D-Day Normandy landing tours - DAY 1
We pick you up from Bayeux train station in Normandy France to start your D-Day Normandy landing tours and travel to the British Military Cemetery in Bayeux. Alternatively group travel can be made from London, either coach or V Class Mercedes. Through the channel port of Portsmouth, where we sail to Cherbourg, Normandy, France.
From here we head to the Merville Gun Battery. The assault on the Merville Battery is a story of perseverance, bad luck and extraordinary courage that took place on D-day.
Next on our itinerary is a visit to Ranville Cemetery seeing the war graves. Here we locate the youngest and oldest graves including Den Brotheridge the first allied casualty of D-day
We then take a drive Pegasus Bridge visiting the museum that has a replica horse glider and the original bridge which is a superb photo opportunity. We take a short walk to the Orne River and discover the events of the 6th June 1944.
Next we travel to Villers-Bocge where Britsh tanks attempted to break out of the Normandy beachhead but were destroyed by German pranzer tanks under the command of ace Michael Wittman.
Our final stop is Tilly-Sur-Seulles. At this scene the town conquered and lost 23 times by the British Army to the German Panzer. The village was completely destroyed.
DAY 2 - Battle of Normandy Tours
and we head to the Grand Bunker on Sword Beach. This is a fascinating museum, devoted entirely to the Atlantic Wall. From here we travel the short distance to Queen, Red, White and Green beaches where the allies assaulted a two mile stretch of Sword Beach
At Juno Beach we follow the Canadian troop landings. After lunch we travel to Gold beach and museum and see the Mulberry Harbour.
Our last stop of the day is the German cemetery at La Cambe where we visit the grave of Panzer ace Michael Witteman.
This concludes your Battle of Normandy tours. If you would like to learn more about what happened at the Battle of Normandy during WW2 you can read more here at Wikipedia.
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