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In the footsteps BATTLEFIELD TOURS
Set Date Tours
In the footsteps offer a range of set date battlefield tours to Western Europe including the sites of D-Day and Market Garden from the Second World War, The Somme and Ypres of the Western Front in the First World War, the Waterloo Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars and the English Longbow tour covering Crecy and Agincourt.
Arranging your set date tour
You can book your place on one of our set date battlefield tours by clicking on the "add to basket" button under each tour description. This will take you through to PayPal (a secure payment site) where you pay a deposit of £100.00 GBP per person. Alternatively you can contact us for details of how to make an electronic transfer. The balance of your tour is normally payable six-weeks prior to the start of your tour by a personal cheque drawn on a UK bank account or electronic transfer. |
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The Salient Tour
Battles of Ypres 1915 - 1918
22nd to 24th April 2008
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A three-day/two-night tour of the
battlefields of the Ypres Salient in the First World War. We explore the area
around Ypres visiting the battlefield sites and discussing the events that took
place. This is a tour for anyone interested in getting a flavour of the horrors
of trench warfare. NOW FULLY BOOKED |
The Beaches of Normandy Tour
D-Day, 6th June 1944
26th to 29th May 2008
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A three-night/three-day tour of the beaches of Normandy where the Allied 21st Army Group landed to begin the liberation of Northwest Europe from under the yoke of Hitler's Nazi Germany on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Our tour begins on the Cotentin Peninsula with the US Airborne and UTAH Beach, moves on to cover "bloody" OMAHA and the Mulberry Harbour and culminates with the British at GOLD Beach and a visit to Pegasus Bridge. NOW FULLY BOOKED |
The Waterloo Tour
Waterloo Campaign 1815
17th to 19th June 2008
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A three-day/two-night tour of the battlefields of the Waterloo Campaign. Our tour begins by examining Napoleon Bonaparte's last great victory on 16th June 1815 at Ligny over Field Marshal Blücher's Prussians. It continues with the Battle at Quatre Bras between Marshal Ney and the Anglo-Dutch before culminating in a study of Napoleon's ultimate defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. |
The Somme Tour
Battle of the Somme 1916
1st to 3rd July 2008
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A three-day/two-night tour of the Somme battlefields of the First World War. Our tour begins with a visit to the Newfoundland Park at Beaumont Hamel then follows a route south visiting the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Ulster Tower, Pozieres and Lochnagar Crater before culminating with the battle at Mametz Wood. |
The Longbow Tour
Crecy and Agincourt
26th to 28th August 2008
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A three-day/two-night tour of the Medieval battlefields at Crecy and Agincourt. At Crecy we examine Edward III's victory over Philip VI of France on 26th August 1346 that saw the rise to prominence of the English Longbow. At Agincourt we examine the victory by King Henry V over the French 69 years later on 25th October 1415 where the English Longbow was once again proved decisive. |
A Bridge Too Far Tour
Operation MARKET GARDEN 1944
16th to 19th September 2008
A four-day/three-night tour of the ambitious attempt by the Allied Airborne Forces to capture the five key bridges that stood between Field Marshal Montgomery's 2nd British Army and the frontier of Hitler's Nazi Germany.
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Our tour begins with the crossing of Joe’s Bridge at Lommel by the Irish Guards who were the spearhead of XXX Corps. It follows the route of “Hell’s Highway” through the operations of US 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Airborne Division who were responsible for capturing the first two bridges at Eindhoven and the US 82nd 'All American' Airborne Division before culminating in a study of the operations of the British 1st Airborne Division and 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade at Arnhem, which proved to be A Bridge Too Far. NOW FULLY BOOKED |
All tours are open to individuals to book, but are subject to a minimum take up of 3 or more people.
Set Itinerary Tours
The same range of tours detailed above are also available with the flexibility of travelling when you want to travel and staying in the grade of accommodation you prefer. To find out about the availability of our set itinerary battlefield tours email enquiries@inthefootsteps.com.