A 'BATTLE OF ARNHEM' INSIGHT TOUR
ROUTE ALONG PROMINENT LOCATIONS
What was the immediate cause of Operation Market Garden? Why did the battle not turn out as it was planned ? And what were the consequences on the further course of WW II? And for the Dutch citizens?
Our search leads to an intriguing although very sad story: the hungerwinter of 1944, the ravages in the centre of Arnhem and the evacuation of the Arnhem citizens.
According to your wishes, we visit:
- the John Frost bridge and its surroundings
- the information center near the bridge
- the Airborne Museum
- the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cenetery
- the Westerbouwing
- the old roman church
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war monuments ex the sculptures of the Warrior, (Henry Moore) and 'women during wartime'
- drive along the drop and landing zones in Wolfheze
- follow parts of the routes of the battallions on their way to the John Frost bridge
- the liberation museum in Groesbeek near Nijmegen