D- Day Tours to Normandy and D- Day Sites by Stephen Ambrose– H. Roger Barksdale, New Palestine, INOur D- Day Tour was designed by Stephen E. Ambrose, who first led this WWII Tour in the late 1. Chief Historian, Capt. Ronald Drez, who assisted Dr. Ambrose with his research while at the Eisenhower Center.
Our D- Day to the Rhine Tour itinerary is based on thousands of hours of interviews with D- Day veterans, studying of the battlefields, and other World War II research. Thanks to their experience with the terrain and its history, we are able to present a D- Day Tour that is unmatched in its authenticity. On our D- Day Tour you will follow along the path where America. He set them up with tape recorders and each soldier started with his name, rank and serial number and then told his story.
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Stephen Ambrose also began traveling with these veterans to the battlefields of Normandy to record their firsthand recollections. Not only did he use this research for many of his best- selling books, including D- Day: June 6, 1. D- Day tour at the very places where they fought. The Most Qualified D- Day Historians. We have only the most qualified historians lead our D- Day tour. Our historians are experts in their field of history and world- renowned authors.
Their years of extensive research and interviewing hundreds of WWII and D- Day veterans on the very battlefields on which they fought add a personal dimension to our tours that no other WWII or D- Day tour company can offer. It is a highlight to hear them tell these stories of America. These harrowing tales of bravery and courage capture a moment in time. PLEASE NOTE: Most D- Day tours offer a post- tour to. Our historian will treat us to our first lecture, with introductions all around.
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DAY 3 London. The morning will feature key sites in London that figured prominently in the War. We then proceed to the Churchill War Rooms, the underground nerve center for Britain's war effort. We will also visit the Imperial War Museum, which houses authentic examples of World War II weaponry, tanks and aircraft and an exhibit of WWI trench warfare. We will have free time to enjoy London in the evening. DAY 4 Portsmouth. Depart London for Bletchley Park where we will visit the nerve center for intelligence used in the Allied War effort, code name Ultra.
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Here we will see the place where the Enigma machine is housed and where the cyphers and codes of several Axis countries were decrypted during the war. This afternoon we will tour Southwick House, the advance command post of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
In the months leading up to D- Day in 1. Allied commanders, including Naval Commander- In- Chief Admiral Ramsay, Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower, and the Army Commander- In- Chief General Montgomery.
DAY 5 Normandy. Following breakfast, we will board the cross- channel ferry and embark for Normandy as the troops did in 1. In the afternoon, we will begin our visit to Normandy at Ste- Mere- Eglise, one of the villages where the American Airborne descended on D- Day. Here we will view and explore the iconic church where John Steele and his landing on the steeple are memorialized. We also visit La Fiere Bridge where the 8. Airborne successfully delayed a German Panzer counter- attack against the Allied landing forces. DAY 6 Normandy. We will begin The Longest Day at Br.
Dick Winters with members of Easy Company successfully silenced German artillery firing on American troops landing at Utah Beach. From there we will visit Utah Beach itself, where the 4th Division landed, and the Invasion Museum that depicts their heroics. Next we will stop at Ste- Marie- du- Mont where still stands the unique Renaissance- style steeple used as an observation post by the Germans. From there, we will proceed to the town of Carentan where we will follow the exact steps taken by American Paratroopers during the Battle of Normandy. Finally, the day will conclude with a visit to Pointe- du- Hoc, where Rudder's Rangers scaled the cliffs to neutralize German heavy guns defending the expanse of beaches on D- Day.
DAY 7 Normandy. Well spend the morning at Omaha Beach where the Americans landed and faced the strongest German resistance of the day and incurred the greatest losses. We will walk the beach and visit some of the German defense fortifications. We explore these sands from the tide's ebb to the distant dunes to understand the emotions of the young soldiers of the 1st and 2. Divisions as they approached the gates of hell.
We will pay our respects at the American Cemetery with its 9. American soldiers' graves stretching along the top of the bluff overlooking the beach. In the afternoon we will view the battery at Longues- sur- Mer, a fine example of the great defenses that made up Hitler's Atlantic Wall. We will proceed along the British Beaches from there to Pegasus Bridge where the first shots were fired on D- Day. Here the British Sixth Airborne led by Major John Howard with a miraculous glider landing carried out a surprise attack that yielded great success in overtaking this crucial bridge across the Caen Canal. DAY 8 Paris. We arrive in Paris this afternoon. The Allies, preceded by Free French troops, symbolically reclaimed the French capital from the Nazis in August 1.
As did the American troops on leave, you may explore the city on your own. The evening is free. DAY 9 Arnhem. After breakfast, we board a high- speed train to Brussels and begin our study of Operation Market Garden, the early attempt by the Allied forces to strike directly for Berlin. Control of the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem was essential for the push into Germany. We drive Hell's Highway where the 1.
Airborne broke through to connect with the British in Arnhem. We visit Nijmegen to see the daring crossing of the Waal River by the 8. Airborne. From there we proceed to Arnhem where again we cross the .
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Afterwards, we finish at the Airborne Museum at Oosterbeek. DAY 1. 0 The Ardennes. This is where Hitler put everything he had into his only counter- attack. On December 1. 6, 1. Lt. Lyle Bouck was one of the first people to see the German columns coming. We'll make our first stop in the Ardennes at Lanzereth, the town where Bouck and a platoon of 1. German SS Battalion under the infamous Joachim Peiper for an entire day.
Well visit the American positions and hear their story, a breathtaking tale of heroism. On December 1. 7, 1. Germans had several breakthroughs and many Americans surrendered near the town of Malmedy. Outside the town, Peiper's SS lined up about 1.
GIs and fired at them point blank. Less than half escaped alive. We will view the site of the massacre and the American Memorial at Malmedy. From there, we have a scenic drive through the Ardennes Mountains to our evening lodging. DAY 1. 1 Luxembourg. We drive to Bastogne where the Americans rallied and stopped the German attack.
Here we will view the route of the initial American retreat and the place where the 1. Airborne and elements of the 1. Armored Division held off fifteen German divisions for six days.
Our group will visit key sites in and around this historic crossroads town. We will also go to General Mc. Auliffe's HQ where he replied to German surrender demands with one word: . This afternoon affords some relaxing free time in the center of this bustling but charming old world city.
DAY 1. 2 Frankfurt. We drive to nearby Hamm and the American cemetery and the site of General George S. America's foremost WWII field general rests here among his men.
Well drive to the Siegfried Line to see remnants of the German communication trenches, pillboxes and dragon's teeth that American GIs fought so hard to take in late 1. This evening we gather for a farewell dinner and discussion after an enriching campaign into history. DAY 1. 3 Flight Home.
Early morning departure to the Frankfurt International Airport. Post- tour - . We will visit Dachau, site of some of the most nefarious acts against humankind during the war, as we travel south through Bavaria.
In total, over 2. Dachau: notably Jews, resistance fighters, clergymen, politicians, communists, writers, artists and royalty. The second camp liberated by British or American forces, Dachau was one of the first places where the West was exposed to Nazi brutality. Post- tour - DAY 2 - Berchtesgaden(Day 1. The morning begins with a city tour of Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg where we will visit the Eagle's Nest and the remains of the vast Nazi Party complex liberated by the Allies in May 1. Eagle's Nest was built as a 5. Hitler from the Nazi party.
Perched at 6. 01. Post- tour - DAY 3 - Berchtesgaden(Day 1. Today the schedule is open and guests are free to enjoy the day as they please.
You may choose to explore the charming town of Berchtesgaden which is easily walkable. An option would be an hour train to Salzburg, Austria, birthplace of Mozart. In Salzburg and its environs, The Sound of Music was filmed. The old city features marketplaces, buildings and churches from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods as well as many museums and cafes. Post- tour - DAY 4 - Flights Home(Day 1.
Depart the Berchtesgaden hotel for the Munich airport. Please do not schedule a return flight until after noon (1.