James Holland & Al Murray Retrace XXX Corps Route in a WW2 Sherman Tank | Operation Market Garden

[@WW2WalkingTheGround]

If you are enjoying walking the ground with Jim and Al, please do like our videos and subscribe to the channel. We are so appreciative of all the comments and support. As you were 🫡

[@TheOperationsRoom]

You two look like such happy little souls 😄

[@GhostRider247]

so would i be if i was in one of those !!! 😉

[@DeFabriek-f7j]

The great joy of portraying the CMP is that we had great fun riding the motorcycle’s and help eachother to keep them running. The sound of 10 motorcycles racing past the column is awesome. The traffic duty’s was a great part to keep the column together and safe from modern traffic entering the column. Getting the vehicles fueled safely was also part of the job. We also had great fun in acquiring traffic infractions like speeding, overtaking, riding a roundabout the wrong way , making a huge amount of noise, stopping modern traffic and the riding through red lights. But the best, riding about armed with Sten and revolvers on a wonderful machine with no numberplate, so no traffic fines 😂

[@baspoelen]

I live in that area you were driving through, and it was an amazing view to watch you passing by my village. My grandparents told me many times about market garden and what was going on that time. They felt joy, freedom but also still afraid of returning germans and fighting. and the germans did fight back but never succeed to stop this attack. Thanks to the allied lads of that time.. we shall never forget your hero act!!

[@ohorlando1187]

Christ. I’m never jealous of anyone. But what a bucket list thing to do and have someone film while doing it. Love it lads!

[@glynmatthews6697]

Awesome Awesome Bloody Awesome!!

[@RogerRees-n9m]

Basically, you are two lucky bastards. What a feeling that would have been. To be in a Sherman, in an armoured column, retracing the steps of those amazing troops. Oh yeah, James, FFS sort your beret out. You look like a cross between Benny Hill and a baker. “Hello viewers.”

[@wargey3431]

James beret is pretty shit but it’s funny saying Benny hill seeing he was a REME mechanic during the war so probably would have had a much better beret

[@leesp2]

Riding a Sherman tank across Nimegan Bridge is one of the coolest things I've seen in my life, that an experience!

[@Endymaeria]

I'm from this area and know all the roads and little bits in this video. This gives me the absolute goosebumps...

[@mandiemckinnon2874]

Ah amazing guys! I have only just found out that my dad was in the 11th armoured division and you are bringing everything to life so vividly 😊

[@maverick4177]

Who invited Frank Spencer along? Sort that Beret out Holland

[@genaro5766]

It's a great feeling to know that events like this are done to remember what happened 80 years ago . Great job , great video . Never forget XXX corps , the 82nd ,the 101st and 1st British airborne and the Polish airborne brigade .Never forget the great Allied operations throughout the entire war to defeat fascist tyranny .

[@MarkL-y8o]

Brilliant. Massive respect to the Dutch people of Arnhem and the surrounding areas how they commemorate the events of September '44. The young lad at the start of the video getting out of the car with his dad will keep the history alive and is a future IC member. But, oh to be one of the bike riders......

[@Filmbuf-g2k]

Thanks James and Al...totally addicted to your podcasts...books etc...I've always had a general interest in ww2 ..but now that I'm semi retired,I've got time to find out more and more and you guys are helping tremendously.....incidentally who noticed the passer by giving the V for victory sign at the start of this video....loved it 😂

[@robsmithadventures1537]

What a truly life changing experience that must have been. Excellent.

[@lws7394]

Memorable, alright, but life changing ? lmao ..

[@Paggerd]

When asked why he wanted to join a tank regiment Peter Ustinov replied that if he was required to go into battle he preferred to be sitting down.

[@paulus1412]

Last week/days with all the XXX Corps vehicles in and around Son was such a cool and amazing sight. The number of vehicles, the people, the sounds, smells etc. C47 and spitfire etc in the sky. Paradroppings. Amazing!

[@mickeagger584]

Absolutely fantastic, I could see that you guys really enjoyed the experience.

[@MTPRACINGYT]

Can i just say i find myself excited when a new video pops out from you two. My grandad fought with the 11th armoured division from a couple of days after d-day to the wars end so this fascinates me. Seeing you two walk the ground where these remarkable battles took place, and cross referencing first hand accounts with actual battlefield evidence is so refreshing. We need more people like James and Al teaching history, i would of listened more in school if they were my teachers! Keep up the great content lads, you are living my dream!

[@archereegmb8032]

Very emotional to watch. Thank you.

[@blue2sco]

"Driver advance........to the nearest pub!"

[@Mozzer1945]

Great video. Lived in Holland in the early sixties. Lovely welcoming people. Thanks.

[@hackett1996]

You lucky lucky gits!! The child like joy on both your faces made this all the better!

[@williamvorkosigan5151]

I've marched across that bridge a few times. I had the privilege to do JOEs bridge to the farm house beyond Nijmegen bridge with 1IG while there were a few old boys still around. We stood up where the tanks provided smoke for the airborne river crossing. The man who was the Adjt said it was the bravest thing he ever saw.

[@timbrown1481]

Loving it! And when a tank is coming head on, people will move out of your way!😂 8:43

[@livethefuture2492]

Just like back in the day... 😅

[@corychecketts]

Absolutely amazing, gentlemen. Thank you for keeping the history alive.

[@camperp195]

Always remember,NEVER forget 😔❤️

[@livethefuture2492]

Man this looks like so much fun! Must be incredible to be able to walk in the footsteps of the people youve studied and obessesed over for years. Surely an absolute dream for any history enthusaist to be a part of something like this!

[@glennwhittaker197]

I think I was more excited that you was parked exactly where I parked my coach whilst I was there for a week driving Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards! I've certainly walked across that road bridge & the nearby railway bridge too.

[@timothycunningham2122]

Absolutely fantastic- gave me goose bumps- watched with headphones on - Totally amazing with the noise of the Sherman tank engine-you two guys are the end for this very authentic experience. Thank you

[@raymondwestland2512]

The Nijmegen bridge is very familiar. I crossed it many times during my daily commute.I saw all the historical vehicles passing by during my lunch break in Grave. It was quite a thrilling experience.

[@mikehopkinson862]

Think I was smiling as much watching this as you two were actually doing it! Al grinning like the Cheshire Cat! You have the best jobs ever!!!

[@guypenrose5477]

I don’t know why but as they crossed the bridge the hairs on the back of my neck went up and my eyes began to fill with tears. A case of what if, I suppose. Great video.

[@simonrichards6739]

Great video I was just waiting for “Betty I had a bit of trouble” mind! 😂

[@kirkmanning6232]

Brian Horrocks yes! Commanded the Household Division London in the 60’s! Great leader!

[@pinchus34]

Walking the…Sherman?? Love it!

[@EdLeslie-h4w]

This is good. Never would put these two together and yet .... It's a brilliant combination. Both giving us information that you have to watch each Programme twice maybe more. Well done chaps.... Tally Ho! Off you go!.... Seriously? Brilliant show.

[@marmadukegrimwig]

Gents, that looks like you had a LOT of fun…

[@TheyCallMeCuban_Pete]

I would love to experience that with my father. Riding a Sherman absolutely amazing

[@PaulDouglasDouglas97]

Really enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one

[@alastairmcmurray4873]

I never used to be one for dressing up, but it really does make all the difference! Very good episode.

[@TheCheshireWanderer]

2:06 the smile was great! What an amazing video. Proper gents

[@alanfouracre5546]

My Great Uncle James Rothwell 44 RTR was killed 6th September 1944 in Belgium on the push back after D Day - Fear Naught.

[@radiantmessenger3369]

A Canadian cousin, in a tank crew with the South Alberta's was kia September 12, 1944 in Belgium

[@tonywaterhouse5291]

bloody brilliant boys, loving the series

[@dob5tep544]

Absolutely bloody brilliant

[@dankorolyk5917]

Absolutely brilliant guys

[@Jon962-h4i]

Cracking stuff, but that is a woeful beret Jim. Even a Yeomanry officer would baulk at wearing that thing!

[@SandervkHistory]

What a experience, going under the bridge at Nijmegen on a Sherman Tank!

[@mikeymangono1]

Brilliant, really cheers me up watching this!

[@brianpurcell9058]

Fantastic series 👍👍👍

[@simonwelch1664]

Just returned from #Arnhem80 and I’m smitten by all this! 😍

[@kevinhendon]

Pure excellence as usual. Bet you both will never forget that memory 👏👏👏👏👍👍

[@stephenhill560]

Fantastic to see and hear what it was like.

[@hamsteronthepaintingtable6465]

Well jealous, what a great opportunity, thanks for sharing 😊👍

[@jackbarnhill9354]

As a former 2d Armored division company commander, The first time you spend all day in an armored vehicle on maneuvers you get what they call track sickness. Your holding on as the vehicle tosses you around back-and-forth which exercises muscles you don’t normally use. At the end, you feel like you’ve been beat with a stick.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

4:58 it’s not just the weight, it’s the military load class (MLC). Bridges are classified in terms of the weight they can carry, the width of the carriageway and the number of passes the bridge can safety withstand. But it’s mainly weight :) Back in the day we used to joke that the reason Royal Artillery 4 tonners carried a higher MLC than other 4 tonners was because of all of the additional paint applied by the gunners :)

[@spaceskipster4412]

My Uncle (Royal Engineers) was at Njimegen Bridge. He commandeered a tug boat from the Power Station and rescued British and American soldiers, stuck on the wrong side of the river, during the German counterattack. The night battle for the bridge was in full swing and apparently the sky was lit up like daylight because of the fires and explosions. He painted a watercolour picture of it a day or two later.

[@MikeKing-jy9tk]

So was my father!! What company?? Mine was 233 Field Company [69th Bde - 50th DIV] its well worth a walk across the Bridge. I've bee a few times. Have a drink in the Blue Hand pub.

[@jc-d6179]

Can you show the picture?

[@spaceskipster4412]

@@MikeKing-jy9tk Amazing stuff. My Uncle was Lt Peter Foster in command of No 2 Troop of 615 Field Squadron. After the war he resumed architecture and was the Surveyor and Architect for Westminster Abbey between 1973 - 1988. He passed away in 2010.

[@peterwolf6734]

This is so awesome. I was in Normandy for the 80th for DDAY wish I could have been there for MarketGarden

[@williammyles]

Great work and video boys amazing thanks 😊

[@suepalin9202]

Excellent and poignant. Thank you, James and Al, and I look forward to other videos in this series.

[@sjoerdbode45]

Amazing shots, very nice. I love how the bunkers are still there next to the bridge at Nijmegen as well, not sure about Arnhem

[@TC_5670]

That looks great fun. I'm sure you both felt very proud. I went to the 50th Anniversary commemorations at Genkel Heath with an air drop of about 700 troops (where the British 1st Airborne landed) and Arnhem on the 17th September 1994. Lovely day, lovely atmosphere in the town. I always felt Market Garden would have been a success if the 1st Airborne had landed right by the town itself and also if Patton had led the 'Garden' part of the operation. Thanks for sharing the video.

[@davidsullivan7743]

I'm reading your book at the moment Mr Murray and I'm really enjoying it. I've read other books on Arnhem but yours is full of detail I've not come across in those others. It's very well researched.

[@philipmoores5202]

James if you are going to wear a beret, please wear it correctly, I thought you were doing a Benny Hill impression.

[@firstcitytraveler]

I thought so too.

[@SimonHeartfield]

Maybe he was channeling Frank Spencer? 😂

[@lomate1963]

I got a spot of bother hmmmm 😅

[@blue2sco]

He's trying to land a helicopter

[@pitchforkcustom]

don’t care about that , just liked the knowledge and enthusiasm myself

[@jimditch6990]

James, you're wearing that beret like a pork pie!

[@harrywright5705]

What a experience, can’t wait for we have ways again

[@2ManyHobbies16]

Had no idea chevy built those trucks!!! Pretty cool.

[@johntaylor963]

Its the little details I like, never knew about the weight plates. Such a simple idea, but the it toatally demonstrates the level of planning that had to go into making it a success. Top work fellas.

[@DCS_World_Japan]

8:33 fastest paralell parking job I've seen haha

[@livethefuture2492]

Must be quite a thing to see a Sherman barreling down towards you on a quiet Dutch street! Probably had some flashbacks to 1944! 😅

[@Tesserae]

Very few things surprise me these days, but I have to say this did. Very impressive!

[@bengoacher4455]

I love the inclusion of "my wife said if I come home with a tank im getting divorce, i'll fuck off thats it"

[@adrianbay1496]

Absolutely amazing !

[@blue2sco]

Well done looks like you all had a good time.

[@carlhepton5059]

This is my fourth time watching brilliant keep it up more please

[@timbrown1481]

From an old armor guy. Yes the tanks are hot in summer and cold in the winter. And yes, there are numerous pinch points to get some flesh caught.

[@jimditch6990]

I'm dead jealous!

[@1psychofan]

Just WOW!!! This looks incredible ~~~~just WOW

[@gary33558]

Hi guys, you are doing an amazing thing. Please, James, wear the beret properly, mate. Awesome video, guys. cheers, Gary UK 🇬🇧

[@Coolerman565]

Fantastic vid i have visited the area many times wish i could have been there this September, some years ago i was lucky enough to ride in a Jeep for miles down Hells Highway.

[@josephinekush5056]

Most of those British vehicles, especially the trucks are Canadian built. Which is what they're still operating after 80 years. We built 'em well. - George Kush, UE, CD, Macleod, AB.

[@marklittle8805]

Chevy Army trucks rolled off the line in my home town of Oshawa ON. Home now of the Canadian Tank Museum

[@lyndoncmp5751]

That's not true. Britain alone built over a million trucks in WW2. In British factories in Britain.

[@marklittle8805]

@@lyndoncmp5751 there were a lot made in the UK, but If you see a Chevy or Ford or Dodge truck from that war, they were North American Built and Oshawa built all the Chevy trucks including ones the Americans used.

[@kirkmanning6232]

Yes Canadian Chevrolet trucks prolly built in Oshawa. They were runners!

[@josephinekush5056]

@@lyndoncmp5751 Canada built 800, 000 trucks & 50,000 armoured vehicles for Britain during WW2 & most of the steel & aluminum used by British industry came from Canada. And we fed you guys until 1950 - Thank you very much Canada. I was with XXX Corps for the 75th anniversary run in 2019 & most of the trucks I looked at & I looked at lot, were Canadian built. - George Kush, Macleod, Alberta

[@Alfie1970Waterhouse]

Thanks

[@lws7394]

11:10 No mention of Jan van Hoof ? ? He was a 'Rover' boy scout who disabled the explosives which would blow up the Waal bridge as soon as your Peter Carrington would have droven up the bridge with his Sherman ..

[@tylerbarnhoornproductions7506]

Loving the videos!

[@kymcey1]

Awesome series 👏 👌

[@WW2WalkingTheGround]

Thanks a ton

[@timbrown1481]

You guys are definitely having fun!

[@jimanderson6544]

Class, I've done it in a truck some of the grave sites even from WW1 are mint and well kept WEE MUST NEVER FORGET!!!!

[@billyruffian1]

Excellent- including the hot mike comments at the very end, chaps :D

[@moobaz8675]

Bonkers! Love it!

[@SWR112]

When you realise your doing something a bit special 😂👍 What an amazing thing to be part of.

[@glennwhittaker197]

To be historically correct, you had to stop to brew up tea whilst the Guards where clearing the town. AWESOMENESS guys!!

[@sammarsden3844]

Bloody love your videos guys! , looking forward to more content , will you be doing the Italy campaign? :)

[@adriang6259]

Brilliant series chaps. Make a tourist book or series of the battlefields. Where they were. If you stand here and look over that rise to the east that's where captain Joe Bloggs was in 1944. I'd buy it. I just ordered "Black Tuesday", Al.

[@richardnorris3095]

Well done guys great video 🤩🤩👍🏻

[@HowWh4tWhy]

A fantastic trip back in time Al and James! It would be interesting to see you make it to Remagan in March 2025. I understand there is no bridge there, now, but an interesting story anyway, and another classic 60s war film!

[@gorbalsboy]

The frank Spencer school of beret wearing😊well done lads

[@elderforest617]

"You don't know the worst. This is the wide part"

[@sfBE11]

I was at the Nat Army Museum in London and no one was around so i had a crack at getting into their tank model. It's a cut away deal and very cool, got my shoulder through, then my head and realised I wouldn't get my other arm or shoulder or body through. It was at that moment that I thought both getting stuck was not a good idea and would have been highly embarrassing. But the point about getting clattered by anything and losing your fingers became apparent as I smack my head on the lip of the hatch.

[@MegaRebel100]

very nice , two things its Reihswalde EEE en the Irish brigade under Joe Vandeleur ??? missed ?? grtz from Holland

[@jasperrrrrrrrrr_]

Love it! Would like to see a Bulge edition in december 😃

[@fingers3239]

I have met the RMP actors. They are serious re-enactors normally portraying the Border Regt. They pay their respects annually during the comemorations to recognise the sacrifice B Coy, 1 Borders made during the fighting at the Westerbouwing Hotel at the very SW tip of the Oosterbeek perimeter.