Your Holiday Itinerary
7-Day Break
- Day 1 – Departure by coach then onwards to the Rouen area for two nights.
- Day 2 – Operation Jubilee We spend the day in the Dieppe area, studying ‘Operation Jubilee’ where three VCs were to be awarded. This was the ill-fated practice for D-Day, involving the Commandos and the 2nd Canadian Division. We study the Commando aspect of the raid. Continue to the beach and seafront areas where the Allied Armour came to grief. On Green Beach we talk about the raid within a raid. We also visit the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Dieppe where many of the fallen from the raid are buried. B
- Day 3 – We leave Rouen and travel to St. Nazaire for a three-night stay. B
- Day 4 – Operation Chariot We spend the day in the St. Nazaire area, studying ‘Operation Chariot’ – ‘The Greatest Raid Of All’ – where five VCs were to be awarded. As well as looking at the Combined Operations aspect of the raid, it is an ideal location to talk about the Atlantic War, involving some of the surface raiders and U-Boats, both of which were to use St. Nazaire. B
- Day 5 – Lorient and the U-Boat Pens We visit the U-Boat Pens at Lorient, seeing the vast Keroman submarine base. B
- Day 6 – Normandy We travel to the Caen area in Normandy. We will look at some of the Commando/Ranger input to DDay, 6th June 1944, then take a look at some of the activities of the 1st and 4th British Special Service Brigades, who were to support the landings on the British and Canadian beaches – thus enabling the Infantry and Armoured Brigades to move towards their main DDay objectives. We stay overnight in the Caen area. B
- Day 7 – To Calais and return home. B
Included Meals: B=Breakfast
Please Note: Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost.
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Notes
Prices are per person, based on two sharing
Extras:
- Optional excursions
- Single room supplement £149
- Travel insurance from £41.95
Tour Dates
The Greatest Raid Of All (7 Days) - Silver Service
Tour Ref: 7FGRV/1
02 July 2012 - £539.00
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