| In
September 1944 the small town of Son in Holland
and its bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal played
a major part in the conduct of Operation Market
Garden, Field Marshal Montgomery's audacious plan
to drive deep into Holland and thence to Germany
and perhaps end the war by Christmas.
The
US 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles,
dropped north of the Canal around Son intending
to capture the bridge and then to drive south into
the major city of Eindhoven. However the bridge
had been blown by the Germans and it was not until
the 18th of September, the day after the drop that
they were able to enter Eindhoven where they were
joined by the tanks of the Irish Guards of General
Brian Horrock's 30 Corps.
There
are museums and memorials to see in an area that
has changed a great deal in recent years, but the
route of the 'Corridor' along which the tanks were
supposed to roll north into Germany can still be
seen and is covered in detail in our book Operation
Market Garden - Arnhem which lists more than
200 memorials. |
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