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WORLD WAR 1
WORLD WAR 2
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MAIN SITES VISITED ON THE ITINERARIES
Bridges: Arnhem John Frost; Grave; Joe's
Bridge; Nijmegen
Cemeteries: Arnhem-Oosterbeek
Airborne CWGC; Eindhoven, Woensel; Groesbeek Canadian;
Jonkebos, Nijmegen; Lommel Polish; Valkenswaard
CWGC; Ysselsteyn German
Memorials: Ginkel
Heath; Groesbeek to the Missing; Lonsdale Church
Museums: Aldershot Airborne; Best
Wings of Liberty; Hartenstein Airborne; Groesbeek
National Liberation; Overloon National War &
Resistance
Towns, Villages: Arnhem;
Berg-en-Daal; Best; Driel; Eindhoven; Ede; Ginkel;
Grave; Groesbeek; Heeswijk; Heelsum; Helmond;
Island, the; Leopoldsburg; Lommel; Nijmegen; Oosterbeek;
Overloon; Renkum; St Oedenrode; Uden; Valkenswaard;
Veghel; Vught |
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CONTENTS
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- How to Use this Guide
- Historical Summary
- Approach: Channel Port to Leopoldsburg
- Itinerary One: Leopoldsburg to Eindhoven
- Itinerary Two: Eindhoven to Nijmegen
- Itinerary Three: The Groesbeek Circuit
- Itinerary four: Nijmegen Centre - The Island
- Itinerary Five: Heteren - Renkum - Oosterbeek
- Arnhem - Driel
- Allied and German Wargraves / Commemorative
Associations
- Tourist Information / Indexes
- Sketch Maps:
1.The MARKET-GARDEN Plan, 17 September 1944
2.The Armies Advance to the German/Dutch Borders,
July-Sept
3.The 82nd AB Div Drops & Movements, 17
September
4. 1st AB Div & Main German Blocking Lines,
17 September
5. The Oosterbeek Perimeter, 20 September
6. The John Frost Bridge Area - Then and Now
- Indexes: Forces, General, Memorials, Museums,
war Cemeteries / Associations
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Major
and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide
to OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN
Leopoldsburg - Eindhoven - Nijmegen - Arnhem -
Oosterbeek
This, the fifth in the Holts' important series
of Battlefield Guides (following the Somme, the
Ypres Salient, Gallipoli and the Normandy Landing
Beaches), is like its predecessors in that it
is much more than just a guidebook. It charts
in fascinating detail what happened at each recommended
stop and brings alive, with cameos and personal
recollections, the dramatic events of September
1944.
It is the very first detailed guide to chart the
entire MARKET-GARDEN Corridor - from Leopoldsburg
in Belgium and over the important bridges at the
Scheldt-Maas Canal, the Wilhelmina Canal, the
Zuid Willemsvaart Canal, the Maas and the Waal
to the Bridge at Arnhem over the Lower Rhine -
the 'Bridge Too Far'.
There are stories of gallantry, despair, humour,
fear and dogged persistence…
- … here was a hidden execution ground
and cemetery in Belgium
- … Here Pfc Joe Mann threw himself
onto a grenade to save his buddies
- … here the 504th PIR made the daring crossing
over the Waal
- … here was Diogenes, the Germans' menacing
secret bunker
- … here twin brothers of the British Airborne
were killed together
- … here Col Johnny Frost clung on for 4 desperate
days
It
includes:
- An Approach Route and five recommended timed
Itineraries
- Sketch maps in all the Itineraries
- Memorials to the liberating Allies and the
suffering Civilians
- Museums, sites of DZs and LZs
- Allied & German Cemeteries and Info
on their War Graves Assocs
- Historical background to and summary of
the Operation
- Useful Tourist Information
- Full colour illustrations throughout
Packaged
with the Battle Map of OPERATION MARKET-GARDEN
A detailed and unique, fully-indexed, 4-colour
double-sided map showing modern roads, the entire
Corridor on one side and in greater detail on
the reverse, the approach Routes of the Airborne
Forces to their objectives. It pinpoints Memorials,
Museums, War Cemeteries and other features of
MARKET-GARDEN interest. |
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 Cross of Sacrifice, Oosterbeek
Arnhem-Oosterbeek CWGC Cemetery. This is
the main CWGC cemetery along the Market-Garden
Corridor. It contains nearly 1,700 burials,
including Capt John Grayburn, VC of 2 Para,
Flt Lt David Lord, VC, 271 Sqn and Capt Lionel
Queripel, VC, of 10 Para. It is the focal point
of the annual September commemorations. |
The Hartenstein Airborne Museum, Oosterbeek.
Based in the original Hartenstein Hotel, the centre
of the infamous Cauldron in September 1944. It is currently having a major make over so check if it is open before you travel.
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German 75mm gun & Sherman tank outside National
Liberation Museum, Groesbeek.
This impressive museum tells the story of
the German occupation and the Liberation after
Operation Market-Garden with superb dioramas,
documents and photographs. It has a cinema, a
café and a moving Hall of Remembrance and overlooks
the American DZ 'T'.
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 The
Liberation Monument, Einhoven
In front of the monument, which shows three figures
- The Soldier, The Resistance Worker and The Civilian
- burns the 'Freedom Flame' which is rekindled
each 18 September, the Anniversary of the Liberation
of the town. |
Memorial to the 504th PIR by the Grave Bridge
Col Reuben Tucker's 504th PIR dropped at both
ends of the Grave Bridge over the River Maas,
taking it soon after 1 o' clock on 17 September
1944. |
Joe's Bridge and Memorial
This is the spot where Operation Market-Garden
really began. On the evening of 10 September 1944
a combined force of the Irish Guards Infantry
under Lt Col J.O.E. Vandeleur rushed the bridge.
Twenty minutes later a troop of tanks went speeding
over it securing the start line for the operation
one week later. |
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Spitfire in National War and Resistance Museum,
Overloon
The museum is set in 35 acres of landscaped
park. The museum and grounds contain many original
WW2 tanks, guns, flying bombs and aeroplanes,
a Bailey Bridge, Wurzburg radar installation and
many other fascinating exhibits. |
 Liberation
scene, Wings of Liberation Museum, Best
This unusual museum has several huge themed
halls
dedicated to the 51st Highland Division, Aviation,
and
Operation Barbarossa.
In the grounds is a Dakota and many other
spectacular
exhibits.
Its
future is currently in doubt owing to the death of
the owner. |
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| Don't forget that there is a map wrapped with the guide book AND that you also can choose a free map as well !! |
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To have a look at our companion guide book to the D Day Beaches click on the picture to the left. |
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