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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Now on the RE3 to Venlo

With a 12:56 arrival in Eindhoven which incidentally had a part in the WW II Operation Market Garden which the movie "A Bridge Too Far"
Was based on. Eindhoven was in the path of the narrow thrust that Allied Forces made seeking a "back door" into Germany through Holland. Allied leaders ignored reports from locals of a crack German Armored force in the area and several American and British divisions including the American 101st - think "Band of Brothers" ended up in a meat grinder.  One of the great Allied blunders if WW II. 

You can see Arnhem at the top and Eindhoven on the left. 
Arnhem was "the Bridge Too Far". 

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