Market-Garden 2019 XXX Corps re-enactment

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Read more about the 2014 event here:

XXX Corps event: Liberation Task Force

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Just received the message below from Gerald D Przenislawski and I am passing this on here.

If you have a serious interest to join, please contact him and post your interest here. I found the previous event in 2014 unforgettable and I plan to be there in 2019.

I think many of the MLU members who were there in 2014 will join again also. Please post here so we can gauge interest among MLU'ers!

Dear All,

Market-Garden 2019 XXX Corps re enactment

Operation Market Garden will be commemorated by a proposal in 2019 by another British led commemorative convoy. This will be joined by authentic American airborne re enactors at appropriate points on the route to make this an authentic re creation of some scenes from XXX Corp’s operation.
The basis of this convoy will be the same as 2014 and it will consist of British WWII vehicles and vehicles that were used by XXX Corps on the drive up from Lommel to Arnhem. Lessons learnt from 2014 have been discussed with the powers that be and we are looking forward to another historic event with fervor. This will be undertaken with a maximum of two convoys split up for the first two days, after which one large convoy will proceed further north.
At the moment, talks have taken place with some key players who are interested to see the proposal progressed further.
As our dear veterans are now reaching a significant advancement in their years, this will possibly be the last time we will have the opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to them for their considerable sacrifices that they made for our freedom today;
So if you are British infantry re enactors or a vehicle owner and you have your own authentic equipment and you would like to be considered for the next 2019 Operation Garden then please contact us now by e mail at info@ltf-hq.com and as soon as we have further information etc this will be forward on to you for your perusal.
For the moment, we are looking at 120 vehicles plus but until we gauge the amount of interest we will be unable at this moment in time to say how big the convoy will be. This “operation” will need to be run as a military operation and we believe that armed with the lessons learnt from the past event that this will be an even better event in 2019.
So, if you are interested, then just send an e mail to info@ltf-hq.com and we will be in touch as soon as we have further information available. Please bear in mind that the opportunities now for large convoys are few and far between, we are fortunate in that we enjoy a great deal of support in The Netherlands and we would hope that new and old friends alike will join us on this adventure following in the footsteps of XXX Corps.

Should you have any friends that missed the last tour and you think they might be interested then please pass this on.

Serious inquiries only please.

kind regards
Gerald D Przenislawski

Admin. www.ltf-hq.com LIBERATION TASK FORCE IS REGISTERED IN FRANCE -REG N° W351000538

[RichardT10829]

Absolute no brainer..... I will be there !!

[Lynn Eades]

With another carrier Richard?

[RichardT10829]

unfortunately no, even if one was to arrive on my door step tomorrow I would not have time to get it where I wanted it before the event.

besides I have a Cromwell ARV to drive for the event.

[Tim Bell]

Hope to have the Firefly there.

Tim

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Tim Bell

Hope to have the Firefly there.

When I read this I thought a "Fairey Firefly" That would be impressive

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by RichardT10829

unfortunately no, even if one was to arrive on my door step tomorrow I would not have time to get it where I wanted it before the event.

besides I have a Cromwell ARV to drive for the event.

No heavy steel tracks allowed last time, is that likely to change for the next? Or will it just be offroad?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Excellent! I can't wait.

I still have fond memories of the 2014 event....Watching the tanks startup in the morning on a middle of a Valkenswaard shopping street was a sight to see!
Also quite unique was that several vehicles were repainted and appropriately marked just for this event.


Alex

[RichardT10829]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

No heavy steel tracks allowed last time, is that likely to change for the next? Or will it just be offroad?

Its a Secret...

but something is in hand...... it will be there, and it will be on the road.