Maps and Names from Operation Market Garden - "The Bridge too Far"

East Central Holland (overview)

The bridge at Deventer was used for the 'Bridge too Far' movie. Sir Philip Sidney died battling the Spanish at Zutphen in 1586.		Utrecht Amersfoort Apeldoorn hear De IJssel Zwolle Deventer Zutphen hear Arnhem De Rijn Nijmegen De Waal hear De Maas De Waal De Rijn hear
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		World War II ordinance
		There's a yearly march commemorating the 'Airborne.'

The Eindhoven Area, North

Wilhelminakanaal Son Eindhoven Tongelre hear - 2 Dommel Nuenen Helmond hear Sint-Oedenrode Veghel Uden Grave hear - 2

On or near Ginkel Heath ('De Ginkelse Hei'), where the gliders and paratroops bound for the Arnhem Bridge landed in 1944 Picture by Niels Melman © 2007. All rights reserved. Used by permisssion.

'The Bridge Too Far' - Eastern Betuwe and Southern Veluwe

The 1944 landings for Arnhem bridge were at Ginkel Heath ('De Ginkelse Hei.') 'Hartenstein' Hotel in Oosterbeek was the Allied Division Headquarters. In May 1940, the Dutch Army made a stand at the Grebbeberg. In May 1945, the German Army in Holland formally surrendered at Hotel 'De Wereld' in Wageningen. De Slag om Arnhem 2 The Battle for Arnhem The wooded area North of a line between Arnhem and Wageningen is called the 'Veluwe,' the area between the rivers Rhine, Waal and Maas West of a line between Arnhem and Nijmegen is called the 'Betuwe.' The 'Betuwe' was the heartland of the Germanic tribe of the Batavians, who settled there about 2300 years ago. 'Betuwe' probably means 'good soil,' and 'Veluwe' is probably 'poor soil.'

Nijmegen De Waal Arnhem De Rijn hear Veluwe Betuwe hear Ginkelse Hei Planken Wambuis Oosterbeek Hartenstein hear Ede Bennekom Wageningen Grebbeberg Rhenen hear - 2 Renkum Heelsum Doorweth Wolfheze hear - 2 Hotel 'De Wereld' hear

Opheusden Dodewaard Zetten hear Randwijk Hemmen Driel hear Kesteren Ochten Heteren hear - 2 Valburg Elst Bemmel hear

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Maps drawn by Marco Schuffelen, after Bos Wereldatlas (1964), ANWB Fietskaarten (1978-1991), Bos Atlas voor de Volksschool (1923), en Ten Have, Volledige School-Atlas (1920).
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