Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Driel — Polish brigade memorial
Memorial
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaNijmegen, the Island & Arnhem
TypeMemorial
Time to allow20 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS51.96117, 5.81389
The story
Where Sosabowski's Poles landed on 21 September and tried to reach the trapped British across the river. The Island begins here.
What to look for
Look north across the Rhine to Oosterbeek.
Nearby sites
- Airborne Museum Hartenstein, Oosterbeek · 3 km
- Airborne War Cemetery, Oosterbeek · 4 km
- 506th PIR memorial, Elst · 5 km
- Crossroads memorial, Heteren · 6 km
- John Frost Bridge, Arnhem · 7 km
- Operation Pegasus — river bank sector · 7 km
All 48 sites in Holland & Bastogne 1944–45 →
Easy Company: Holland & Bastogne
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne: Hell's Highway, Nijmegen and the Island, the Bois Jacques at Bastogne, the cemeteries of the Ardennes and Haguenau in Alsace.
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