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2010 Battlefield Tours – tour list

 

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World War 1 Battlefield Tours   2010 Dates
3 Days, 2 Nights

 

 

Somme battlefields and Ypres

 

19th–21st March
Somme battlefields and Ypres

 

9th–11th April
Ypres battlefields and Somme

 

23rd–25th April
Somme 94th Anniversary

 

30th June – 2nd July
Somme battlefields and Ypres visit

 

1st–3rd October
Armistice Ypres 92nd Anniversary

 

10th–12th November
Armistice Thiepval 92nd Anniversary

 

10th–12th November
4 Days, 3 Nights

 

Somme and Ypres Battlefield Tour

 

7th–10th May
Somme 94th Anniversary and Ypres visit

 

30th June – 3rd July
Battles of the Woods
The attack on Mametz Wood, Delville Wood and High Wood

 

16th–19th July

Battle of the Somme War Walk
Walk the Front Line of 1st July 1916

  20th–23rd August
Plugstreet Wood and Salient Points
Ypres Battlefields and Somme Tour

 

15th–18th October
Armistice 92nd Anniversary Tour
Ypres and Somme visit

 

9th–12th November
Armistice at Thiepval 92nd Anniversary

 

9th–12th November
5 Days, 4 Nights

 

Early Battles
Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Fromelles and Ypres

 

20th–24th May

Ypres Saliient War Walk

Plugstreet, Polygon, Paschendaele and Pilkem

  11th–15th June
Verdun and Somme   8th–12th July
Australians on the Western Front
And Fromelles Ceremony
  16th–20th July
6 Days, 5 Nights

 

 
Mons, the First and Last Shots
The Marne, Aisne, Nery, Armistice Clearing and Compiegne

 

26th–31st August
7 Days, 6 Nights

 

 
United States Forces in the Great War
Marne, Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, St. Mihel, Verdun, Argonne, Hindenburg Line

 

11th–17th March
Italian Front – Northern Italy Tour
1st World War Italian Campaign: Asiago Plateau, Crossing the Piave, Isonzo and Caporetto – led by Dale Hjort

 

24th–30th September

 

 

World War 2 battlefield tours

 

2010 Dates
5 Days, 4 Nights

 

 

The Dyle Line to Dunkirk

The story of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 1940

  29th May – 2nd June

The Cockleshell Heroes Tour

Operation Frankton

 

8th–12th April

Famous Raids Tour

Dieppe, Bruneval, Amiens Prison, La Coupole V2 Rocket Site

 

15th–19th April

Normandy Beaches

Operation Overlord 66th Anniversary Tour

 

4th–8th June
St Nazaire, Combined Operations Raid
And Normandy Beaches visit; 'The Greatest Raid of All'

 

23rd–27th July

Normandy Beaches Tour

Operation Overlord

 

2nd–6th September

The Defence of Great Britain 1940-41

"... if necessary alone."

  9th–13th September

Arnhem and Nijmegen

A Bridge Too Far – 66th Anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem

 

16th–20th September

Battle of the Bulge

The Ardennes

 

24th–28th September
Italian Campaign Battlefield/Pilgrimage Tour
Italy, Monte Cassino, Salerno, Anzio

 

23rd–27th September
6 Days, 5 Nights

 

Dambusters Raid and Colditz Castle

Led by Robert Owen, 'Official Historian 617 Squadron Aircrew Association'

 

5th–10th August
7 Days, 6 Nights

 

 

Berlin Special

 

7th–13th October
8 Days, 7 Nights

 

 

Egypt tour
Mersah Matruh, Halfaya Pass, Sollum, Alamein, Alexandria and Cairo – Tour led by Ian McLeod

 

2nd–9th September
Libya tour
Tripoli, Benghazi and Tobruk
(Visa required) Tour led by Ian McLeod

 

5th–12th October
Norway, Operation Freshman
Commando Raid on the Heavy Water Plant, Telemark

 

3rd–10th June
9 Days, 8 Nights

 

Tunisia, Battlefield and Pilgrimage Tour

Tour led by Ian McLeod

 

21st–29th October
10 Days, 9 Nights

 

 

The Italian Campaign Battlefield/Pilgrimage Tour
Anzio, Monte Cassino, Salerno, Sangro River, Coriano Ridge, Gothic & Gustaf Lines and Lake Commachio

 

23rd Sept – 2nd Oct
11 Days, 10 Nights

 

 

D-Day to Berlin
The Northwest Europe Campaign – the fall of Nazi Germany

 

8th–18th July
12 Days, 11 Nights

 

 

Great Escapes Tour
Holland, Germany and Poland – Arnhem, Belsen, Berlin, Zagan (Gt. Escape Camp), Auschwitz, Dresden, Colditz Castle and the Mohne Dam
  13th–24th August

 

 

Specialised battlefield tours

 

2010 Dates

9 Days, 8 Nights

 

 

TURKEY: Gallipoli and The Dardanelles
Tour led by Dale Hjort
  1st–9th May
SOUTH AFRICA: Zulu and Boer War Battlefield Tour 1
Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift, Ladysmith, Colenso and Spion Kop

 

20th–28th January

CRIMEA: Crimean War Battlefield Tours
Alma, Inkerman, Balaclava, Yalta, Charge of the Light Brigade, Sevastopol

 

 

6th–14th May
2nd–10th September

11 Days, 10 Nights

 

 

SINGAPORE: The fall of Singapore, Bangkok
'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and the Death Railway

 

20th–30th November
13 Days, 12 Nights    

RUSSIA: Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk

(Visa required)

  13 - 25 June
15 Days, 14 Nights

 

 
SOUTH AFRICA: Zulu and Boer War Battlefield Tour 2
Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift, Ladysmith, Colenso/Spioen Kop, Bloem,fontein, Kimberley, Belmont, Graspan, Orange River, Modder River, Magersfontein, Paardberg.
  17th–31st October

RUSSIA: Sieges, Tzars and Solovetski Island Gulag
(Visa required) Moscow, St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Solovetski Island Gulag

 

21st July – 4th August

 

 

Bespoke battlefield tours

For many years we have taken along on tour our support vehicle to assist in the many Special Visits that are made on our standard tours to the various Battlefields around Europe. We have now extended this to include Bespoke Tours for small groups of between 2–6 persons in our luxury seven seat vehicle.

 

The driver guide will be an experienced driver and battlefield tour guide. You will be issued with a personalized itinerary, information sheets and maps to assist you during your tour. The vehicle is air conditioned with ample leg room, and will either collect you from your home or from a pre-arranged rendezvous point and transport you to your selected destination.

 

For more details go to our bespoke battle tours page or contact the office to discuss your plans.

Schools battlefield tours
Throughout the year we are organising World War 1 school tours.
Why not ask for our specialised brochure?
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