Operation Market Garden was the ill-fated World War Two operation devised by General Bernard Montgomery to shorten the war in the autumn of 1944. It began with a ground assault by XXX Corps on the Belgian-Dutch border followed by simultaneous airborne drops by American and British Paratroop forces between Eindhoeven and Arnhem. We follow the ground troops along their original route and also examine the Battle for Arnhem Bridge and the idea of ‘A Bridge Too Far’.
  • Follow the ground troops along their original route and also examine the Battle for Arnhem Bridge and the idea of ‘A Bridge Too Far’
  • Travel to Joe’s Bridge, the starting position of the Guards Armoured Division at the beginning of Operation Market Garden and look at the Irish Guards assault and see their graves at Valkenswaard War Cemetery
  • Visit Hartenstein Hotel, headquarters of the 1st Airborne Division during the Arnhem battle, and now an excellent museum

You will stay two nights (4HMG) or 3nts (5HMG) at a minimum 3* hotel in Holland such as the Fletcher Hotel de Buunderkamp or the Wageningen International Congress Centre.

Overnight stays in Belgium will be in a city-style hotel.