Operation Market Garden Battle Sites Around Eindhoven
Meet your Eindhoven tour guide at a negotiated location and visit the following places:
- The drop and landing zones of the 101st Airborne Division (USA) at Son.
- The site of the Son Bridge, which was destroyed and, as a result, the British XXX Corps was delayed by one day in relieving the airborne troops according to schedule.
- The battle site at Nuenen, where Easy Company, accompanied by British tanks, led a recce action against the German 107th Panzer Brigade.
- The battle site at Best, where a full American battalion fought more than 1,000 defending Germans.
- Hell's Highway to Uden, which was continuously cut by German forces, delaying the advance of the British XXX Corps as it tried to link up with the 101st Airborne Division (USA).
- The sites of the fighting for the sand dunes and the battles of Koevering, Veghel, and Uden.