This exclusive four-day tour offers unique insights into Operation Market Garden in the company of historian James Holland and comedian Al Murray
For those of you who have listened regularly to the podcast,
you'll know that Operation MARKET GARDEN is a personal favourite
battle of the Second World War for Al Murray and James Holland.
You'll also know that James has long maintained that walking the
ground is key to understanding how a battle played out. You may
also be aware there is some small controversy over whether General
Jim Gavin of the US 82nd Airborne Division might have ordered a
more urgent assault of the Nijmegen Bridge. And you'll also be
aware that 'Zeno' fought in Arnhem, that John Frost commanded the
men who took the bridge, that Brigadier Roy Urquhart escaped down a
backstreet alley, that there were never Leopard tanks, and that
there are whole host of controversies, incredible moments of human
drama, and that the entire operation was, according to Field
Marshal Montgomery, 90 per cent successful…
In this very special four-day trip, James and Al will be guiding
you around the key sites of the battle, discussing and debating in
increasingly minute detail the whys and wherefores. You'll see the
Groesbeek Heights, the famous bridges, you'll tour much of the
battlefield around Arnhem and also see both where Urquhart holed up
and the famous Hotel Hartenstein at Oosterbeek. There will be
fabulous food and drink and even a chance to visit the Blue Hand
pub in Nijmegen, where you, too, can record your very own Beer 52
advert. By the end, you will know a whole load more about this
iconic wartime battle - and have had a huge amount of fun in the
process.
WNTL? Absolutely nothing.
This trip is now sold out, but you can still join James
Holland on an exciting battlefields tour next year - exploring the
D-Day landing beaches in Normandy. Find out more and book your
place here.
