World War 2 Battlefield Tours – 2012 (page 3)

The tour list gives the full index of all of our battlefield tours, pilgrimage tours and war graves tours for the Second World War. Expanded details of all tours is also available in our brochure, contact us for a copy.

WORLD WAR 2: The Eagles Nest

Bertchesgaden, Obersaltzburg, Munich and Dachau

2nd – 6th June
5 Days, 4 Nights

£1075.00

(Single supplement: £80.00)

Everything was first class, we are already planning our next tour.

Joe & Nick Kinsella

This tour takes in the beautiful area of Southern Germany and Hitler's Hideaway high in the mountains at Bertchesgaden, beside Obersaltzberg. We also see Munich where the famous BeerHall Putsch took place on 8 November 1923, and where, in November 1939, an unsuccessful attempt by Georg Elser was made to assassinate him.

Day 1 – Flight to Munich, city tour and check into hotel.

Day 2 – Drive to Bertchesgaden and visit site of the Berghof and bunkers.

Day 3 – Visit to the Eagles Nest complex and take a tour of the area.

Day 4 – Visit the infamous Dachau Concentration Camp. Overnight in Munich.

Day 5 – Flight home.

All of our flying tours are organised through Carrick Travel Ltd, which is a bonded company, and the tours provided will meet the requirements of ABTA (ABTA number 18343) and the CAA (ATOL number 1159).

WORLD WAR 2: Normandy Beaches Anniversary Tour

Operation Overlord

4th – 8th June
5 Days, 4 Nights

£575.00

The first day of this tour is spent travelling to our hotel in Normandy. The next day covers the American involvement, visiting, Utah and ‘Bloody’ Omaha Beaches, Ste. Mere Eglise (with its famous Church on which US Paratrooper John Steele landed), Pont Du Hoc (where Col. James Rudder and his Rangers scaled the sheer cliffs), and visit the very poignant American Cemetery at Omaha Beach.

We spend a day covering the British and Commonwealth landing and dropping zones, visiting, Arromanches, Gold, Juno, Sword, Beaches, following the advance inland. We also visit Bayeux Cemetery and Museum, Pegasus Bridge, Café Gondree (first house liberated) and Ranville.

The following day we depart for a tour of the southern Normandy Battlefields, visiting Vimoutieres, the Falaise Pocket, Hill 112 and Merville Battery. On route back to our ferry at Calais, we cover the action of the Engineers at Troarn Bridge.

On the 6th June we attend the Airborne Service of remembrance at Ranville Cemetery.

The tour offers opportunities for Special Visits to any cemetery in the Normandy area.

WORLD WAR 2: St. Nazaire, Combined Operations Raid

With Normandy Beaches visit.
'The greatest raid of all' led by Peter Lush from the St. Nazaire Society.

20th – 24th July
5 Days, 4 Nights

£575.00

I've been on quite a number of tours, but yours was way above the others for efficiency, family-atmosphere and clarity of explanations.

Christopher Portway, British Guild of Travel Writers, Royal Chelsea Hoispital

On our first day we travel from the UK to our Hotel in Rouen.

The next day sees us en route to St Nazaire and the scene of one of the most daring Combined Operations Raids in history – here a small, lightly armed force took on the might of the German coastal defences and succeeded in ramming HMS Campbeltown, loaded with explosives, into the Normandy Dry Dock gates whilst the Commandos stormed ashore and destroyed the pumping stations and winding gear, rendering the dock inoperable for the rest of the War.

We will visit the submarine pens, take a guided tour around a submarine and visit the Eco Museum.

The next day we will walk the ground covered by these brave men, with a detailed description of each part of the raid and its objectives. We'll visit several cemeteries in the area containing graves of the men who did not return – including graves of those lost in the sinking of the HM Troopship Lancastria in 1940.

We return via Normandy for a day visiting the British and Canadian landing beaches of Gold, Juno, Sword and Arromanches, and other places of interest.

One night will be spent in Rouen, two in St Nazaire and one in Normandy. Special Visits are possible in Normandy, Rennes and St. Nazaire areas.

WORLD WAR 2: Normandy Beaches Tour

Operation Overlord

1st – 5th September
5 Days, 4 Nights

£580.00

Can't make a trip?
Want photographs of a Grave, Memorial or Battlefield site?
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The first full day of this tour is spent covering the American involvement, visiting, Utah and 'Bloody' Omaha Beaches, Ste. Mere Eglise (with its famous Church on which US Paratrooper John Steele landed), Pont Du Hoc (where Col. James Rudder and his Rangers scaled the sheer cliffs), and visiting the very poignant American Cemetery at Omaha Beach.

We spend a day covering the British and Commonwealth landing and dropping zones, visiting, Arromanches, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches, following the advance inland. We also visit Bayeux Cemetery and Museum, Pegasus Bridge, Cafe Gondree (first house liberated) and Ranville.

The following morning we depart for a tour of the southern Normandy Battlefields, visiting Vimoutieres, the Falaise Pocket, Hill 112 and Merville Battery. We cover the action of the Engineers at Troarn Bridge on route back to our ferry on the final day.

There is also the possibility of Special Visits to any cemetery in the Normandy area.