Aftermath of WW1: The Treaty of Versailles

Over a hundred years since the end of the First World War, on this tour we look at key events and examine the aftermath of the conflict, from the Peace Treaty to reconstruction and the creation of the war cemeteries.

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4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
Specialist Battlefield Guide
Battlefield visits as described
Convenient local joining points
Travel by Silver Service luxury coach

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Local departure by coach, then to our hotel in Compiegne, where we stay for two nights.

We begin our tour at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at the Arc de Triomphe to discuss the whole process of unknown soldiers in the Great War.

We visit the WW1 Galleries in the Paris War Museum and in the afternoon travel to Versailles Palace.

Here we look at the history of the Versailles Peace Treaty which was signed here on 28th June 1919, bringing the formal end to the war.

We see the Hall of Mirrors where it was signed and examine the implications for Europe and the World, and discuss whether it laid the path to another war or not.

Includes Breakfast

Palace of Versailles Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

Today we start at Compiegne, where the Armistice was signed on 11th November 1918 leading to the Versailles Treaty the following year. We see the Armistice Carriage Museum, which has displays relating to the aftermath.

After lunch we travel to Arras in northern France where we visit the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Headquarters and discuss the creation of cemeteries after WW1.

We also visit the unique memorial at La Targette to the reconstruction of northern France after the war, when most of it lay in ruins. We continue to our hotel in St. Quentin or Douai for two nights.

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Arras Armistice Museum, Compiegne La Targette CWGC Experience, Arras

Our focus today is on the original cemeteries built by the then Imperial War Graves Commission after the war.

On the Somme we visit Louvencourt and Forceville Cemeteries which were two of the three originally constructed as ‘experimental cemeteries’. We see the Thiepval Memorial and Thiepval Somme Museum to discuss the missing of the First World War.

In the afternoon we travel to Le Treport to visit the military cemetery, which was also one of the three original cemeteries, and also see Mont Huon Military Cemetery close by.

Includes Breakfast

Thiepval Memorial Louvencourt Cemetery Forceville Cemetery Le Treport Cemetery Mont Huon Military Cemetery

Return home.

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Thiepval

Thiepval Memorial is undergoing major restoration work from March 2020 through to 2021. We will still be visiting Thiepval Memorial during your tour but various parts of the structure will be inaccessible. Visitors wishing to see relatives’ names, will be able view the relevant panels via a new digital exhibition. The exhibition will also feature some of the casualties commemorated and the wider work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Accommodation

You will stay for two nights at a minimum 3-star hotel in Compiegne, such as the Kyriad or Ibis Styles. You will then stay for two nights at the 3-star Ibis Saint-Quentin or Kyriad Douai.