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Market Garden – US 101st Airborne Division and Hell’s Highway

//Market Garden – US 101st Airborne Division and Hell’s Highway

Market Garden – US 101st Airborne Division and Hell’s Highway

475.00

On September 17, 1944, Operation Market Garden starts for the US 101st Airborne Divisions by dropping the three parachute infantry regiments near Son, Eerde 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 1944


Highlights
: Son, Best, St-Oedenrode, Schijndel, Koevering, Eerde, Heeswijk, Veghel

Inclusive
: ✓ Private guide ✓ Tailored itinerary ✓ Tour booklet

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Private tour - full day
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Description

After their baptism of fire in Normandy, the American 101st Airborne Division was ordered to secure the bridges between Eindhoven and Veghel in Operation Market. A total of nine bridges over a distance of 22 kilometers as the crow flies. The Americans had to secure these bridges and the road between them so that British XXX Corps could advance to Nijmegen, Arnhem and beyond on this road. In this battlefield tour you will follow the operations of the 101st Airborne Division to keep this road open under heavy German counterattacks, and discover just how crucial and difficult the task of this division was.

Additional information

Operation

Operation Market Garden

Country

The Netherlands

Type of tour

Private tour

Manner of transportation

Car or minibus, Coach bus

Date

To be confirmed

Start time

09:00 hours

Location start point

To be confirmed

Duration

1 day

Included

Private guide, Tour booklet