World War 2 Battlefield Tours – 2012 (page 11)

The Northwest Europe Campaign, the fall of Nazi Germany

7th – 17th July
11 Days, 10 Nights

£1050.00

Once again we are running this very popular tour of the North Western Europe Campaign, all the way from the Beaches of Normandy to the streets of Berlin, and describing the fall of Nazi Germany.

Day 1 – We depart from the UK and make our way to Rouen, for our first night.

Day 2 – Sees us covering the American Sector around Ste. Mere Eglise – with its famous Church on which US paratrooper John Steele landed, Utah Beach, Ste. Marie Du Mont and the area around (attacked by the 101st Airborne 'The Screaming Eagles' and featured in the blockbuster series 'Band of Brothers'). From here we visit Pont Du Hoc – where Col. Jim Rudder led his force of Rangers up the sheer cliffs, Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery.

Day 3 – We cover the British and Canadian beaches and landing and dropping zones, with visits to the Merville Battery, Pegasus Bridge, Cafe Gondree, Ranville Airborne Cemetery, Sword, Juno and Gold Beaches, Arromanches and Bayeux.

Day 4 – We travel south to Falaise, along the 'Corridor of Death' to Mont Ormel and onto Vernon, where 30 Corps crossed the Seine, and through the Somme region to Cambrai.

Day 5 – We travel through Belgium into Holland along the Corridor at Eindhoven, to Nijmegen to cover the story of the ground forces and their actions en route to relieve the troops during 'Operation Market Garden'. We overnight in the Arnhem area.

Day 6 – Today we visit the dropping and landing zones, used in 'Operation Market Garden', visit the Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery, Hartenstein Hotel and follow the John Frost route into the 'Bridge Too Far' in Arnhem.

Day 7 – We cross over into Germany and make towards Luneberg Heath and visit Belsen Concentration Camp. Overnight in Helmstedt.

Day 8 – We travel to Berlin, where we stay for two nights, with a guided tour of the sites, starting on the banks of the river Oder we visit the site of the Russian Army crossing and follow the battle of the eights before following the Russian route into the heart of Berlin and the fall of the Reichstag.

Day 9 – Sees us at Olympic Stadium, the Plotzensee Memorial Victory Memorial, Unter den Linden, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the site of Hitler’s Bunker, Alexander Platz, Old East Berlin, the remains of the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie and Museum; ending the day at the Berlin War Cemetery.

Day 10 – We make our way back through Germany to Holland, where we spend the last night in Arnhem.

Day 11 – On our final day we make our way back to Calais and our ferry home.