Battlefield Tours

The 82nd Airborne Division had to secure crossings at two major rivers and a canal, take the city of Nijmegen and secure the Groesbeek Heights. A tall order for an Airborne Division to undertake! This tour will take us on a clockwise loop around the objectives and battles of the All Americans, beginning at the bridge at Grave. We'll then drive to the lock bridge at Heumen (Molenhoek), the only bridge across the Maas-Waal Canal captured intact. Our next stop will be the landing zones south of Groesbeek and then the desperate battle to recapture the landing zones to the north.…

In this full day Hell's Highway battlefield tour, we will drive up and down Hell's Highway from Veghel to Son. We will cover the objectives of the 101st Airborne Division to secure bridges across streams and canals at Son, Sint-Oedenrode, and Veghel and keep the roads in between them open. The tour will start at the dropzones near Son and will then proceed towards the bridge across the Wilhelmina Canal at Son and we will talk about the capture, rebuilding and then the defense of this vital bridge. We will then shift our focus to the 502nd Parachute Infantry Brigade as…

On September 6th 1944 the British Guards Armored division attacked across the Albert canal in Beringen. They were not expecting any significant German resistance and were hoping to be on the Belgian / Dutch border later that day. However the Germans were building a new defensive line behind that same Albert canal. It took four days of heavy fighting before a bridge across the next canal was captured, the now famous Joe's Bridge across the Meuse-Escaut canal at Neerpelt. In this tour we are going to follow the main line of advance of the Guards Armored division. The first stop…

In this full day tour, we will look at the exploits of the famous Easy Company of the 101st Airborne division, immortalized by the book and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. We start at the dropzone near Son and the continue to the bridge across the Wilhelmina Canal at Son which was the first objective of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment. We will discuss the attempt to capture and the role that Easy Company played in it. Our next stop is the center of Eindhoven where Easy Company was involved in the taking of the bridges across the Dommel…

In this tour, we are going to focus on the exploits of the British XXX Corps and their race to get to Arnhem. It was their job to make use of the towns, bridges and roads captured by the Airborne forces and make it to Arnhem at maximum speed. The tour will begin in Leopoldsburg in Belgium where the briefing for the operation took place, we will visit the location where the famous cinema used for the briefing of the operation once stood and also visit the nearby Sherman tank. We will then visit the Liberation Garden museum, an excellent…

In this half day (4 hour) battlefield tour, we will visit the most important locations of the battle for Arnhem and Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden. This tour will start at the landing zones for an introduction and overview. Then we will follow the men of the Recce Squadron and their ill-fated mission to capture the bridge with their Jeeps, this includes a stop at the tunnel under the railway embankment near Wolfheze. Our next stop will be the Westerbouwing heights, a hill overlooking and dominating the Rhine River. The loss of this hill and nearby ferry site made reinforcing…

In this full day (8 hours) battlefield tour, we will be looking at the 1st Airborne Division & 1st Polish Para Brigade. In the morning we will look at the attempt to seize the road bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. In the afternoon we will focus on the battles in and around Oosterbeek and their eventual withdrawal across the Rhine. This tour will start at the landing zones where we will talk about the landings and the plans to capture the bridge at Arnhem. Then we will follow the men of the Recce Squadron and their ill-fated mission to…

In this full-day Market Garden highlights battlefield tour, we are going to look at a number of locations which were important during the operation. This tour is a good option if you only have one day available and want to see as much of the area as possible. That also means that it is a "light version" so the location visits will be shorter and there is more driving involved. After picking you up we will drive to the drop and landing zones near Son en Breugel in the 101st Airborne sector where the tour begins with some footage and…

In this full day tour, we will look at how the Americans were involved in Operation Market Garden and we will be covering locations from both the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Division. This tour will start at the dropzone in Son, where we will talk about the landings. Then we move to nearby Son bridge where we will discuss the attempts to capture it and the subsequent German attack and attempt to destroy it.  We will then visit the Joe Mann memorial, he was the only soldier of the 101st Airborne division who was awarded the Medal of Honor during…