The Poles of Driel: Walking in the footsteps of Sosabowski and his troops
This is a hike along important milestones in and around the village of Driel where the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade fought during the Second World War. The route goes, amongst others, over the landing sites and past the headquarters of Major General Sosabowski.

The first clashes: German attacks repelled, losses to be mourned
historical

The Catholic Church: from viewpoint to information centre
historical

The Poles of Driel
audiospot

The Nevel: Poles take up positions around Driel
historical

The attempt of the Dorsets – doomed to fail

The Household Cavalry came to reinforce the Polish troops with eight armored cars

Fighting around the Dorpstraat on the southern side of Driel

The monument at Plac Polski and the annual commemorations in Driel
contemporary

The Roman Catholic parish house set up as a medical post

The emergency hospital in the school

National Monument to the First Independent Polish Parachute Brigade Group
monument

Headquarters and bust of Major General Stanisław Sosabowski

The Driel ferry - disabled for the Germans and unusable for the Poles

Rijndijk and Engineers Monument: the crossing of the Rhine

German positions behind the railway embankment take Polish troops under fire

Stranded aid: supplies do not reach the British troops in Oosterbeek.

Landing sites – then fields and orchards

Information Centre: The Poles of Driel
museum

De Polen van Driel
Length: 0.59 km
Route from Airborne Region

De Polen van Driel
Length: 4.31 km
Route from Airborne Region

De Polen van Driel
Length: 0.2 km
Route from Airborne Region