944

The weekly newspaper Het land van Valkenburg wrote on Friday, September 13, 1974:
On September 14, 1944, the Americans entered the land of Valkenburg
Thirty years ago, the Geul line became a bigger obstacle than anticipated
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