2010 Battlefield Tours – tour list

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		BACK TO TOP
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
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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
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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		BACK TO TOP
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		BACK TO TOP
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
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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
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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?

Follow this link for details of our proposed 2011 Battlefield Tours >