‘OPERATION OVERLORD & D DAY’
2 – 6 JULY & 8 – 12 OCTOBER
The invasion of Normandy by Allied forces on the 6th of June 1944 was the Western Allies most critical operation of the war. The fifty miles of Normandy coastline across which Operation Overlord was launched is one of the most important battlefields of the Second World War. If the attack had failed, and Hitler’s Wehrmacht had succeeded in pushing the invaders back into the sea, then the whole course of the Second World War would have altered.
This tour helps you to see some of the realities of
Operation Overlord by visiting the beaches and battlefields of
Normandy. It takes in the principal landing sites, museums and monuments on one
of the best-preserved battlefields of the 1939 – 45 war.
DAY 1: Depart London. Arrive Bayeux
.
DAY 2:The British eastern
flank airborne landing grounds at Ranville and Benouville (“Pegasus Bridge”)
then on to the Merville Battery. West via “Sword” beach and
Colville-Montgomery to “Juno”, the Canadian beach at Bernieres and St Aubin.
.2nd night Bayeux.
DAY 3:To Gold Beach to
Arromanches. Visit the cliff top bunkers and blockhouses to look out over the
remains of the Mulberry floating harbours. Visit the Landings Museum on the
seafront.
Then return to Bayeux to see the Bayeux tapestry and
the impressive Bayeux D Day Museum, alongside the Bayeux Commonwealth War
Graves Commission cemetery.
3rd night
Bayeux.
DAY 4: Head west to Omaha Beach & the American
Battle Monuments Normandy Cemetery at Colleville.
Visit the battle scarred Ranger bunkers and monument
at Pointe du Hoc, the US National Guard monument
at Vierville. On
to the west, along the coast, crossing the Douve Canal at Carentan, heading for
Sainte Mere Eglise, scene of the US airborne landings. Visit the numerous information plaques and memorials
ending up at the US Airborne Troops Museum in Ste Mere Eglise. We end this day
at Utah Beach where General Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Medal of Honor.
4th night at Bayeux.
DAY 5: Return to London.
PRICE PER PERSON:
£495.00
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT:
£85.00
DEPOSIT PER PERSON:
£50.00
GUIDE: JAMES
SCOTT-CLARKE