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WORLD WAR 1
WORLD WAR 2
OTHER
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Size
The map measures 19.5 inches (49cm) by 28
inches (71cm). It is printed in four colours
and is on firm glossy paper.
On one side at a scale of 1:180,000 is shown
the whole of the Market Garden corridor of
operations from Arnhem in the north to
Leopoldsburg in the south and from Vught in
the west to Overloon in the east. See below
for details of the other side.
What is Marked on the Map
This map is quite unique and no other exists
that shows the Market Garden Corridor in such
detail. Over 230 memorials are clearly indicated
as well as a dozen museums and 42 military cemeteries
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On the 1:180,000 side are indexes that cover that map
and the inset maps of Leopoldsburg, Eindhoven and Vught.
Overlaid on the map are the routes taken by the ground
forces from the XXX Corps start line at Joe’s Bridge on
the Belgian border as well as the drop zones used by the
British 1st Airborne Division and the American 101st and
82nd Airborne Divisions.
On the other side is a greatly expanded map
of the Arnhem to Oosterbeek area showing the exact
drop/landing zones for the British 1st Airborne Division
and the routes taken forward towards the bridge over the
Rhine. Inset into that map are detailed maps of the St
Elisabeth Hospital area, the John Frost Bridge area and
the Oosterbeek perimeter. Also on this side is a
similarly expanded map showing the drop zones and
movements of the American 82nd 'All American' Airborne
Division from Groesbeek towards Nijmegen and with inset
and indexed maps to Nijmegen and to Grave. On both sides
is a base map showing modern roads thus making
navigation simple.
The locations of the following are marked with colour
coded lollipops as follows –
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There are two types of
Index each based upon a simple but clear map
reference system. The map can be used on its
own but all the information is cross
referred by the map references to the
recommended stops in Major and
Mrs Holt’s
Battlefield Guide to Operation Market
Garden.
1. Location. Thus upon seeing a
marker
at reference 34 on Map 6 the index explains
that it is the site of memorials to the
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment landing
zone and the memorial to Operation
Veritable.
2. Thematic. If wishing to find the
memorial to the Royal Engineers role in the
evacuation of the British across the Rhine
from Oosterbeek the Memorials Index provides
the reference 2/29.
THIS IS JUST A
VERY SMALL SECTION OF THE MAP.
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