Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Nuenen — 101st Airborne memorial
Memorial
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaHell's Highway — Eindhoven to Uden
TypeMemorial
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS51.47058, 5.54512
The story
Beside the village liberation monument, a plaque naming nine Easy Company men who fell in Holland between 19 September and 5 October. The ambush of 19–20 September happened on the road east of here.
What to look for
Look east along the road toward Helmond: open fields, no cover — tank country.
Nearby sites
- Airborne Memorial, Eindhoven (Woensel) · 4 km
- Eindhoven — 18 Septemberplein · 6 km
- Son bridge & 101st Airborne memorial · 6 km
- Drop Zone B — Sonse Heide · 9 km
- Wings of Liberation Museum, Best · 9 km
- Joe Mann memorial, Best · 9 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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