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2008 Battlefield tours
| World War 1 | World War 2
| Specialised tours | Bespoke
tours | Schools tours |
Click on the tour name for more information about
that tour.
Follow this link for 2009 tours.
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World War 1 battlefield tours 2008 |
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3 Days, 2 Nights |
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Somme Battlefields and Ypres visit
an introduction to the Somme Battlefields |
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14th 16th March |
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Somme Battlefields and Ypres visit
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4th – 6th April |
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Ypres Battlefields and Somme visit
hear incredible cameos about soldiers that Tony Spagnoly, and
co-author Ted Smith, have researched for their book 'Plugstreet and Salient
Points' |
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18th 20th April |
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Somme 92nd Anniversary |
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30th June 2nd July |
Somme Battlefields and Ypres visit |
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3rd – 5th October |
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Armistice Ypres 90th Anniversary |
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10th 12th November |
Armistice Thiepval 90th Anniversary |
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10th – 12th November |
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4 Days, 3 Nights |
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Somme and Ypres Battlefield Tour |
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2nd – 5th May |
Somme 92nd Anniversary and Ypres visit |
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30th June – 3rd July |
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Battles for the Woods
Mametz Wood, Devile Wood and High Wood |
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11th – 14th July |
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Advance to Victory – 90th Anniversary Tour
Villers Bretonneux, Mons – 8th August 1918 last 100 days of the war |
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8th – 11th August |
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Battle of the Somme War Walk
The front line of the 1st July 1916 |
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22nd – 25th August |
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Plugstreet Wood and Salient Points
Ypres Battlefields and Somme Tour |
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17th – 20th October |
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Armistice 90th Anniversary Tour
Ypres and Somme visit |
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9th – 12th November |
Armistice at Thiepval 90th Anniversary
Somme and Ypres Battlefield visit |
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9th – 12th November |
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5 Days, 4 Nights |
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Early Battles
Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, 1st Ypres and Loos |
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23rd – 27th May |
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Ypres Saliient War Walk
Plugstreet, Polygon, Paschendaele and Pilkem |
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12th – 16th June |
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Verdun and Somme |
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17th – 21st July |
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6 Days, 5 Nights |
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Mons, the first and last shots
The Marne, Aisne, Nery, Armistice Clearing, Compiegne
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28th August – 2nd September |
Italian Front, 90th Anniversary Tour
Asiago Plateau, Crossing the Piave, Isonzo and Caporetto
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7th – 13th September |
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7 Days, 6 Nights |
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United States Forces in the Great War
90th Anniversary of the American success in the South |
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8th – 14th May |
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World War 2 battlefield tours
2008 |
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4 Days, 3 Nights |
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Dunkirk, Ypres and the V2 Rocket sites
Dover Castle, Underground Hospital and Dunkirk Control Centre
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31st May – 3rd June |
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5 Days, 4 Nights |
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Famous Raids Tour
Dieppe, Bruneval, Amiens Prison and La Coupole V2 Rocket Sites |
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25th – 29th April |
Normandy Beaches 64th Anniversary Tour
Operation Overlord |
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4th – 8th June |
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St Nazaire, Combined Operations Raid
and Normandy Beaches visit |
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24th – 28th July |
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Normandy Beaches Tour
Operation Overlord |
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4th – 8th September |
64th Anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem
Arnhem, Nijmegen – A Bridge Too Far |
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18th – 22nd September |
Battle of the Bulge
The Ardennes |
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25th – 29th September |
Italian Campaign
Italy, Monte Cassino, Salerno and Anzio |
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25th – 29th September |
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6 Days, 5 Nights |
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Dambusters Raid and Colditz Castle
Led by Robert Owen, 'Official Historian 617 Squadron
Aircrew Association'
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7th – 12th August |
7 Days, 6 Nights |
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Berlin Special |
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9th – 15th October |
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10 Days, 9 Nights |
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The Italian Campaign
Anzio, Monte Cassino, Salerno, Sangro River, Coriano
Ridge, Gothic & Gustaf Lines and Lake Commachio. |
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25th September – 4th October |
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11 Days, 10 Nights |
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D-Day to Berlin
The fall of Nazi Germany |
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24th July – 3rd August |
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12 Days, 11 Nights |
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Great Escapes Tour
Holland, Germany, Poland – Arnhem, Belsen, Berlin, Zagan, Auschwitz, Dresden, Colditz Castle, Mohne Dam |
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16th – 27th August |
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Specialised battlefield tours
2008 |
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3 Days, 2 Nights |
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Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Also visiting Stirling Castle, Loch Lomond and Gretna Green |
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1st – 3rd August |
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9 Days, 8 Nights |
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Gallipoli and the Dardanelles
Led by Dale Hjort |
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3rd – 11th May |
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Zulu and Boer War Battlefield Tour tour 1
Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift, Ladysmith, Colenso, Spion Kop |
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16th – 24th January |
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Crimea War Battlefield Tour
Alma, Sevastopol, Inkerman, Balaclava and Yalta visit |
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7th – 15th May
7th – 15th September |
11 Days, 10 Nights |
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The fall of Singapore
Bangkok, 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and Death Railway |
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20th – 30th November |
13 Days, 12 Nights |
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Russia tour, visiting Moscow, Stalingrad & Kursk |
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12th – 24th June |
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15 Days, 14 Nights |
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Zulu and Boer War Battlefield Tour tour 2
Isandlwana, Rorkes Drift, Ladysmith, Colenso, Spioen Kop, Bloem, Fontein, Kimberley Belmont, Graspan, Orange River, Modder River, Magersfontein, Paarberg |
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15th – 29th October |
Sieges, Tsars and Solovetski Island Gulag
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Solovetski Island Gulag |
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30th July – 13th August |
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Bespoke battlefield tours
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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. For full details of these tours, please contact the office to discuss your plans. 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 full details of these
specialised tours please contact the office
to discuss your plans.
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Schools battlefield tours
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Throughout the year we are organising World War 1 school tours.
Why not ask for our specialised brochure?
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