CYCLING HELL's HIGHWAY #2 | Operation Market Garden WW2 battlefield tour by bike, D-Day

In this video I'm cycling from the Garrison Town of Leopoldsburg, Belgium to Valkenswaard in Holland.

BACKGROUND

Operation Market Garden 17th September 1944 (Band of Brothers)
The operation consisted of an airborne component (called 'Market'), undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army, 101st screaming eagles, All American parachute regiments, 1st UK Airbourne Division (US, English, and Polish parachute regiments, more popularly known as Paras), and a land operation (called 'Garden') headed by XXX Corps of the British Second Army.

Market's goal was to drop airborne forces over multiple drop zones in occupied territory to quickly secure the bridges over key water crossings. In an orchestrated plan, the Garden troops would advance forward from liberated Belgium into the Netherlands at Lommel, help secure the bridges, and thus 'easily' push on towards Arnhem with heavier military equipment. This combined air and ground offensive was to create a 103 km (64 miles) long corridor for the Allied forces.

This Mini Series "Hell's Highway"
I'm riding 240 km on a brand new cycle route aimed at honoring and remembering the sacrifice of the Allied Troops during the liberation of Europe. The route name "Hell's Highway", was given to the main single track road between the Belgium Border and the Town of Arnhem in Holland. It was officially known as Route 69, but also called "The Club Route" or "The Corridor". But because of the deadly encounters with the the Nazi enemy, the route quickly acquired its nickname.



The route is a collaboration between the Liberation Route Europe foundation (represented by Wout Van Aalst) and Mr Bart Verhulst the creator of the website marketgarden.cc.

External media supplied and credited to Liberation Route Europe Foundation with kind permission.

For information:

Barts cycling website:P
https://www.marketgarden.cc/

Liberation Route App
https://www.liberationroute.com/app

The Freedom Museum:
https://vrijheidsmuseum.nl/

EERDE WINDMILL MUSEUM: 101st Airboune Division Screaming Eagles
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/69...

LIBERATION GARDEN
WWII MUSEUM LEOPOLDSBURG
https://liberationgarden.be/

Cycling App in Netherlands:
Efita cycling– route app
Fietsknoop biking and hiking

CAMERAS:
Panasonic LUMIX GH5
GoPro 10 Black

DRONE:
DJI MAVIC AIR

0:00 ARRIVAL IN HOLLAND
1:30 PROLOGUE
2:25 BELGIUM DEATH WIRE!
3:43 BEER TIME!
4:06 MR VERHULST
5:00 BRITISH WAR CEMETERY
6:36 START! - Leopoldsburg
8:19 Tree Top Cycleway - Limburg
9:37 GERMAN WAR CEMETERY - Lommel
12:21 JOE's BRIDGE
15:19 DOWNED MUSTANG
16:17 DUTCH BORDER
17:46 Wheel Rider Mushroom
18:39 BUCHANAN & JARDINE
18:00 Cafe RUSTOORD - Valkenswaard