Operations OVERLORD and NEPTUNE
NORMANDY
Tour Code: S122
JUNE 6,1944. D-DAY.
TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH...
The morning of 6th June 1944 heralded the largest seaborne assault in human history: this was D-Day for Operation NEPTUNE, and the Allies' return to mainland Europe - Operation OVERLORD. Amphibious landings on the five Normandy beaches - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - have become legendary as part of the final push to end the Second World War
TICK A MUST-SEE OFF YOUR BUCKET LIST...
Join Alex Churchill for a full exploration of the D-Day landings with visits to all five beaches. We'll go beyond the front-line troops and pay tribute to the navy men, support troops and civilians who made the largest seaborne invasion in history a reality.
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS...
Our itinerary then moves inland to follow the battle for Normandy; from initial attempts to break out of the beachheads, to the final strangling of German resistance in the closing of the Falaise Gap.
Photo Credits: Alex Churchill
"We landed in about 3 feet of water and immediately there was a cascade of mortars, shells, small arms fire."
Lieut. Reginald Rutherford. 10 Platoon, B Company, 2 East Yorks.
NORMANDY
SEVEN DAYS
Activity Level - Standard
1st - 6th July 2025
Pricing: £1720pp
£540 single supplement,
(or we'll buddy you up)
A £200 deposit is payable to secure your place, balances will be due on 31st March 2024.
Tour Code: S122
PORTSMOUTH - optional visit to LCT 7074 - PEGASUS BRIDGE - Glider heroism - SWORD - Commandos and the Free French - JUNO - Canada and D-Day - GOLD - Walking in the footsteps of the Northumbrian division - OMAHA - Learn about the true events that inspired Saving Private Ryan - UTAH - Easy Company and Band of Brothers - SAINT-LO The local cost of NEPTUNE and OVERLORD - THE RESISTANCE - French agency during the invasion - THE FALAISE GAP - Polish triumph and German catastrophe - NORMANDY MEMORIAL - Time for reflection at the stunning new CWGC tribute
"It was a hell of a feeling to be by myself in the middle of a foreign land surrounded by enemy soldiers. I had been by myself for two hours and had not seen another paratrooper; nor had I heard the sound of an American rifle. I as beginning to think they had cancelled the entire invasion and I was the only American down there... It was a pretty lonesome feeling." Behind Utah Beach.