Operation Market Garden Sites Around Nijmegen
Meet your Arnhem tour guide at an agreed-upon location and visit the following places:
- The drop and landing zones of the 82nd Airborne Division (USA).
- The Grave Bridge, which was one of the main targets of the 82nd Airborne Division (USA).
- The old bridge at Heumen, where the German troops put up fierce resistance against the American troops until nightfall on 17 September 1944.
- The Devil's Hill, which became famous because A Company of the 508th held its ground there against heavy fire from German paratroopers.
- The Waal Bridge area, which was an important link between Nijmegen and Arnhem.
- The sites and monuments dedicated to the daring daylight crossing of the Waal River by 2nd Battalion, 504th Regiment, to secure the Nijmegen road bridge.