Arnhem

In war log and movie terms, Arnhem may be known as the basis for A Bridge Too Far but this historic city is certainly not out of reach for military buffs who like to combine their field research with great shopping, parks, and castles in the sky, all in close proximity to the great Hoge Veluwe National Park. Central to what was the largest airborne operation of World War II, Arnhem's famous bridge over the Rhine, the Rijnbrug, now called John Frostbrug, became the rope of the four-day tug-of-war between the Allies and the German forces intent on trying to further penetrate the area. Left with the short end of the rope, 1,748 Allied troops lost their lives in the fight for the bridge.