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Panzers in Normandy
A fascinating look at the role of Allied and German Tanks in the Battle of Normandy where we see an original Tiger tank, Shermans, Panzers, and many other vehicles in the French Tank Museum as well as on the D-Day and Normandy battlefields.
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- 4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- Specialist Battlefield guide
- Convenient local joining points
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For the 80th Anniversary Year of the Battle of Normandy, we are pleased to offer a new version of this popular tour examining armoured warfare from the beaches to the bocage, along with a visit the world renowned collection of tanks and armoured vehicles at Saumur.
Local departure by coach, then to Normandy for a four-night stay.
We begin our look at armoured warfare in Normandy on Sword Beach, examining the use of specialist tanks on the beaches, the run-in shoot of British gunners, and the advance to the Hillman Bunker system, where we visit this important strongpoint. We then look at the 21 Panzer Division counter-attack on D-Day and then move into the battlefield area around Caen looking at the Canadian armoured units which fought the tanks of 12 SS Panzer Division. Here we see the battlefields, the memorials and the Ardennes Abbey. After lunchtime in Bayeux, we look at the tanks on display here and then visit the German Cemetery at La Cambe to discuss Michael Wittmann who is buried here. Later we look at the armoured battles around Lingèvres and followed the Sherwood Rangers tanks on the battlefield around Tilly and Point 103.
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Key Visits
A long but rewarding day as we travel south to visit the superb French Tank Museum at Saumur. This is France's main museum of armoured fighting vehicles and covers WWI to the present day. Among the more than 200 tanks found here, many were used in Normandy and among them are a Panther tank, Tiger I and Tiger II as well as Allied Churchills and Shermans. We have plenty of time to explore this rich collection before returning to Normandy.
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Key Visits
This morning we follow the British armoured Brigades in Operation Bluecoat as they advanced through the Bocage countryside. We visit the isolated graves of two British tank commanders, see the Museum of the Piercing of the Bocage in St Martin, and examine the fighting at Hill 309 before visiting St Charles de Percy War Cemetery. After lunch, we look at the breakout from Caen following Operation Totalise, and the advance of the Canadian Worthington Force in August 1944. We walk some of the ground where Michael Wittmann’s final battle took place, visit the Bretteville Canadian War Cemetery and finish our tour at Vimoutiers to see the only Tiger tank remaining on the Normandy battlefields.
Includes Breakfast
Key Visits
Return home.
Includes Breakfast
Entrance fees to museums, places of interest and optional excursions are at extra cost.
Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the 2-star Carline Caen, or the 3-star Ibis Falaise - Coeur de Normandie.
Reviews
5 Out of 5 ( 3 Reviews )
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Quality
5 / 5
Value for Money
5 / 5
Munbing Chow, 1 year ago
Saumur tank museum was great; plus all the Normandy battlefields with key tank battles
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Kevin J Stace, 1 year ago
This was my first Leger battlefield tour and will certainly not be my last. From the moment my brother and I were picked up by the transfer bus to the moment we were dropped back off again, the tour was an absolute pleasure. Friendly drivers and comfortable, clean coaches plus a guide who obviously knew his subject in great detail and opened our eyes on some popular myths about the use of armour in Normandy. The daily destinations were well chosen as illustrative of the areas of fighting for armour in July/August 1944 and the Tank Museum at Saumur well worth the visit with a lot of examples of vehicles you don`t see at Bovington Tank Museum. The memorial and cemetery visits were well chosen to remind us that machines of war have crews, many of whom made the ultimate sacrifice which must not be forgotten. Breakfast and room at the hotel was perfectly adequate and the restaurant served simple but good quality evening meals. All in all I can highly recommend this tour for anyone seeking a greater understanding of the use of armour on D-Day and the subsequent operations in Normandy. Well done Leger.
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R Bird, 1 year ago
An excellent but brief look at the use of tanks by both British, German and American forces in the campaign in Normandy in June 1944.
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