XXX Corps Breakout Battlefield Tour

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 modern museum that tells the story of Leopoldsburg during the crucial weeks in 1944.

Next up is Hechtel, a fiercely contested village which was all but destroyed in the fighting. We will then move to Joe’s Bridge where we will cover its capture and subsequent German counter-attacks and also its significance for the Allies.

Just a short distance from Joe’s bridge is the start line of Operation Market Garden and then we’ll move to the location where it all went wrong, the German Ambush site. We will pay our respects at the CWGC Cemetery where the casualties of the breakout are buried. Our next stop will be the center of Valkenswaard.

Continuing up the Corridor we will arrive at Aalst where the Germans were able to block the advance to Eindhoven for almost 12 hours before entering Eindhoven. At Eindhoven, the linkup with the 101st Airborne Division took place.

XXX Corps breakout tour itinerary

This tour begins at 09:00h at the Eindhoven railway station.

Leopoldsburg
Liberation Garden Museum
Hechtel
Capture of Joes Bridge
Bridgehead Breakout
Valkenswaard CWGC Cemetery
Valkenswaard town center
German blockade at Aalst,

This tour takes around 8 hours and ends around 17:00h (5PM) at the Eindhoven railway station.

Languages

This tour is available in English and in Dutch.

Pricing

We have a flat fee price for our tours:

Price for a full day private tour for 1 to 4 persons including transportation is €480.
For 5-8 persons I have to charge €650 to cover the rent of a large minivan.
Lunch and museum entrance is not included in the price.
For a group of more than 4 persons please visit my Groups page