Operation Market Garden Tours

LOCATIONS – HOLLAND
MARGRATEN – Margraten American Military Cemetery & Lieutenant Robert Cole’s grave (Medal of Honor recipient)
LT ROBERT COLE – The location where Lieutenant Robert Cole was killed by a sniper and memorial nearby
JOE MANN – The heroic story of Private Joe Mann and the place where he was killed. As well as superb memorials to Joe Mann


JOE’S BRIDGE – The first bridge taken & the position of the German defences & the factory, on the Belgian/German border.
Therefore – the start position of the ill-fated campaign
“HELL’S HIGHWAY” -The start point where the “Market Garden” operation, set off from.
SHERMANS DESTROYED – The location where the first Sherman tanks were destroyed along “HELL’S HIGHWAY” as well as, where the German positions were strafed, by Typhoon aircraft sorties
MOOK War Cemetery
GROESBEEK Canadian War Cemetery & nearby drop zones


MILITARY CEMETERIES & MUSEUMS
HELL’S HIGHWAY – Location of the S.S massacre of unarmed Dutch civillians, on the Belgian/Dutch Border
Valkenswaard Allied Military Cemetery inc Sergeant Major – W.J Parkes grave (Irish Guards)
Valkenswaard town square
HELL’S HIGHWAY
Aalst
Eindhoven “Screaming Eagles” Monuments & The Phillip’s factory location
101st “Screaming Eagles” paratrooper drop zones & LZ’s around the Son Forest & great memorials

DROP-ZONES & BRIDGES
Dommel road bridge on “Hell’s Highway” (route taken by XXX Corps)
Son Bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal and the attack route of the 107 Panzer Brigade. In addition to this – nearby drop zone of the 101st Airborne paratroopers & their approach route to the German held bridge
Best, Saint Oedenrode, Veghel & Uden

Uden CWGC Military Cemetery
GRAVE – Grave Bridge & the battle scarred German defensive bunkers around it (in addition – the nearby drop zones of the 82nd Airborne)
Overasselt & Nederasselt drop zones
EERDE – The Battle for the Eerde Windmill

NIJMEGEN -The beautiful Nijmegen road & rail bridges, bunkers and former roadblock As well as the Lent church & location of where the German’s had an 88mm gun positioned
German defensive positions around Nijmegen Bridge, inc the Hunner Park, Belvedere Tower & the Valkhof and the approach routes, of the allied attacks
Memorials to Dutch Resistance member & hero – Jan Van Hoof and the tragic story of his execution, plus a visit to his grave

VUGHT – Camp Vught (Concentration Camp)
Kurt “Panzer” Meyer’s Headquarters – Vught
BRIDGES – Nijmegen Road & Railway Bridges & The River Waal crossing location & memorial. Plus a look at the Dutch bunker, where the bridge detonators were

COMMAND POSTS & MEMORIALS
The Paratrooper Drop Zones around Wolfheze
WOLFHEZE – The Wolfheze “Jeep” Tunnel & memorials
Canadian & British Foxholes around Mook
Location of the Paratroopers ambush on German General -Friedrich Kussin’s staff car
Brigadier Hackett’s defensive foxholes, deep in the forest near Wolfheze
GINKEL HEATH – The Ginkel Heide drop zone and memorials

ARNHEM – The Arnhem road Bridge (Sir John Frost Bridge) and 1st Airborne memorials
OOSTERBEEK – Hartenstein Hotel & Museum (Ist Airborne defences and formerly Walther Model’s Headquarters) Sherman Tank here and field artillery gun
Taffelberg Hotel (Walther Model’s Headquarters during the battles)
Oosterbeek Perimeter together with key sites in this area
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery


A BRIDGE TOO FAR
JOHN FROST BRIDGE – The infamous Arnhem Road Bridge and Museum
GROESBEEK – The Groesbeek Heights Museum
JONKERBOSS – The Jonkerboss allied Military Cemetery
We follow “The Lion Route” – Codename for Frost’s paratroopers route to the Arnhem Road Bridge
Driel River Crossing

Kate Ter Horst House
Lonsdale Church and the battle around it. In addition – the aid-station
Arnhem – The area around the Arnhem bridge where Frost’s men fought so desperately. In addition to this- the Battle damage around the bridge and memorials
Part of the Escape route to the lower Rhein, used by Frost’s men, as well as various memorials on route



Plus much much more…..
Operation Market Garden Tours
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