Fritz & Tommy – a View from Both Sides

With a new itinerary for 2017, on this tour we have two guides: German military historian Rob Schaefer as well as one of our regular battlefield team. For 2017 we have a new itinerary looking at key battlefields in Flanders, the Somme, Arras and Cambrai with special reference to events a century ago in 1917.

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

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Local departure by coach, then to Belgium for a four-night stay.

We look at the experience of both sides in Flanders, with special focus on Messines and Passchendaele. At Crest Farm we look at the terrible conditions here in 1917 and at Boesinghe see the new visitors' centre and preserved trench at Yorkshire Trench. After lunch at Hooge we travel down the Messines Ridge and look at the mining operations in 1917, ending the day at Menin German Cemetery.

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Messines Ridge, Ypres Yorkshire Trench Crest Farm Boesinghe Visitors Centre Menen German Cemetery

We travel down to the Somme battlefields examining this bloody battle from both sides. At Thiepval we visit the new 1916 Museum and examine the defence of the Schwaben Redoubt. After lunch we look at the fighting for Mametz Wood and High Wood, visiting a German Memorial at Le Sars.

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Mametz Wood High Wood Thiepval Museum Schwaben Redoubt German Memorial at Le Sars

We start at Arras, looking at the fighting here in 1917. At Monchy le Preux we examine the new tactics used against Newfoundlanders, and look at the defences on the Hindenburg Line. After lunch we visit the Cambrai battlefields seeing Bourlon Wood, Canal du Nord and Flesquières Ridge looking at tank warfare

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Cambrai Monchy Le Preux Bourlon Wood Canal du Nord Flesquieres Ridge

Return home.

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Please note entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost. Museum package available whilst on tour approx. cost €35.

Accommodation

You will stay for four nights at the 4-star Hotel Alize in Mouscron. The hotel does not have a restaurant, but snacks are available at the bar. There are also a number of restaurants and bars nearby. The hotel has a lift.