Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Veghel — canal bridges
Town
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaHell's Highway — Eindhoven to Uden
TypeTown
Time to allow30 min
LocationRight area — the exact spot is uncertain
GPS51.60815, 5.53253
The story
Four bridges over the canal and the river made Veghel the corridor's most vulnerable point; the Germans attacked it on 22 September and the 101st fought for two days to keep the road open.
What to look for
The bridges over the Zuid-Willemsvaart are the objective everyone wanted.
Nearby sites
- Koevering · 4 km
- Sint-Oedenrode · 7 km
- Uden · 8 km
- Drop Zone B — Sonse Heide · 10 km
- Son bridge & 101st Airborne memorial · 11 km
- Wings of Liberation Museum, Best · 12 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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