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In September 1944, the British liberate Antwerp, but the German army digs in around the Scheldt River. See and learn how the Canadians fought hard to open the waterway to Antwerp.

HIGHLIGHTS
– Woensdrecht
– Black Friday; the battle of the railroad
– Bergen op Zoom; Licoln and Welland bridge
– Welbergen

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
– Visit to the British and Canadian war cemetery
– One- or two-day extension to include the Zeeland portion of the Battle of the Scheldt.

INCLUDING
– Expert step-on tour guide
– Booklet with background information and maps
– Lunch

On this city walk, experience what life was like during the occupation, and how the city was liberated. Supported by photographic material and still-visible traces, you get a unique insight into the 1940-1945 period.

HIGHLIGHTS EINDHOVEN
– German military and civilian administration buildings
– Persecution and deportation of Jewish townspeople
– Liberation during Market Garden

HIGHLIGHTS `S-HERTOGENBOSCH
– German military and civilian administration buildings
– Persecution and deportation of Jewish townspeople
– The Battle of Den Bosch in October 1944

POSSIBLE EXPANSIONS
– Visit to National Monument Camp Vught

INCLUDING
– Expert step-on tour guide
– Booklet with background information and maps
– Coffee/tea with pastries

During World War II, this maze of rivers, creeks and islets was used to illegally transfer people and materials between liberated and occupied territory. The tour takes you on a unique boat ride and tells the stories of the dangerous cat and mouse game the Dutch resistance played with the Germans.

HIGHLIGHTS
– Story of Group Albrecht
– Remains of hiding places
– The incident at the Hels lock

POSSIBLE EXPANSIONS
– Combination with the ‘Winter on the Meuse’ tour

INCLUDING
– Expert step-on tour guide
– Booklet with background information and maps
– Coffee/tea with pastries

The largest airborne operation in history, a daring plan and a desperate fight to keep the road to Arnhem clear. Market Garden is best known for the Battle of Arnhem, but many of the events of Market Garden took place in Brabant. This tour takes you to the places in Brabant where the fate of Market Garden was sealed.

HIGHLIGHTS
– Landing sites of the US 101st Airborne Division
– The bridge at Son
– The attack on Nuenen by Easy Company 506 PIR
– Joe Mann and Robert Cole monuments
– Battles around Sint Oedenrode
– The Battle of the Eerd Dunes.

POSSIBLE EXPANSIONS
– Visit to Museum of Liberating Wings
– Visit to the Paulushoef
– Visit to the Mill of Eerde
– Expansion to a multi-day tour

INCLUDING
– Expert step-on tour guide
– Booklet with background information and maps
– Lunch

After Operation Market Garden, the Germans still had a large bridgehead west of the Meuse River which was threatened. Between Sept. 30 and Oct. 16, first American and then British units fought to drive out the Germans in what came to be called the Battle of Overloon. Discover where in the fall of 1944 Americans and British fought to drive out the Germans west of the Meuse River.

HIGHLIGHTS
– Stevensbeek
– Vortum-Mullem
– Dog-shaped forest
– Kamphoef
– The Loobeek
– Venray

POSSIBLE EXPANSIONS
– Visit to War Museum Overloon
– Visit to German Military Cemetery Ysselsteyn

INCLUDING
– Expert step-on tour guide
– Booklet with background information and maps
– Lunch