This route takes you from Eijsden in the south, where Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany waited to invade the Netherlands, to Nieuweschans in the north, where the first shots of the German offensive were fired on May 10, 1940. This car/motorcycle route leads you along a part of the Dutch history of World War II, based on the work of Geert Mak, In Europe (published by Atlas).

This route takes you to the places that Geert Mak discusses and mentions in his book 'In Europe'. The locations and sights are explained with text fragments from the book.

You can find the entire history in detail and with full historical context in Geert Mak’s book, In Europe.