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London VE Day

Join us on this special tour into the London area for the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, which brought about the end of the Second World War in the West. We will attend the events in commemoration of the day as well as spending time at the Imperial War Museum in London. We will also look at the build-up to D-Day on this tour, visiting the displays covering the Normandy Campaign at the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, before travelling to the Runnymede Memorial.

Tour Includes

  • 3 nights hotel with English breakfast
  • Specialist Historical Guide
  • Convenient regional joining points (call for your nearest)
  • Travel by executive coach
  • Historical visits as described
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Itinerary

Regional departure by executive coach, then on to Brookwood in Surrey to visit Brookwood Military Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Great Britain. Here we look at this large site and the WW2 plots, which include service personnel from many nations.

From here we head to our hotel where we will stay for three nights.

Key Visits

Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Memorial

Today we will attend VE Day events in London. This is likely to involve a public parade at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

Later in the day we will travel to the Imperial War Museum in London. The museum has a vast collection of artefacts displayed across six floors, and is renowned worldwide for its exhibitions.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

Cenotaph London: VE Day Imperial War Museum

Today we look at the build-up to D-Day in Hampshire, and visit the superb and newly refurbished D-Day Museum in Portsmouth. This has extensive displays covering D-Day and the Normandy Campaign.

We will also look at some pre-D-Day marshalling areas and visit the Portsmouth Memorial which commemorates Naval personnel lost at sea, including men who died on the Normandy Beaches on D-Day.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

D-Day Museum Portsmouth Naval Memorial

On our final morning, we visit the Runnymede Memorial which commemorates thousands of men of Fighter and Bomber Command, from the Battle of Britain to the raids on Germany, as well as SOE personnel including the ‘Princess Spy’, Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan GC, who was killed in Dachau Concentration Camp. Return home.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

Runnymede Memorial

Accommodation

You will stay for three nights in a minimum 3-star hotel in Slough, Heathrow, Reading or the Watford area. Final hotel details will be confirmed with your travel documents.

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