Highlights: Drop and landing zones, ambush location Airborne Recce group, fighting around St-Elisabeth Hospital, John Frost bridge, Westerbouwing, Oosterbeek
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British 1st Airborne Division had already earned battle honors, but up till Arnhem had not fought on a divisional level. Think of the everywhere on the radar station of Bruneval, North Africa, Sicily, South Italy. Due to losses and long stay in Italy, the division was unable to participate in the invasion of Normandy. But she was ready for Operation Market Garden! What followed was a nine-day-long battle, much longer and much harder than the division had expected in planning. -
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An area that demanded the deployment of two divisions to dominate, eleven bridges to secure, crossing two rivers and a canal, an airborne army headquarters that landed with them, and all right on the doorstep of Germany itself. Gavin's 82nd Airborne Division was given a very difficult task to accomplish. Soon the men of this division were pushed to their limits to defend the division area against German counter-attacks and simultaneously capture the bridges in Nijmegen in one of the most dramatic actions in American military history, in close cooperation with the British ground troops.Highlights: Thompson bridge, Heumen lock bridge, Battle at Mook, Plasmolen outpost, Groesbeek drop zones, Devil's Hill, Nijmegen street fighting, Waal Crossing and the capture of the Waal bridgesInclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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At 13:00 on September 17, 1944, the three parachute infantry regiments of US 101st Airborne Divisions landed on Son and Schijndel Heaths and at Heeswijk Castle. The Germans in this area responded quickly and violently, interrupting the road several times. Heavy fighting broke out for possession of this road. The Americans soon called the road 'Hell's Highway'. Join us and discover the places heavily fought over to keep Hell's Highway open in September 1944Highlights: Son, Best, St-Oedenrode, Schijndel, Koevering, Eerde, Heeswijk, VeghelInclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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Eindhoven was bombed twice by the Allies, once by the Germans. Occupied in May 1940 by Germans and liberated on September 18, 1944 by U.S. airborne troops during Operation Market Garden. Join this walking tour through the center of Eindhoven, hear the stories of occupation, persecution of the Jews, liberation and the bombing of Eindhoven, and learn what it was like for those who experienced it.Highlights: Structure of the German occupation, Americans in Eindhoven, the German bombing of September 19, 1944, the Allied bombings in 1942/43, stumbling stonesInclusief: ✓ Private guideCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
Not only E Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and a group of British tanks fought near Nuenen on September 20, nor was it a random or independent action. September 20 saw a planned and coordinated effort made by the British and Americans to drive the Germans away from the area east of the bridge at Son and subsequently from Nuenen. It was an effort in which several units fought over the course of two days, one of these being the famed E/506. During this bike tour you will learn about how soldiers and civilians experienced these events via a wide range of personal stories.Highlights: German armour in Nuenen, the attack by E/506, the myth of Soeterbeekse Brug, Weatherby's action at Nederwetten, tank battle at GerwenIncluding: ✓ Private guide ✓ Bottle of water ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
The bridge at Son, the liberation of Eindhoven, and the fighting at Best are the most famous stories of the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden, popularized by books, films and TV series. Nevertheless, some of the toughest battles this division fought during this operation were not fought in that area, but around Veghel, Eerde and Schijndel. Initially the area of the 501st Parachute Regiment, no less than about three quarters of the division fought at some point in this area supported by British tanks. Come along and discover what happened here during the September days of 1944.Highlights: misdrop at Heeswijk Castle, The Heeswijk Cannae maneuver, Attack on Schijndel, Eerde and the battle of the sand dunes, Koevering, Black FridayIncluded: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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Who doesn't know the TV-series Band of Brothers? Join this tour and visit the locations where Easy Company 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment's story actually took place. This is a unique opportunity for you to join a guide who regularly tours with not only guests of the largest war museum in the world but also actors from the series, veterans and their families. Find out what actually happened and how this relates to the Band of Brothers TV-series.Highlights: The dropzone, Son, Easy in Eindhoven, the attack Nuenen, the fighting at Logtenburg, Heteren Crossroads, Operation Pegasus IInclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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At 14:35 on September 17, 1944, Lieutenant Keith Heathcote of the Irish Guards commands "Driver, advance!" The Garden part of Operation Market Garden, the advance has started. However, more often than not the vital attacks on the flanks of XXX Corps remain unknown to the broader public. Attacks that progressed slowly and with great difficulty due to German resistance and that left the flanks of XXX Corps on their way to Nijmegen and Arnhem open, giving the Germans ample opportunity to cut off The Corridor - or Hell's Highway, as the American called it - again and again.Highlights: Joe's bridge, German ambush, XXX Corps' advance to Eindhoven, Attack 53rd Welsh on left flank, Attack 3rd Infantry Division at Lille-St-Hubert, break out by 11th Armoured DivisionInclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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At the end of September, the American 101st Airborne Division will be transferred to the Betuwe - the stretch of land between Nijmegen and Arnhem, dubbed 'The Island' by Allied troops. Instead of returning to England and preparing for another airborne mission, they were ordered to defend this area during October and November 1944. On this static front, the Airbornes had to withstand fierce German counter-attacks and infiltrations, artillery shelling, dangerous patrols, rain, wind and bitter cold.Hightlights: Coffin's Corner, The Incredible Patrol, Crossroads, Pegasus I, the German attack at Opheusden, the Battle of the OrchardIncluding: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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Three months of hard struggle for a 140 km2 hilly forest area southeast of Aachen. More than 50,000 losses on both sides were sustained in a forest area battle now regarded as unnecessary by most historians. Join us visiting the places where this all happened, hear the events that happened then, see the traces that are still visible, and learn what it was like for soldiers who fought and suffered in this battle.Highlights: Vossenack, Kall Trail, Schmidt,Siegfried line bunkers, Hill 400, Hürtgen, Grosshau, MerodeInclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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Discover the British combat area of Operation Veritable; the breakthrough through the Siegfried line and through the Reichswald. See where the British units fought under often appalling conditions and against a fanatical opponent who now fought in his own homeland. Discover the traces of battle that are still visible, and hear the stories of the past where it happened.Highlights: Reichswald, Siegfried line at Frasselt, Gennep, Goch, Weeze, Winnekendonk.Inclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE -
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Discover the Canadian combat area of Operation Veritable and Blockbuster; the largest battle ever fought by the Canadian army. See where Canadian units fought in often appalling conditions and against a fanatical opponent who now fought to defend his own homeland. Discover the traces of battle that are still visible, and hear the stories of the past where it happened.Highlights: Zyfflich en Niel, Moylandse Bossen, Keppeln, Hochwald Gap, Veen, Xanten.Inclusive: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour bookletCHOOSE YOUR TOUR DATE