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Willem Kleijn - Guild of Battlefield Guides member

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Willem Kleijn

Accredited Member

· Badge no. 61

Accredited through the Guild’s Accreditation Programme. Profile maintained by the Guild.

Biography

Since 2005 we cater for national- and international groups under the brand DRG Battlefield Tours & Books. We guide both larger civilian/ military (in co-operation with fellow GBG-battlefield guides and tour-operators ) and bespoke individual battlefield tours in following areas:

  • ‘Airwar 40-45’ Battlefieldtours around former Luftwaffe airfield ‘Deelen’ (near Arnhem) and ‘Lufwaffe radarsite ‘Tiger’ on Dutch Isle of Terschelling
  • Market Garden 1944 battlefieldtours: Eindhoven area (101 US Airb.Div), Nijmegen area (82.US Airb.Div.) and Arnhem (1.British Airborne Div).
  • Transportation available for groups up to 8 pers. Coaches for larger groups on request
  • Accredited Guide of Liberation Route Europe, member of SGLO (Study Group Airwar )
  • We are proud to have served to following clients in recent past (a.o): British Royal Marines, Dutch Royal Marines, 39 Signals Regiment UK, Martin Kaule Tours Berlin, Albatros Travel Denmark, LGB Battlefieldtours USA, Royal Navy/ HMS Kent, WW2 Museum New Orleans, LGB Tours USA/ WW2 Round Table Hist.Society, Dorenweerd College Doorwerth NL, Nat. Military Museum Soesterberg NL, Staff 11.Airmobile Brigade NL, DMO Dutch Army, Rijks Vastgoed NL, Lukkien Video Productions NL, Amstour Travel, Nat. Society of Reserve Officers NVRO, etc,

Regions covered

Western Europe

  • Netherlands

Periods and campaigns

Second World War 1939-45

  • Air War over Europe WW2

Liberation of Europe (1944)

  • Arnhem 1944
  • Eindhoven 1944
  • Liberation of the Netherlands 1944-45
  • Nijmegen 1944
  • Op Market Garden 1944 – Arnhem Eindhoven Nijmegen

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Group types

  • Adult Coach Groups
  • Small Groups

Profile updated

15 January 2018