Build up to D-Day 1944
Build up to D-Day 1944
Build up to D-Day 1944
5 Days
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Tour code:
lukbatt1
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Fully Guided
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Tour Overview
Explore sites connected to the preparations for the D-Day Normandy Landings, Operation Overlord, in 1944, as well as some iconic WW2 museums.
Itinerary
Day 1
Regional departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then travel to Southampton for a four-night stay. Alternatively, you can choose to join at the hotel.
Day 2 D-Day Dorset
Location: D-Day Dorset
We begin by travelling down to Dorset and stopping at Tarrant Rushton Airfield to look at the story of the gliders, which took off from here and went on to land at Pegasus Bridge in Normandy.
We then continue to the Bovington Tank Museum (entrance included), for a full exploration of this site.
Later we visit Weymouth to see where Allied troops embarked for Normandy, visiting the memorial.
We end the day at the Castletown D-Day Centre (entrance included), a new museum focussing on the connections with Normandy and operations across the channel in 1944.
Day 3 D-Day Portsmouth
Location: D-Day Portsmouth
We begin today outside Portsmouth at the Creech Woods Marshalling Area, seeing where the build-up for D-Day took place.
We then travel to Southwick to discuss the heart of the D-Day Command and then go to the new D-Day Experience Museum (entrance included) in Portsmouth. Here, we also see the original D-Day Landing Craft Tank, which was recently restored and installed at the museum.
We then visit the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and look at the stories of Royal Naval personnel who died on D-Day commemorated here.
Day 4 D-Day Hampshire And Sussex
Location: D-Day Hampshire and Sussex
Today we travel to the Gosport area to look at D-Day embarkations and then continue to Hayling Island where we look at pre-D-Day training and Langstone Harbour we see a remaining section of the Mulberry Harbour used in 1944.
Later, we look at the key role of 2nd Tactical Airforce on D-Day and visit the RAF Tangmere Museum (entrance included) near Chichester.
Day 5
Return home.
What's Included
4 breakfasts, 0 lunches, 4 dinners
Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the 3-star Mercure Southampton Centre Dolphin Hotel.
Check out our Q&As
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How long has the tour company been trading?
40 years
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Do you operate a “single share” option and how does it work?
Sole use of your own room on all Single Traveller holidays: means you still get your privacy and time out from the group.
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Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?
Yes
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Battlefield Tours - Will it be possible to visit a particular cemetery whilst on the tour?
Please contact us and we will check to see whether you can visit a particular cemetery on any of our Battlefield Tours, if we are not able to fit it into our itinerary then you could take some time out of the tour and do this independently by taxi or public transport.
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What policies are in place for Covid-19?
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