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Hacketts Hollow is the name of the large hollow on the Valkenburglaan/Sportlaan still visible today.
September 20, 1944, Brigadier J.W. Hackett, commander of the 4th Parachute Infantry Brigade, landed with 2500 men on the Ginkel Heath.
The remaining 150 men of the 156 Parachute Regiment were already pinned down for 8 hours in this hollow. An overwhelming German majority, including flamethrower tanks, tried to surround their position. He made the heroic decision to fight his way to the edge of the western perimeter with a bayonet charge.

The official opening of the camp starts at the memorial of Hacketts Hollow.

In progress

Operation Berlin was the night-time evacuation in the night of 25/26 September 1944, of the British 1st Airborne Division.
Glider pilots laid white tape through the woods, leading from the Hartenstein Hotel, to the river Rijn.
Royal Canadian Engineers were waiting with small boats to ferry them across the Rhine to a landing point north of Driel. Approximately 2,400 men made it safely across.

Friday evening, ABWO reenacts this operation with kids from schools in Oosterbeek.

Traditionally, around 11:00, paratroopers are dropped above the Ginkel heath in Ede. It is a  commemoration of the start of Operation Market Garden on September 17, 1944.

After the dropping the members of ABWO and their vehicles will drive from the Telefoonweg in Renkum to the bridge at Arnhem.
From there they drive back to the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. The arrival at the museum will be around 15:30
We invite you to come and see the historic military vehicles up close and talk to our members.

IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING THE “RACE TO THE BRIDGE” 2025

This year the ABWO foundation will only allow British WW2 made and used vehicles and WW2 Canadian Jeeps.
-WW2 German vehicles are only allowed after a written invitation of the ABWO organisation.
-WW2 US Army vehicles and WW2 Canadian Dodges and trucks are NOT allowed.
-WW2 US Jeeps with British or Canadian magnet markingstickers are NOT allowed.

This year, every participant needs a Race To The Bridge Sticker. Participants of the ABWO event will receive their sticker at the campsite.

Limit of 200 4-wheeled vehicles

NOT a participant of ABWO?
NON-participants of the ABWO event have to buy a sticker at the startpoint of the Race to the Bridge at the north- and southside of Telefoonweg in Renkum. Cost of participation for the Race to the Bridge is 10,- euro per vehicle.
We will check your vehicle whether it is up to our standards and if so, you will get your sticker.
PAYMENT CASH ONLY!

Thank you all for your cooperation!!