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War in the Over-Betuwe

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In September 1944, Operation Market Garden began. Large-scale airborne troops were deployed to capture strategic bridges from the south. The bridge at Nijmegen was taken by the Americans on September 20. The capture of the bridge at Arnhem was ultimately a failure.

This bicycle tour takes you along places that remind you of the battle between the two bridges. You will hear and see what happened in the Over-Betuwe during and after Operation Market Garden.

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The Karbrug
Monumento
The Karbrug

In 1948, between Bemmel and Huissen, near the Karbrug, a special war commemoration took place. The 'Battle of the Karbru...

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Battle for Elst
Storia
Battle for Elst

Operation Market Garden ended on 26 September 1944 with the evacuation from Oosterbeek of the 1st Airborne Division. Ar...

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Reconciliation panel
Monumento
Reconciliation panel

In October 1944 a combat incident took place which involved Bill Call, a Lieutenant in the US Parachute Infantry Regimen...

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Haalderen in the front line
Storia
Haalderen in the front line

After the failure of Operation Market Garden in September 1944, the Allies wanted to advance towards Arnhem via the Betu...

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Gendt in the line of fire
Storia
Gendt in the line of fire

During Operation Market Garden, the Allies failed to capture the Arnhem Rhine Bridge. Their advance ran aground in the O...

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Fort Pannerden
Fortificazione
Fort Pannerden

Fort Pannerden, built between 1869 and 1872, was the easternmost fort of the historical New Dutch Waterline. During Worl...

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The flight
Monumento
The flight

On the Rijndijk near Doornenburg, opposite Restaurant Rijnzicht, stands a bronze statue of a woman fleeing with her four...

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Exodus Evacuation Monument and Mass Grave
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Exodus Evacuation Monument and Mass Grave

The Evacuation Monument in Angeren commemorates the citizens who experienced the evacuation and all those who died in or...

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The Bell
Monumento
The Bell

During the war, the German occupiers confiscated bells everywhere in order to melt them down for ammunition. However, th...

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Monument 17 september
Monumento
Monument 17 september

On 17 September 1944, Operation Market Garden began, and the Betuwe area was also hit by relentless fighting and bombing...

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Mitchellmonument Malburgse Bandijk
Monumento
Mitchellmonument Malburgse Bandijk

On 25 September 1944, the Dutch 320 squadron flew a mission. On the return flight, the formation was attacked by twenty ...

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Monument Palestinapioniers
Monumento
Monument Palestinapioniers

A memorial stone with a plaque was unveiled at Huize Voorburg in Elden on 3 October 2019, exactly 77 years after 44 so c...

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Exodus - We commemorate the flight
Monumento
Exodus - We commemorate the flight

In October 1944, many hundreds of families, mainly from Elden, Arnhem and Huissen, were forced by the occupying forces t...

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No Man's Land War Museum
Museo
No Man's Land War Museum

No Man's Land War Museum tells the story of the Betuwe region between 1939 and 1945. In the old town hall of Gendt, this...

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Schoonderlogt estate
Luogo di interesse
Schoonderlogt estate

Schoonderlogt estate became one of the headquarters in the Betuwe region. Operation Pegasus was planned here, the evacua...

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The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel
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The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel

On September 21st 1946, a sober monument was unveiled to commemorate the events of two years earlier. The efforts of Pol...

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Water as weapon
Audiospot
Water as weapon

In the autumn of 1944, the high water and the Rhine reached a water level of 12.15 meters above the Amsterdam Ordnance D...

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Distress and destruction
Audiospot
Distress and destruction

After the failure of the Battle of Arnhem, the Over-Betuwe region becomes the frontline. German commander Harmel turns D...

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Engulfed in fire and smoke
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Engulfed in fire and smoke

The final years of the war are tough on the people of Huissen. Hundreds are killed and wounded during heavy allied bombi...

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The key to success
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The key to success

In September 1944, the allied forces met with fierce German resistance near Elst while they were advancing towards Arnhe...

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The Poles of Driel
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The Poles of Driel

In the battle of Arnhem, General Sosabowski and his Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade acted bravely. The enormous...

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The Betuwe on the frontline
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The Betuwe on the frontline

In the autumn of 1944, Operation Market Garden became bogged down in the swampy fields of the Betuwe and at many locatio...

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Centro informazioni ‘I polacchi di Driel’
Museo
Centro informazioni ‘I polacchi di Driel’

The Information Centre: The Poles of Driel provide insights into the battle fought by the Ist Polish Independent Parachu...

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Memorial for the mass grave Huissen
Monumento
Memorial for the mass grave Huissen

The Dutch memorial in Huissen (municipality of Lingewaard) is a walled mass grave decorated with reliefs depicting the a...

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Monument 'The Wing'
Monumento
Monument 'The Wing'

The seven-metre-high monument 'The Wing' was unveiled in 2014. It is a steel duplicate of a wing of a US warplane contai...

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Monument for the 7th battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment
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Monument for the 7th battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment

The memorial to the soldiers of the 7th battalion of the Royal Hampshire Regiment' in Driel (municipality of Overbetuwe)...

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