Tour and Travel Guide - Liberation Route Europe...

Tour and Travel Guide2016

Index

1. Foreword 3

2. Introduction to the Liberation Route Europe 4

3. Tour & Travel Packages and Modules 8

a. Liberation Route Modules 8

b. Transnational Tours 20

c. Special Tour suggestions 32

d. Educational & School Tirps 52

4. Site suggestions 57

5. Supporting tools 96

6. Terms and conditions 100

7. Contact 102

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Join Liberation Route Europe now, for the benefit of your own organization but above all for the benefit of keeping this history alive and relevant to the present and future gene rations!

Victoria van KriekenDirector Liberation Route Europe Foundation

At the heart of our efforts is a remembrance trail that connects the regions through which Allied forces swept culminating in 1944 and 1945 and the liberation of Europe. We are convinced that this trail with its myriad of sites of remembrance located across our con-tinent, will enable us to keep this history alive for many years to come. Our remembrance trail will serve as a poignant reminder of the strength of transnational cooperation. With our close cooperation with local and regional Tourism Boards, Museums, local go-vernments, Knowledge institutions, and Historic Sites along the trail, we present you with tour and packages suggestions combining the Liberation Route with sustainable tourism experiences and special offers. Our aim is to make this focal part of European history ever-present in our collective memories and more accessible for visitors from all over the world.

Thanks to our Select Tour Operator Partners, we aspire to connect history with life in modern-day Europe, as well as other parts of the world, underscoring the role of inter-national reconciliation. Join Liberation Route Europe Foundation in our efforts to reach a wide and international audience and allow the greatest number of visitors to live this unique travel experience across Europe. The tour suggestions included in this edition are either focusing on a specific area or event, or transnational and cover longer stretches of the historic allied forces’ advance. Some of the tours suggested are being offered and operated by our Tour Operator partners in their respective regions. We cordially invite you to contact the Liberation Route Europe Foundation to join our network and extend this experience to your region of interest.


The Liberation Route Europe Foundation proudly presents the new version of its Tour & Travel Guide for tour operators. We invite you and your organization to join our high level network of WWII related organizations and participate in keeping the memory of this important episode of our shared history alive.

Introductionto the Liberation Route Europe

To the Liberation Route Europe

Introduction

Liberation Route Europe is a continuously growing, international remembrance trail that connects important milestones from modern European history. It forms a link between the main regions along the Western Allied Forces’ advance from southern England, to the beaches of Normandy, the Belgian Ardennes, Brabant, Arnhem, Nijmegen, the Hürtgen Forest and on to Berlin. The route then continues to the Polish city of Gdansk, where a democratic revolution for overcoming the division of Europe was launched nearly two generations later.

Liberation Route Europe gives you the chance to discover and experience the route that the Allied Forces took during the final phase of the Second World War. It focuses on the liberation of continental Europe from the National Socialist occupation, and specifically, the long-lasting consequences of World War II.

Liberation Route Europe reaches across national borders that have divided our continent for far too long. It deals with individual nation states’ selective memories of the war, and calls for an international response, by seeking to examine the complex heritage of the Second World War from multiple historical perspectives. It connects this history with life in modern-day Europe, as well as other parts of the world, underscoring the role of in-ternational reconciliation and the promotion of reflection: reflection on the value of our hard-won freedoms.

Our aim, is to combine the Liberation Route with innovative and sustainable tourism products and special offers, in collaboration with our international partners, in order to make this core part of European history more visible and more accessible for visitors from all over the world.

Liberation Route Europe FoundationThe Liberation Route Europe Foundation works with government organisations, univer-sities, museums, veteran societies, commemorative events organisers, travel agents, tour operators and other tourism organisations in Western Europe and Poland, to bring to-gether national perspectives on the liberation of Europe, to learn and share experiences and understanding, in order to create a unified awareness of the importance of freedom. The foundation commemorates the events of the Second World War and encourages the citizens of Europe to celebrate and cherish it for the future.

The foundation’s mission is to monitor and develop the Liberation Route Europe concept; to organise promotional activities, provide knowledge and information to regions that are interested in the concept; and to work on the further expansion of Liberation Route Europe. Furthermore, the foundation would like to function as a portal for the public for accessing museums, events and other related activities in these regions of Europe.

The Liberation Route Foundation promotes the route using modern communication such as websites, apps and social media that can be accessed on route to unlock the stories from people who were involved in the final phases of the Second World War. The aim is to bring an important episode in the history of Europe back to life; one in which freedom was lost and won back again, and to keep it alive for the people of today and generations to come.

PartnersFor the realisation of the Liberation Route Europe, the Liberation Route Europe Foundation works together with a consortium of leading European WWII mu-seums ans other partners, of whicht the key partners are:• Alliiertenmuseum, Berlin, Germany• Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk, Poland• Région Basse Normandie, Caen, France• Rureifel Tourismus, Hürtgenwald, Germany• Visit Kent, Kent, United Kingdom• Bastogne War Museum, Bastogne, Belgium• National Liberation Museum, 1944-1945, Groesbeek, the Netherlands


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To the Liberation Route Europe

Introduction

The Liberation Route Europe originated from the Liberation Route - the Netherlands, founded in 2008. This Dutch route takes you to over 170 audio spots in the five southern provinces, each with its own interesting and often moving story about civilians and sol-diers who lived and fought there in 1944-1945.

The Liberation Route has been designed so that you can plan your own route. How you follow the Liberation Route is entirely up to you. You can walk, cycle or drive and be your own guide. Of course you can also book an organized (guided) bus tour or a ‘liberation tour’ in a historical vehicle!

All of the audio spots are marked on a map on our website and in our brochures. Here you can find information about the nearby memorials, museums and cemeteries; photos, vi-deos, teaching packs for youngsters between 10-14 years old, routes, touristic package deals, events and you can download all audio stories in (at least) three languages.

These audio stories can be downloaded for free as MP3’s from our website www.liberationroute.com, or streamed via our app.

Our guide to the Liberation Route ExperienceThe LRE Tour and Travel Guide aims at providing a comprehensive tool gathering a wide range of tour and travel packages along the historic route. The tour suggestions included in this edition are either focusing on a specific area or event, or transnational and cover longer stretches of the historic allied forces’ advance. Many of the tours suggested are being offe-red and operated by our Tour Operator partners in their respective regions. We cordially in-vite you to contact the Liberation Route Europe Foundation to join our network and extend this experience to your region of interest. This edition of the LRE Tour & Travel guides consists of the following main sections:

∙ The first section is a Liberation Route Modules based suggestions which can be offered by travel operator separately or combined with other modules to create a variety of tours. ∙ The second section consists of Transnational Tours along the route, combining stretches of the Allied Forces’ advance covering more than one historic chapter and more than one country. ∙ The third section, The Special Tour Suggestions, either focus on a specific historic event or special theme such as hiking or cycling the route. ∙ The fourth section consists of Educational School packages. By partnering with Educational Travel specialists in different LRE regions we hope to reach out to educational institutions and educators with suggestions of packages to connect the future generations with important milestones of modern European history along the Liberation Route. ∙ The fifth section, Site Suggestions, of the LRE Tour and Travel Guide lists , per country and region, the major museums, War Graves, Memorials and important historic sites along the route related to the events leading to the end of WWII.

We also offer a section listing members of LRE’s tour guides network organization com-posed of knowledgeable and qualified guides to enrich the travel experience of your cus-tomers and add a professional historic input to your tours. We invite professional guides to contact LRE in order to join the growing LRE Guide Network. We also invite you to use the supporting tools developed by LRE, such as the website the Mobile App and soon to be released LRE Virtual Reality. By combining the use of these tools and the suggestions of our Tour and Travel Guide, we hope we can enhance your existing tour offerings and help you reach a greater audience to experience the historic Liberation Route Europe.

The vfonds (Dutch Foundation for Peace, Freedom and Veteran Support) is dedicated to creating awa-reness and respect for uniformed personnel and veterans, who have become victims of war whilst serving the Netherlands, anywhere in the world. Moreover, the vfonds wants to keep the memory of war alive by commemorating the victims, and above all, by celebrating liberation, freedom and peace. In the interest of peace, vfonds supports a variety of projects that stimulate democracy, hu-man rights and international justice, including the development of Liberation Route Europe.

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The European Union is supporting the Liberation Route Europe’s development since 2013 with two consecutive grants.“Liberation Route Europe is an outstanding example of common European history becoming alive in the travel experiences of thousands of vi-sitors: a way of reconciling citizens again 70 years after the D-Day. Transnational cooperation, a com-mitted public-private partnership, an appealing storytelling are the main ingredients of what we expect will turn out being a successful Pan-Euro-pean tourism product.”

Antonio Tajani Former Vice President of the European Commission

European UnionLiberation Route Europe is powered by

The Liberation Route Europe Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 2013 in order to develop the Liberation Route international remembrance trail concept. It does not have a commercial purpose but operate as an intermediary between the travel tra-de industry and its members and partners (local governments, museums, universities, tourism boards, war graves commissions etc.) in order to bring more attention and visitors to the remembrance sites along the Liberation Route Europe, and eventually keep the memory of the Second World War alive.The Liberation Route Europe Foundation therefore relies on the financial support of public and private organizations, on donations as well as on fees from its members, in order to operate and reach its objectives.

The two main financial supporters are the vfonds (Dutch Foundation for Peace, Free-dom and Veteran Support) and the European Union, which respectively support the Liberation Route Europe since 2012 and 2013.

Financial Support


Liberation Route Europe Tour Modules

b. Arnhem / Nijmegen Tour 14

c. Limburg Tour 15

5. Germany Tour 16

a. Rureifel Tour 16

b. Berlin Tour 17

6. Poland Tour 18

1. United Kingdom Tour 9

2. France Tour 10

a. Normandy 10

b. Paris 11

3. Belgium Tour 12

4. The Netherlands Tour 13

a. Zeeland / North Brabant Tour 13

Main cities visited: London, Dover, Uxbridge, Cambridge, Southsea

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - United Kingdom Tour

Explore the fascinating war in the skies known as the Battle of Britain. After the fall of France in 1940 and their own dis-couraging defeat in Belgium and France, the United Kingdom regrouped, dug in and took to the air to defend their island nation against the formidable Luftwaf-fe, causing Hitler to abandon his plans to invade the country. Visit sites such as 800-year-old Dover Castle, where the planning of Operation Dynamo took place, Bletchley Park, where the Enigma code was cracked, and Churchill’s Cabi-net War Rooms, as well as the Imperial War Museum in London and Duxford.

Main highlights of the tour• Imperial War Museum London• RAF Museum• Battle of Britain Memorial• Dover Castle• Uxbridge underground bunker• Cambridge American Cemetery• Imperial War Museum Duxford• SHAEF HQ• D-Day museum• Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms

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Passengers are greeted at He-athrow Airport in London and transferred to the hotel. In the evening there is an introduction to the tour and a chance for the passengers to get acquainted over a welcome drink.

We start the day with a visit to London’s Imperial War Museum to take in their impressive exhi-bits of both world wars. We then travel to the RAF Museum at Hendon to wonder at their unpa-ralleled aircraft on display.

In the morning we head south to see the Battle of Britain Memo-rial at Capel le Ferne on top of the White Cliffs of Dover and Fol-kestone. We continue with a visit to Dover Castle, where the story of the Battle of Britain starts. The planning of Operation Dynamo took place here in the bunkers under the over 800-year-old cas-tle.

We start the day with a visit to the No. 11 Group Operations Room and underground bunker at Uxbridge. In the afternoon we travel to Bletchley Park, where the unsung code breakers greatly contributed to the war effort.

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In the morning we visit the Cam-bridge American Cemetery. We then spend the entire afternoon among iconic aircraft at the Im-perial War Museum Duxford.

In the morning we drive to Sou-thsea to visit the Supreme Head-quarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF HQ) at Southwick house, where many famous WWII battles were planned, in-cluding the Normandy invasion. In the afternoon we explore the D-Day Museum, which houses the world’s largest embroidery depicting the story of Operation Overlord.

We start the day with a tour of Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms in London where the fearless leader endured the Blitz. We spend the afternoon in downtown London with a sightseeing tour on the Thames River and then free time to explore the city.

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Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Normandy Tour (FR)

On the evening of 6 June 1944, the Allied forces had established a foothold on all five landing beaches. There was still a long way to go, but the day’s operations, that took the German command by sur-prise, were successful. Fought between the iconic June 6 landings and the libe-ration of Paris on 25 August, the Battle of Normandy is often overlooked. Yet this campaign decided the course of the war in North-western Europe. The military cemeteries and memorial sites dotting the landscape of Normandy remind us of the heavy price that was paid for Europe to regain its freedom.

Main highlights of the tours• Mémorial de Caen• Dead Man’s Corner Museum• Utah Beach Museum• Normandy Beaches• Airborne Museum• Circular Cinema Arromanches• Juno Beach Centre• Pegasus Bridge• Mémorial de Montormel

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Pick-up at the Airport or train sta-tion in Paris | Introductions over a welcome drink

Caen | Mémorial de Caen

Dead Man’s Corner Museum | Brécourt Manor | Utah Beach | Utah Beach Museum | Sainte-Mère-Église | Airborne Museum

Omaha Beach | Normandy Ameri-can Cemetery | Pointe du Hoc

Longues-sur-Mer German batte-ry | Landing museum - Arroman-ches-les-Bains | Circular Cinema | Gold Beach | Mulberry Harbor | Juno Beach | Juno Beach Centre | Sword Beach | Pegasus Bridge

Falaise Pocket | William the Con-queror’s Castle | Mémorial de Montormel | End of Normandy tour

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Main cities visited: Caen, Sainte-Mère-Église, Longues-sur-Mer, Arromanches-les-Baines

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Arrival to Paris airport or train station. Transfer to your hotel. Time to get acclimated in the City of Lights.

Explore the many wartime sites baring witness to the city of Pa-ris and its resistance. Walk the length of the Boulevard du Pa-lais between the Préfecture de Police and the Palais de Justice buildings. Either side of the bou-levard hundreds of bullet holes marks in the stone sides of the buildings. They are the lasting memory of the first shots fired by the French resistance in the bat-tle that began the liberation of Paris from the Nazi’s. There are plaques all over the city comme-morating Jews who were depor-ted by the Nazi’s and resistance fighters who died during the final battles for the liberation of Paris.

Prepare for an unforgettable day in the City of Lights! We spend the morning on a guided tour. Visit the world famous Les Invali-des and its buildings housing the “Musée de l’Armée”, the military museum of the Army of France, and the “Musée d’Histoire Con-temporaine”.

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Paris Tour (FR)

The liberation of Paris didn’t have Allied priority, but an uprising of the popula-tion against the Germans on 19 August made it necessary. The German com-mander of Paris, Lieutenant-General Choltitz, was ordered to crush the insur-rection and to destroy the city, as the Germans did in Warsaw. To prevent this disaster, Charles de Gaulle insisted to in-terfere. Allied Command sent in Major-General Leclerc’s 2nd French Armoured Division, supported by the U.S. 4th In-fantry Division of Major-General Bar-ton. A first group managed to infiltrate into the heart of Paris on the evening of August 24, and on the 26th of August a huge triumphal parade was held on the Champs-Élysées.

Main highlights of the tours• Boulevard du Palais• Musée de l’Armée• Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine• Mémorial Leclerc and Jean Moulin Museum• Charles de Gualle Memorial• Champs Elysées

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Visit Mémorial Leclerc and the Jean Moulin Museum. In the af-ternoon walk along the Champs Elysées, stop at Stop at the Charles de Gaulle Memorial , and follow the steps of the Parade for the Liberation.

End of tour, transfer to the air-port or train station.

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Main cities visited: Diekirch, Bastogne, Foy, Ardennes Forest, Malmedy, La Gleize, Stavelot, Luxembourg

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Belgium Tour

The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Eu-rope. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. Uni-ted States forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest ca-sualties for any operation during the war. At the end of December 1944, the Allies, reinforced by Patton’s army and the 30th British Corps under Montgo-mery, launched their counter-offensive and gradually pushed back the German armies. By the end of January 1945, the Germans had retreated behind the Sie-gfried Line.

Main highlights of the tour• Luxembourg American Cemetery• National Military History Museum• Nuts Cave• Patton Monument• Foxholes of the Bois Jacques• Mardasson Monument• Bastogne War Museum• Ducal palace

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The day starts off with travel to the Luxembourg American Ce-metery, the final resting place of many 101st paratroopers as well as General George S. Pat-ton. In the afternoon we explore the Diekirch National Military History Museum of Luxemburg, the world’s largest collection of World War II items

In the morning we explore war sites in and around Bastogne, in-cluding the Nuts Cave, the Patton Monument, the foxholes of the Bois Jacques and the town of Foy.

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We spend this day exploring the northern arc of the Bulge. We tra-vel to Malmedy, La Gleize and Sta-velot, where we follow the advan-ce and demise of Colonel Jochen Peiper’s Kampfgruppe and pay witness to the atrocities commit-ted by SS troops

The last day of our tour is dedi-cated to the sights of the city of Luxembourg, such as the cathe-dral, the Ducal Palace and the Old Town.

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We start the day at the Mardas-son Monument, which pays tri-bute to the Allied resolve during this critical period. We then visit the brand new Bastogne War Museum, which is dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge.

This day of our tour is dedicated to the rich historical heritage of Luxembourg. We tour the world famous castles of the valleys of the Ardennes Forest

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Main cities visited: Middelburg, Nieuwdorp, Westkapelle, Bergen-op-Zoom

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Zeeland / North Brabant Tour (NL)

The Battle Of The Scheldt – North Bra-bant: The Battle of the Scheldt occupies a prominent place in the collective me-mory of the local Zeeland population and beyond.. During this often called “forgotten battle” that was fought here at the end of 1944, the area around the Western Scheldt provided the scene of ac-tion that will prove to be crucial to open up the waterway into Antwerp, which had already been liberated. Because the airborne landings known as operation “Market Garden” near Arnhem and Nij-megen had failed, the opening up of the harbour in Antwerp was of vital impor-tance for the shipping in of troops and essential supplies for rapid transporta-tion to the front. Thus the Battle of the Scheldt played a key role in the liberation of The Netherlands and the ending of the Second World War.

Main highlights of the tour• War Memorial Causeway• Liberation Museum Zeeland• Het Polderhuis• Landing Museum• Canadian War Cemetery• Audio spots

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Upon arrival to Middelburg in the heart of the coastal province of Zeeland, start your day with a city tour of Middleburg then head to the War Memorial Causeway. The memorial commemorates the French soldiers who were kil-led in May 1940 during the bat-tle of Zeeland and the Scottish and Canadian soldiers who were killed during Operation Mallard in November 1944. In the after-noon, enjoy the marine life and multitude of nature reserves and national parks. Overnight at your hotel in Middelburg

Departure for a visit of The Zee-land Liberation Museum, a pro-minent museum in a classic Zee-land farmhouse. The museum takes us back into an extraor-dinary episode in the history of Zeeland. During World War II the Allied soldiers of various nationa-lities fought side by side against the German occupier in Zeeland. On both sides people were kil-led or hurt, and there were also many civilian casualties. The mu-seum guides you through the main events in World War II. The Battle for the

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River Scheldt or ‘The Forgotten Battle’ has a prominent place in the museum tour. End of after-noon at leisure to explore the area. In the afternoon visit West-kapelle: Het Polderhuis - Westka-pelle and the Landing Museum

Departure to the Brabant region for a visit of the Canadian War Cemetery in Bergen-op-Zoom Visit The Canadian War Ceme-tery and pay tribute to 1,118 Com-monwealth burials of the Second World War, 31 of which are uni-dentified. In the afternoon ex-plore Bergen-op-Zoom and stop at some of the Liberation Route’s audio spots to listen beforehand to personal stories told about the occupation and liberation of the region from Nazi occupation. Back to your hotel in Middelburg, or continue to the next destina-tion

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Main cities visited: Leopoldsburg, Grave, Nijmegen, Groesbeek, Arnhem, Ede, Oosterbeek

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Arnhem / Nijmegen Tour (NL)

To ensure the success of Operation Mar-ket Garden, the Allied forces had to capture the bridge in Arnhem. But the light-armed airborne forces stood no chance against two SS Panzer Divisions that happened to be in the area. After desperate fighting and many casualties the Arnhem bridge proved to be ‘a bridge too far’. The British and Polish paratroo-pers that were dropped near Arnhem faced many problems. The paratroopers in Arnhem were expected to hold out for four days at the most. In the end they had to endure nine days of brutal figh-ting before retreating across the Rhine after the failure of Market Garden was inevitable.

Main highlights of the tour• Joe’s Bridge• Hell’s Highway• Grave Bridge• Waalbridge• National Liberation Museum• Airborne drop zones• Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’• Oosterbeek War Cemetery• John Frost Bridge

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Arrival in Antwerp. First night in our hotel in the area

The next morning we make a vi-sit to Leopoldsburg to see where General Horrocks addressed his troops prior to the advance, and cover the taking of Joe’s Bridge at the Barrier. We then take a lei-surely drive along the Corridor (Hells Highway) which the troops took in their attempt to relieve the Airborne Forces at Arnhem; visiting en-route the various crossing places of the canal sys-tem and the Grave Bridge. We will take a break in the beautiful city of Nijmegen, also visiting the

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visit the scenes of valour where L/Sgt. Baskeyfield, Cpt. Queripel, Cpt. Cain, Lt. Grayburn and Flt Lt. Lord all won the coveted Victoria Cross

On day four we’ll cross over into Germany and pay a visit to the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, beside Kleve, and other cemete-ries by request

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bridge here; before making our way to the Liberation Museum at Groesbeek and then to our over-night hotel at Arnhem

From our base in Arnhem we visit the Airborne Drop at Ginkel He-ath, Wolfheze, Heelsum and Oos-terbeek areas, the Hartenstein Hotel Airborne Museum, Schoon-oord Cross-Roads, Oosterbeek Airborne Cemetery and follow the route taken by John Frost into the famous ‘Bridge Too Far’, see-ing en-route the Tafelberg Hotel, the home of Kate Ter Horst (the ‘Angel of Arnhem’). We will also

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Main cities visited: Maastricht, Margraten, Beek, Roermond, Ysselsteyn, Groesbeek, Arnhem/Nijmegen

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Limburg Tour (NL)

The Second World War cost the lives of many civilians in Limburg, and a large number of towns and villages were dest-royed by bombings and artillery battles. Various cemeteries, too, bear witness to this dark chapter in Limburg’s history. Almost 8,500 American soldiers, who perished during the liberation of the Ne-therlands, lie buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten. Other big war cemeteries are to be found at Overloon for British soldiers and the Ysselsteyn German war cemetery was constructed in the Muni-cipality of Venray for the 31,000 German soldiers who lost their lives here.

Main highlights of the tour• NL-American War Cemetery• Eye Witness Museum• German War Cemetery• National Liberation Museum

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Arrival to Maastricht, afternoon and evening at leisure. Overnight at your hotel. The south Limburg region witnessed the first incur-sion of the Allied Forces into the Netherlands and the place where the liberation of the Netherlands had begun

City tour of Maastricht then de-parture to the city of Margraten and a unique visit of the Nether-lands American Cemetery and Memorial, the only American military cemetery in the Nether-lands. The U.S. 30th Infantry Di-vision liberated this site on the 13th September 1944. Here rest 8.301 American military. The site was liberated on 13th September 1944 by soldiers from the 30th In-fantry Division of the First Ame-rican Army and was designated a cemetery and monument to the fallen on 10th November 1944

Departure northwards to the city of Beek to visit the Eye Witness Museum. The museum tells the story of the fictitious German paratrooper August Segel who joined the German forces in 1935. After the invasion of the Nether-lands he fought in Russia, in

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Normandy, in the Ardennes and all the way to the streets of Berlin. His story is used as a framework for the different dioramas in or-der to provide more background information about the various battle fields. After the museum visit continue to Roermond which became a city in the front at the end of December 1944 when the Allies have liberated parts of sou-th Limburg but their advance has stalled there. On the way to Nij-megen stop for a visit of the Ger-man War Cemetery Ysselsteyn.In the afternoon arrival in the Arnhem/Nijmegen area and vi-sit National Liberation Museum Groesbeek. Overnight in your ho-tel in Arnhem/Nijmegen

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Main cities visited: Hürtgen Forest

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Rureifel Tour (DE)

During the autumn and winter of 1944/45, the longest battle of the Second World War on German soil took place in the Hürtgen Forest. With this battle, the war precipitated by the Nazi regime re-turned to Germany. The battle caused numerous casualties on both sides. For the American soldiers, it’s very name – with its first syllable ‘hurt’ – became a byword for injury and death. The Hürt-gen Forest consisted of thick woodland, bare hilltops and deep gorges. In the fall and winter, heavy rain and snowfall and a lack of roads made it extremely difficult to penetrate, either by foot or in vehicles. Nonetheless, the Allies pushed into the rough and unfamiliar terrain in order to secure their advance towards the Rhine. The battle proceeded from mid-September 1944 to mid-February 1945, and ended with an Allied victory.

Main highlights of the tour• Hiking through Hürtgen Forest• Siegfried-Line-Trail• Kall-Trail• Ochsenkopf-Trail

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Travel to the Rureifel area in Ger-many and the Hürtgen Forest at the heart of it. Accommodation in a hotel in the Hürtgen Forest

Short walk through the area in the morning. Transfer to the forest for an afternoon hiking through the Hürtgen Forest al-ong the traces of World War II: During the autumn and winter of 1944/45, the longest battle of the Second World War on German soil took place in the Hürtgen Fo-rest. The battle caused numerous casualties on both sides

Accommodation in a hotel in the Hürtgen Forest. Walk through the historic-literary hiking trails “Siegfried-Line-Trail“, “Kall-Trail“ and “Ochsenkopf-Trail“. Learn about the “Battle of the Hürtgen Forest” and its processing on the historic-literary hiking trails

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Main cities visited: Berlin, Potsdam

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Berlin Tour (DE)

The battle of Berlin was one of the last battles of the Second World War in Euro-pe. The war that had proceeded from Ber-lin returned to the city. Many soldiers and civilians died in widespread house-to-house fighting. On 21 April, the first Soviet units finally entered Berlin. In house-to-house fighting the Soviet soldiers faced desperate German resistance. The Wes-tern Allies stopped their air attacks on 16 April 1945. The Soviet Union continued the air war to support the ground offen-sive in Berlin. On 2 May 1945, the Berlin garrison surrendered to the Soviet army.

Main highlights of the tour• Brandenburg Gate• Alexander Square• Berlin Wall Memorial• Checkpoint Charlie• Cecilienhof Palace• Allied Museum• Tempelhof Airport• Wilhelm Memorial Church• Soviet Memorial Tiergarten • German-Russian Museum Karlshorst

After your arrival in Berlin your tour director will accompany you to your hotel in the German Capital. Dinner and overnight in Berlin

After breakfast we start our city tour of Berlin. In the morning you will experience the highlights of this metropolis on an extensive city tour - Brandenburg Gate, Par-liament building, Berlin Cathe-dral and Alexander Square. Visit and witness the history at the Berlin Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse and Checkpoint Charlie

A sightseeing tour in Potsdam and Berlin by a Freedom Route: Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam – the last palace funded by Ho-henzollern Family, where Pots-dam Conference was held, then a visit to the Allied Museum, Tem-pelhof Airport which is a symbol of liberty defence well-known around the world and a place from where thousands of people from eastern countries escaped to external countries. Next the Friedrichstraße Railway Bun-ker, Checkpoint Charlie, the Kai-ser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate,

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the Soviet Memorial Tiergarten. Transfer to the hotel

The tour continues: the German-Russian Museum a place of the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces. It is an exceptional institution sponso-red by both Germany and Russia. Then a memorial plaque placed at Niebergall Street that recalls an event from June 5th, 1945 when the Berlin Declaration was signed, The Berlin Wall Trail re-membering the division of the city after WWII, the Soviet War Memorial in Treptow Park, one of the biggest WW II memorial in Germany. Transfer to the hotel

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Main cities visited: Cracow, Oswiecim, Lublin, Warsaw, Treblinka, Sztutowo, Gdansk, Hel

Follow the Liberation Route Europe - Poland Tour

For the population of Poland the end of the Second World War was not necessa-rily a liberation. The arrival of the Soviet Army meant first defeat and then factu-ally a new occupation. For many Poles the political consequences of the war lasted until 1989 when Poland became an independent and democratic state again.

Main highlights of the tours• Auschwitz-Birkenau• Concentration camp Majdanek• Warsaw Uprising Museum• Museum of the History of Polish Jews• Ghetto Heroes Monument• Katyn Museum• Wolf’s Lair• Former concentration camp Stutthof• Westerplatte• Museum of Coastal Defence

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Arrival in Cracow. Transfer to your hotel.

In the morning walking tour around the Old City. Then trans-fer to Oswiecim to one of the biggest former German Nazi con-centration camp Auschwitz Bir-kenau. Transfer back to the hotel in Cracow.

Transfer to Lublin. A short wal-king tour in the city, then a visit to the former concentration camp in Majdanek. An overnight stay at a hotel in Lublin

In the morning transfer to Warsaw and a sightseeing tour: Warsaw Uprising Museum, Um-schlagplatz Monument in the square where Jews were gathe-red for deportation from ghetto; Warsaw Uprising Monument located by a canal manhole by which people escaped the Nazi; the Pawiak – former prison in occupied Warsaw. An overnight stay at a hotel in Warsaw.

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located in the former Jewish dis-trict ( Northern District) – during the war this area was a part of the concentration camp KL War-schau. Next the Katyn Museum on the citadel – a memorial for Katyn massacre. Then a walk in the Old City.

Transfer to Treblinka, where a for-mer concentration camp is situ-ated. It is a second biggest exter-mination camp after Auschwitz. Then transfer to the Wolf’s Lair in the Mazurian forests which was a war headquarters for Adolf Hit-ler and the General Command of Armed Forces. It was built to lead the troops that attacked USSR and is localized in the western part of Gizycko Fortyfied Region. Transfer to the hotel in Vicinity.

Transfer to Sztutowo, the area of the former concentration camp Stutthof. In the afternoon trans-fer to Gdansk and a walking tour around the Old Town. Then a visit to the European Solidarity Cen-tre. An overnight stay in Gdansk.

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The tour continues in Gdansk. A tour along the Freedom Route: Westerplatte - the place of de-fence of a Polish Military Transit Depot where the first battle of the Second World War took place. The attack was started by the bat-tleship Schleswig – Holstein. Next the Polish Post Museum building which was attacked at the same time as Westerplatte.

Transfer to Hel Peninsula where the Battle of Hel was held. It took place in Jastarnia, Jurata, the city of Hel and its vicinity. Its aim was to defend the Fortified Region Hel. Then a visit to the Museum of Coastal Defence. Transfer back to the hotel.

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1. Battle of Britain & Beyond Band of Brothers Combined Tour 22

2. Central Europe Remembrance Combined Tour 23

3. Normandy to the Bulge Tour 24

4. Beyond Band of Brothers Tour 25

5. Follow the footsteps of the American and Allied Forces 26

6. Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge Tour 27

7. Market Garden Anniversary 28

8. Munich to the Wolf’s Lair 29

7. Berlin to Gdansk Tour 30

8. Rising Phoenix Tour 31

Main cities visited: London, Dover, Portsmouth, Bayeux, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Bastogne, Munich

Battle of Britain & Beyond Band of Brothers Combined Tour

Enjoy this 17-day tour as we celebrate the victory of the Battle of Britain and the careful planning and implementati-on of D-Day, realize the tenacity of those who endured the bitter hardships at the Battle of the Bulge, and get a glimpse of the Third Reich system at the end of our journey in Munich. Passengers vi-sit sites such as the Enigma machine and Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms as well as the Imperial War Museums in London and Duxford, then move to the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, the Ardennes Forest and the Eagle’s Nest in Bavaria.

Main highlights of the tour• Imperial War Museums• Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms• Pointe du Hoc• D-Day Museum• Pegasus Bridge• Dachau Concentration Camp

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Pick-up at the airport in London | Imperial War Museum | Intro-ductions over a welcome drink

Battle of Britain Memorial at Ca-pel-le-Ferne | Dover Castle

No. 11 Group Operations Room at Uxbridge | Bletchley Park

Cambridge American Cemetery | Duxford Imperial War Museum

Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms | RAF Hendon | Battle of Britain Hall

Southsea | SHAEF HQ at South-wick House | D-Day Museum

Travel to Normandy

Dead Man’s Corner Museum |Brécourt Manor | Utah Beach |Sainte-Mère-Église | Airborne Museum


Longues-sur-Mer German battery | Arromanches-les-Bains |Circular Cinema | Gold Beach |Mulberry Harbour | Juno Beach |Sword Beach | Pegasus Bridge

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Travel to Belgium

Mardasson Monument | Foxho-les of Bois Jacques | Battle of the Bulge Museum

Malmedy | La Gleize | Stavelot

Luxembourg American Cemetery | Resting place of General George S. Patton | Travel to Bavaria

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Dachau Concentration Camp |Third Reich tour of Munich

Berchtesgaden | Eagle’s Nest |Dokumentation Obersalzberg |Farewell dinner

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Main cities visited: Bayeux, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Bastogne, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow

Central Europe Remembrance Combined Tour

This combined tour provides an excellent opportunity for passengers to witness farther reaches of the war. Starting in Pa-ris and running to Krakow, the tour tra-ces the Allied advance in Western Europe and continues the journey eastward to commemorate the Holocaust in Central Europe. This tour visits the sites designed to carry out the Nazis’ Final Solution and increases understanding of the people and mechanisms behind the camp sys-tem. The historic cities of Central Europe give insight into the life of the European Jewry before and during the war.

Main highlights of the tour• Pointe du Hoc• Foxholes of Bois Jacques• Mauthausen Memorial• Auschwitz-Birkenau• Schindler’s factory

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Pick-up at Charles de Gaulle Air-port in Paris| Introductions over a welcome drink

Dead Man’s Corner Museum - Brécourt Manor | Utah Beach Sainte-Mère-Église | Airborne Museum


Longues-sur-Mer German bat-tery | Arromanches-les-Bains | Circular Cinema | Gold Beach | Mulberry Harbor | Juno Beach | Sword Beach | Pegasus Bridge

Travel to Belgium

Mardasson Monument | Foxho-les of Bois Jacques | Battle of the Bulge Museum Malmedy | La Gleize | Stavelot

Luxembourg American Cemetery | Resting place of General George S. Patton | Travel to Bavaria

Dachau Concentration Camp | Third Reich tour of Munich

Berchtesgaden | Eagle’s Nest | Dokumentation Obersalzberg

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Travel to Vienna | Mauthausen Memorial

Walking tour of Vienna | The Haus des Meeres in a former flak tower

Travel to Budapest | Castle district

Walking tour of Jewish district | Dohány Synagogue | Budapest

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cultural sites

Travel to Krakow | Free time

Auschwitz labor camp | Birkenau extermination camp

Walking tour of the Jewish ghetto | Schindler’s factory

Transfer to airport in Krakow

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region.

Main cities visited: Bayeux, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Bastogne, Frankfurt

Normandy to the Bulge Tour

Join us for 11 days of special focus on the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. We begin by visiting all five D-Day landing beaches, then trace the Allied advance further into Normandy to explore the triumph of seizing Saint Lo despite the perilous terrain of the hedge-rows, and the Allied attempt to close the Falaise Gap. From Normandy we move to Belgium, where we visit Battle of the Bulge sites related to the encirclement of Bastogne and the Malmedy Massacre before paying a visit to Luxembourg’s American Cemetery where General Pat-ton was laid to rest.

Main highlights of the tour• Sainte-Mère-Église• Pointe du Hoc• Arromanches-les-Bains• Mardasson Monument• Luxembourg American Cemetery

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Travel to Belgium

Mardasson Monument | Foxholes of Bois Jacques | Bastogne War Museum

Malmedy | La Gleize | Stavelot

Luxembourg American Cemetery | Diekirch National Military His-tory Museum of Luxembourg

Drop-off at Frankfurt airport

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Longues-sur-Mer, German bat-tery | Transfer to Arromanches-les-Bains | Circular Cinema | Gold Beach | Mulberry Harbor | Juno Beach | Sword Beach | Pegasus Bridge

Mont Saint-Michel | Visit sites re-lated to Patton’s advance in the Avranches area Saint-Lo.

Falaise Pocket | William the Con-queror’s Castle | Mémorial de Montormel

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Arrival at Charles de Gaulle air-port in Paris | Transfer to Nor-mandy | Introduction to the tour

Visit Dead Man’s Corner Museum | Monument near Brecourt Ma-nor | Utah Beach | Sainte-Mere-Eglise

Omaha Beach | Normandy Ame-rican Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer | Pointe du Hoc




Main cities visited: Bayeux, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Bastogne, Munich

Beyond Band of Brothers Tour

The tour takes you on an 11-day journey through Normandy, the Ardennes Fo-rest and Bavaria. In Normandy, we visit all landing beaches as well as the Nor-mandy American Cemetery. From there we make our way to Belgium, where we explore sites relevant to the Battle of the Bulge as well as Malmedy and Stave-lot. Our stay in Munich includes a visit to the infamous Dachau concentration camp. Finally we spend the day at Hit-ler’s Eagle’s Nest and visit Dokumenta-tion Obersalzberg.

Main highlights of the tour• Sainte-Mère-Église• Pointe du Hoc• Normandy American Cemetery• Mardasson Monument• Luxembourg American Cemetery• Dachau Concentration Camp• Eagle’s Nest

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Transfer to Munich | Visit Luxem-bourg American Cemetery on the way

Dachau camp | Guided Third Reich Tour of Munich

Trip to Berchtesgaden, site of Hitler’s Bavarian retreat | Ea-gle’s Nest | Visit Dokumentation Obersalzberg

Transfer to Munich’s airport

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lar Cinema | Gold Beach | Mul-berry Harbor | Juno and Sword beaches | Cross Pegasus Bridge

Travel to Belgium

Mardasson Monument | Foxholes of Bois Jacques | Bastogne War Museum

Explore the northern arc of the Bulge | Travel to Malmedy, La Gleize and Stavelot | Follow the advance and demise of Colonel Jochen Peiper’s Kampfgruppe and pay witness to the atrocities committed by SS troops

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Pick-up at Charles de Gaulle Air-port in Paris | Introductions over a welcome drink


Explore Utah Beach | Visit the monument near Brecourt Manor | Utah Beach Museum | Sainte-Mere-Eglise | Dead Man’s Corner Museum in St-Come-du-Mont

Transfer to Longues-sur-Mer | German battery | Transfer to Ar-romanches-les-Bains | Circu




Main cities visited: Dieppe, Caen, Calvados, Courseulees-sur-Mer, Honfleur, Rouen

Follow the footsteps of the American and Allied Forces

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Pick-up at airport | travel to Nor-mandy

Sainte-Mère Église Airborne Mu-seum | Brecourt Manor Assault | Utah Beach | St. Marie du Mont | Band of Brothers

Pointe du Hoc | Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer | Omaha Beach American Memorial | Mulberry Harbour Ar-romanches

Longues-sur-Mer Battery | Cour-seulles-sur-Mer | Juno Beach | Pegasus Bridge | Ranville War Ce-metery

Memorial Museum Caen | Falaise Pocket | World War II Vimoutiers Tiger tank | Transfer to Paris

Tour about the liberation of the French capital Paris

Museum of the Surrender in Reims, Eisenhower’s Headquar-ters in May 1945 | Battle for Ver-dun during World War I | Luxem-

This tour gives travellers the opportu-nity to walk into the footsteps of the American and Allied Forces and follow the path during the First and Second World War. The tour will lead us straight away to Normandy in France. Here we will see the many sites where Ameri-can Forces landed on June 6th in 1944. We will follow their traces through the Falaise Pocket to Paris and further into Belgium where the Battle of the Bulge took place. Eventually we will reach The Netherlands where the difficult Opera-tion Market Garden was executed. This tour provides an excellent insight in the liberation of Europe by combining all critical battles in one journey.

Main highlights of the tour• Pointe du Hoc• Atlantic Wall• Eisenhower Museum Reims• Hell’s Highway• The Airborne Museum bourg American Cemetery and

Memorial | Transfer to Bastogne

Tour through Bastogne surroun-dings | Mardasson Memorial and Museum | Battle of the Bulge | Jacks Woods

Transfer to the Netherlands | Margraten American Cemetery | Travel via the American part of the Hell’s Highway | National Li-beration Museum Groesbeek |

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“Klein Amerika”

Transfer to Nijmegen | Waal bridge | John Frost Bridge Arn-hem | British Airborn Museum Oosterbeek

Transfer to Overloon | Liberty Park Overloon | The Island between Rhine and Waal and Museum “The Island” 1944-1945

End of Tour | To the Airport

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Main cities visited: Oosterbeek, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Groesbeek, Overloon, Margraten, Bastogne

Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge Tour

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Pick-up at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam | Transfer to Ooster-beek | British Airborne Museum Oosterbeek | John Frost bridge Arnhem | Waal bridge Nijmegen

Transfer to Groesbeek | National Liberation Museum | “klein Ame-rica” | Hells Highway and sur-roundings

Transfer to Overloon | Liberty Park and War Museum Overloon | Transfer to Margraten | Mar-graten American Cemetery and surroundings | Henri Chapelle American Cemetery and surroun-dings | Transfer to Bastogne

Visit Bastogne | Mardasson Me-morial honouring the memory of American soldiers | Jacks Woods during Battle of the Bulge | Sites of Band of Brothers

Luxembourg American Cemetery Memorial | Battle for the Hürt-genwald and the Anti Tank Wall

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During this tour we will follow the trails of the soldiers who executed Operation Market Garden and faced many diffi-culties during the freezing Battle of the Bulge. We will see the drop zones where the Airborne Divisions landed during “Market” and the sites where the ground forces fought during “Garden”. In Bel-gium we will visit Jacks Woods, which have claimed many casualties during the Battle of the Bulge. We even visit Luxembourg and German territory to discover some interesting World War II sites. During six days we see where fel-low nationals took important steps in the making of our history.

Main highlights of the tour• John Frost Bridge Arnhem• Hell’s Highway • Henry Chapelle American Cemetery• Luxembourg American Cemetery Memorial• The Anti Tank Wall




Main cities visited: Bayeux, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Eindhoven, Arnhem, Amsterdam

Market Garden Anniversary

This tour of Normandy and the Nether-lands coincides with the annual comme-moration of Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in his-tory. Market Garden was a bold but ill-conceived attempt to end the war quic-kly in September 1944. This 11-day tour features the annual celebration of the battle in the Netherlands, where people remain grateful of the Allied effort to li-berate their country from Nazi control.

Highlights include• Sainte-Mère-Église• Pointe du Hoc• Normandy American Cemetery• Arromanches-les-Bains• Juno Beach• Pegasus Bridge• Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’• Airborne War Cemetery Oosterbeek • Anne Frank House

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Transfer to Eindhoven | Hell’s Highway | Tour of Eindhoven | Transfer to Amsterdam

Guided tour of Amsterdam | Anne Frank House

Exploring the Dutch countryside | Volendam | Free time

Transfer to Schiphol airport

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Longues-sur-Mer, German Bat-tery | Arromanches-les-Bains | Circular Cinema | Gold Beach | Mulberry Harbor | Juno Beach | Sword Beach | Pegasus Bridge

Travel to the Netherlands

National Liberation Museum | Market Garden commemorati-ons in Nijmegen

Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’ | Transfer to Arnhem | “bridge too

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Arrival at Charles de Gaulle air-port in Paris | Transfer to Nor-mandy | Introducation to the tour


Dead Man’s Corner Museum in St-Come-du-Mont | Visit monu-ment near Brecourt Manor | Utah Beach | Utah Beach Museum | Sainte-Mere-Eglise | Airborne Museum




Main cities visited: Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Warsaw, Gdańsk

Munich to the Wolf’s Lair

Our 18-day tour offers a comprehensive overview of a century of events with special focus on WWII and an extended stay in Poland. The tour presents the ideology and power struggle of the Nazi state and explores the inner workings of the concentration camp system through visits to different types of camps. Visits to Dachau, Mauthausen, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka provide a chance to pay tribute to those who perished in the Holocaust. In Poland, we extend our journey up to the Wolf’s Lair to tour the complex of 30 buildings once occupied by the German High Command.

Main highlights of the tour• Dachau Concentration Camp• Eagle’s Nest• Auschwitz-Birkenau• Schindler’s factory• Wolf’s Lair HQ complex• Westerplatte

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Arrival at the airport in Munich | Transfer to hotel | Introduction to the tour

Dachau camp | Guided Third Reich tour of Munich


Transfer to Austria | Mauthausen memorial | Spend the night in Vi-enna

Walking tour of Vienna in the footsteps of the Habsburgs | Visit one of the three flak towers of Vi-enna | Walk along the Mariahilfer Strasse

Travel to Budapest | Visit castle district | City’s Citadel

Walking tour of the Jewish dis-trict | Dohany Synagogue | Ex-plore the rich cultural sights of the city

Transfer to Krakow | Tatra Moun-tains of Slovakia | Free time

Transfer to Auschwitz concentra-tion camp | Auschwitz Birkenau

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Walking tour of the Jewish ghetto and the castle district | Schind-ler’s factory | Museum

Walking tour of the city | Royal Castle | Renaissance Cloth Hall | Wieliczka Salt Mines

Transfer to Warsaw | Guided tour of historic Warsaw | Visit the for-mer Ghetto | Ghetto Wall | Upri-sing Memorial | and more | Mu-seum of History of Polish Jews

Warsaw Uprising Museum |Ex-plore medieval Old Town | Free time

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Treblinka Nazi extermination camp | Transfer to Masuria

Guided Tour of Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair Headquarters complex

Westerplatte | Medieval fortress of Wisloujscie | Gdańsk Shipyard | Solidarity Centre

Visit historical Gdańsk | Freet ime

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Main cities visited: Berlin, Potsdam, Poznan, Warsaw, Gdansk, Stutthof

Berlin to Gdansk Tour

Main highlights of the tour• Cecilienhof Palace• Checkpoint Charlie• Reichstag• German-Russian Museum• Berlin Wall• Miedzyrzecz Fortification region• Poznan Army Museum• Ghetto heroes monument• Westerplatte• Museum of Coastal Defence• Former concentration camp Stutthof

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Jews | Ghetto Heroes Monument | Katyn Museum

Transfer to Tricity | Sightseeing tour in Gdynia: a Post-German torpedo platform in Babie Doły | ORP Błyskawica | Grom-class destroyer from WWII | Transfer to Gdansk

Tour in Gdansk: Westerplatte Peninsula | Polish Post Museum

Transfer to Hel Peninsula | Mu-seum of Coastal Defence

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Arrival in Berlin | Transfer to a hotel

Sightseeing tour in Potsdam and Berlin: Cecilienhof Palace |Allied Museum | Tempelhof Airport | Friedrichstraße Railway Bun-ker | Checkpoint Charlie | Kai-ser Wilhelm Memorial Church | Reichstag | Brandenburg Gate | Soviet Memorial Tiergarten

Sightseeing tour in Berlin: Ger-man-Russian Museum Berlin- Karlshorst | Memorial plaque placed at Niebergall Street | Ber-lin Wall Trail | Soviet War Memo-rial in Treptow Park

Transfer to Poland |Stop at Mied-zyrzecz Fortification Region | Transfer to Poznan |Monument of Cryptologists | Breaking Enig-ma ciphers | Fort Winiary (now Poznan’s Citadel Park) | Museum of Armament | Poznan Army Mu-seum | Museum for Wielkopolska Martyrs | Walk around the Old Town of Poznan

Transfer to Warsaw | Tour in the city: The Memorial Route of Je-wish Martyrdom and Struggle | Museum of the History of Polish

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Transfer to Sztutowo, the area of the former concentration camp Stutthof | Transfer to Gdansk | Tour around the Old Town: Euro-pean Solidarity Centre. Transfer to the airport. Depar-ture.

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Main cities visited: Berlin, Dresden, Wroclaw, Krakow, Zakopane, Warsaw

Rising Phoenix Tour

Included:• Transfer in a small modern coach, which is exclusively used for your group, with air condition, throughout the tour;• 10 x overnights in booked hotels;• 10 x breakfast buffet & dinner;• 1 Expert English speaking tour guide & guided city tour;• Excursion to Auschwitz, Wieliczka, salt mine, Kazimierz, Jewish quarter, tatra mountains, Czorsztyn castle,wooden church in Tarnow.

Main highlights of the tour• Brandenburg Gate• Checkpoint Charlie• Pillnitz Palace• Salt mines of Wieliczka• Villa Koliba• Cog railway• Royal Palace in Warsaw• St. John’s Cathedral

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Arrival in Berlin

City tour Berlin | Brandenburg Gate | Parliament building | Ber-lin Cathedral | Alexander Square | Berlin Wall Memorial | Check point Charlie | Transfer to Dres-den

Explore Dresden | The Zwinger | Frauenkirche | Theatre square with Semperoper | Pillnitz Palace | Transfer to Wroclaw | City walk in Wroclaw

Sightseeing in Wroclaw | Trans-fer to Krakow | City walk in Kra-kow | Pub

Leisure time in Krakow

Salt mines of Wieliczka | Transfer to Zakopane via Rabka and Nowy | Koscieliskatals

Walk through landscape | City tour in Zakopane | The wooden house “Villa KOLIBA” | The old wooden church | Celebrity ceme-tery | Ride with the cog railway to Gubałowka | Coffee and pastry

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Transfer to the mountain range of the Low Beskids | WoodenChurch in Debno | Transfer to Tar-now

Transfer to provincial capital Kielce | Visit Kielce | Transfer to Warsaw | City walk in Warsaw

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Sightseeing tour through Warsaw | Inter alia | Royal Palace| St. John’s Cathedral | Old Town Market Square | Leisure time

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4. Belgium 43

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6. Poland 47

7. Italy 49

United Kingdom and France

The European capitals of WWII

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Arrival at Heathrow Airport in London | Transfer to hotel | Intro-duction tour | Welcome drink

Visit London’s Imperial War Mu-seum | Impressive exhibits of both World Wars

Transfer to Southsea | SHAEF HQ at Southwick house | D-Day Mu-seum | Transfer to London

Tour of Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms in London | Downtown London | Sightseeing tour on the Thames River | Free time

End of tour | Transfer to the air-port or train station

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Arrival to Paris airport or train station | Transfer to hotel | Time to get acclimated in the City of Lights

Free day in Paris to pursue per-sonal interests and ... of course, shopping | Optional: Seine River Cruise, with views of Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower

Guided tour | Visit Les Invalides | “Musée de l’Armée”, the military museum of the Army of France | “Musée d’Histoire Contempo-raine”

Visit Mémorial Leclerc | Jean Moulin Museum | Afternoon walk along the Champs Elysées | Charles de Gaulle Memorial | Fol-low the steps of the Parade for the Liberation


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Arrival to Brussels | Evening at lei-sure

Tour Brussels | Visit the Royal Museum of Army and Military History | Experience the Euro-pean Parliament | Visitors’ Cen-tre in Brussels | Discover in a re-freshingly new way more about the institution and the journey of the European integration

Transfer to the Ardennes region | Bastogne War Museum | Interac-tive tour | Visit Mardasson Monu-ment | Foxholes of Bois Jacques | Battle of the Bulge Museum | Transfer to Brussels

Transfer to Malmedy | La Gleize | Stavelot | Luxembourg American Cemetery | Resting place of Gene-ral George S. Patton | Transfer to Brussels


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Transfer from the airport or Cen-tral Station to hotel in Amster-dam

Visit to the Anne Frank House | Visit important sites and monu-ments dating back to the Nazi oc-cupation of Amsterdam and that episode in the Dutch capital’s long history

Visit the Resistance Museum | The Hollandsche Schouwburg (the deportation centre) |Leisure time to explore the city

Visit he Van Gogh Museum | Cruise the canal of Amsterdam for a unique experience in the “Venice of the North”


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Main cities visited: London, Hendon, Dover, Folkestone, Uxbridge, Bletchley, Cambridge, Duxford, Portsmouth

Battle of Britain Tour

Come to England on an 8-day tour to explore the fascinating war in the skies known as the Battle of Britain. After the fall of France in 1940 and their own dis-couraging defeat in Belgium and France, the United Kingdom regrouped, dug in and took to the air to defend their island nation against the Luftwaffe, causing Hitler to abandon his plans to invade the country. We visit sites such as 800-year-old Dover Castle, where the planning of Operation Dynamo took place, Bletchley Park, where the Enigma code was crac-ked, and Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms, as well as the Imperial War Museums in London and Duxford.

Main highlights of the tour• Imperial War Museum• Royal Air Force Museum - Hendon • Dover Castle• Bletchley Park• Cambridge American Cemetery• Imperial War Museum Duxford• SHAEF HQ at Southwick house• D-Day Museum Portsmouth• Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms

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Arrival at Heathrow Airport in London | Transfer to the hotel | In-troduction to the tour | Welcome drink

London’s Imperial War Museum | Travel to the Royal Air Force Mu-seum at Hendon

Battle of Britain Memorial at Ca-pel le Ferne on top of the White Cliffs of Dover and Folkestone| Vi-sit Dover Castle

No. 11 Group Operations Room and underground bunker at Ux-bridge | Travel to Bletchley Park

Cambridge American Cemetery | Imperial War Museum Duxford

Transfer to Southsea | SHAEF HQ at Southwick house | D-Day Mu-seum Portsmouth

Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms in London | Sightseeing in down-town London | Thames River tour | Free time to explore the city

Transfer to Heathrow Airport

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Main cities visited: Bromley, Chatham, Maidstone, Herne Bay, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone, Hythe, Westernham and more

Frontline Kent Tour

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Chislehurst Caves | Hidden laby-rinth | Hall Place & Gardens, Bex-ley | Gravesend Gold War Bunker

Historic Dockyard Chatham | Ro-yal Engineers Museum | Port Am-herst | Upnor Castle

Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum | Shepherd Neame Brewery | Kent Life | Ex-plore the Petroleum Warfare De-partment | Leeds Castle

Whitstable Museum and Gallery | Seaside Museum | Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum | RIB Request Boat Trip | Ramsgate Tunnels

Blitz gallery in Canterbury Her-itage Museum | Canterbury Ca-thedral | The Royal Hotel in Deal | Deal and Walmer Castles | Front-line Britain Trail on St Margarets-at-Cliff

Dover Castle | Dover Museum | Western Heights | WWII tunnels underneath the iconic White Cliffs of Dover

Guarding the shortest sea crossing to Europe, Kent has been on the frontline of England’s defence for centuries, and this role came to the fore in World War II.

The county played a crucial part in pi-votal episodes of World War Two (1939–1945): Dover, ‘Lock and Key of England’, was one of the most important military centres in Britain and tells a thrilling story of its crucial importance during WW2. The Battle of Britain (1940) that raged over Kent skies, the epic evacua-tion of Dunkirk (1940) and covert opera-tions to make the D-Day landings (1944) for the long-awaited invasion of Europe a success.

Tour for ten whole days on our exciting itinerary, or choose days out to suit your own time frame. You’ll find a compel-ling mix of daring missions and surpri-ses (what was Dumbo doing on Romney Marsh?), tales of ingenuity and heroic human spirit.

Main highlights of the tour• Royal Engineers Museum• Whitstable Museum and Gallery• Ramsgate Tunnels• Dover Castle• The Women’s Land Army Museum• Shoreham Aircraft Museum

The National Memorial to The Few at Capel-le-Ferne | The Wo-men’s Land Army Museum | Kent Battle of Britain Museum | Fol-kestone

Hop on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway | RHDR’s 1940s Museum | Dymchurch Martello Tower | Brenzett Aero-nautical Museum

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Penshurst Place & Gardens | Ton-bridge Castle | Chiddingstone Castle | Chartwell

Shoreham Aircraft Museum | Saint George’s Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance | Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar | Hart Dyke family’s Lullingstone Castle | The World Garden

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Main cities visited: Caen, Tilly sur Seulles, Maltot, Chambois, Calais

Normandy 1944: Beyond the beaches

This tour will look at operations of the Anglo-Canadian armies of 21st Army Group initially in trying to stop the Ger-man forces in the eastern bridgehead in order to support American breakout operations further west. We then follow their drive out of the bridgehead to join up with American forces. This led to the destruction of the German Army in Nor-mandy in what became known as the ‘Battle of the Falaise Pocket’. Both British 2nd Army and the Canadian 1st Army closely supported each other with many joint operations. For Canadians this will be an insight into the fortitude and resol-ve of their forces as they fought the best of the German Army.

Main highlights of the tour• Abbey of Saint Étienne• Tilly sur Seulles War Cemetery• Chateau La Londe• Mémorial de Caen• Banneville War Cemetery• Ford Moissy Hamlet• Mémorial de Montormel

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Arrival at Caen Station | Guided tour of Caen | Explore Castle, Ab-bey of Saint Étienne

Tour of Operation Perch | Tilly Sur Seulles | Tilly Sur Seulles War Cemetery | Point 214 | Villers Bocage | Tour of Operation EP-SOM | Manvieu War Cemetery | Tourmauville Bridge | Maltot

Tour of Operation Charnwood | Cambes (RUR) | Chateau La Londe | Tour of Operation Windsor | Transfer to Caen | Mémorial de Caen Museum | Tour of Opera-tion Goodwood | Butte De La Ho-gue viewpoint | Banneville War Cemetery | Cagny

Tour of Operation Totalise | Line of Departure for Operation Tota-lise | St. Aignan de Cramesnil | Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery | Tour of Operation Tractable | Hill 117 | St. Lambert | Ford Moissy hamlet | Chambois

Check out | Mémorial de Montor-mel | Transfer to Calais | Return to Caen | End of tour

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Main cities visited: Dieppe, Caen, Calvados, Courseulees-sur-Mer, Honfleur, Rouen

Canadians at War: Dieppe, Normandy & Falaise Pocket

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Arrive at Lille Europe station | Transfer to Dieppe | Check in | Transfer to Pourville | Green beach | The Esplanade | Royal Hamilton Light Infantry | Fusi-liers Mont-Royal | Royal Marine ‘A’ Commandos

Tour of Dieppe | Blue Beach | Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery | Act of Remembrance | Transfer to Calvados | Canadian Airborne memorial | Merville Battery | Pe-gasus Bridge | Pegasus Memorial Museum

Transfer to Courseulles-sur-Mer | Juno Beach | Green Beach | Juno Beach Centre | Red Beach | Trans-fer to Beny-sur-Mer | Canadian War Cemetery & Memorial | Bret-teville | Audrieu Chateau

Transfer to area of operations of 3rd Canadian Division | Brettevil-le-sur-Laize Canadian War Ceme-tery | Hill 117 | St Lambert | Moissy hamlet | Viewing platform at Hill 262 | Mémorial de Montor-mel | Transfer to Honfleur | Notre Dame de Grace

This tour tells the story of Canada’s invol-vement in two of the iconic operations of the Second World War – the Dieppe raid in 1942 and the Normandy campaign that began on D-Day 6th June 1944. For Cana-dians this will be an insight into the for-titude and resolve of their forces as they fought the best of the German Army. In Canada the Dieppe raid remains the most controversial action of World War II. Was it necessary or worth the sacrifice? On this tour you will be able to address these ques-tions and discover what happened on that violent August morning. The landings at Normandy and the subsequent breakout saw the Canadians forces involved in some of the toughest confrontations in WWII against a skilled and fanatical enemy. The Canadians got furthest inland than any other force on D-Day, 6th June, then took on some of the most difficult challenges in June and July after D-Day with their repu-tation for courage and skill enhanced by their considerable successes.

Main highlights of the tour• Pourville - Green Beach• Pegaus Bridge and Museum• Juno Beach• Beny-sur-Mer War Cemetery• Mémorial de Montormel• Historial Jeanne D’Arc museum

Free time | Transfer to Rouen | City walk | Hisorial Jeanne D’Arc museum | Return to Honfleur

Check out | Transfer to Touquet | Etaples Military Cemetery | Trans-fer to Eperlecques | Biggest WWII bunker in the north of France | Transfer to Lille | End of tour

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Main cities visited: Ypres, Diepe, Pourville, Caen, Arromanches, Sainte-Mère-Église, Paris

Follow the footsteps of the Canadians and Allied Forces

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Pick-up at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam | Transfer to Ypres

The Ypres Salient Battlefields | Tyncot War Cemetery | Canadian Forces near Ypres | John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields

The Battle of Vimy Rige | Cana-dian National Vimy Memorial | Newfoundland Memorial | Loch-nagar Crater

Wellington Caves | Atlantic Wall Museum with Todt Battery | Wimereux John McCrae gra-vestone

Interesting sites of Operation Ju-bilee near Dieppe

Dieppe | Interesting sites of Ope-ration Jubilee near Pourville

Merville Battery | Operation Pe-gasus and Pegasus Bridge | Sword Beach

Canadian landings Normandy | Juno Beach | Courseulles Cana-dian Museum | Beny-sur-Mer Ca-nadian War Cemetery | Ardenne Abbey massacre

This tour gives travellers the opportuni-ty to walk into the footsteps of the Cana-dian and Allied Forces and follow their path during First and Second World War. Starting from Amsterdam the tour leads us towards Ypres, Flanders Salient and the French city Dieppe where Operation Jubilee took place. Much time is invested to visit the many impressive historical sites alongside the Normandy coastline where many battles have been fought and heroes were created. Then we follow the Canadian and Allied Forces during their march into the Falaise Pocket and later the Liberation of Paris.

Main highlights of the tour• Tyne Cot War Cemetery• Canadian National Vimy Memorial• Battery Todt• Atlantic Wall Museum• Merville Battery• Pegasus Bridge• Normandy beaches• Pointe du Hoc Mémorial Museum Caen | Trans-

fer to Arromanches | Operation Overlord | German coastline de-fences Omaha Beach | Pointe du Hoc | Transfer to Sainte-Mère-Église | German Cemetery La Cambe

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Operation Totalize and the Falai-se Pocket | March to Paris

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BIKE TOUR: Caen, Merville-Franceville-Plage sur Mer, Quistreham, Arromanches, Bayeux, Colleville-sur-Mer

Normandy WWII Memorial Bike Tour

In Normandy, ‘artist’s paradise’, wonderful coastline, woodlands and countryside combine to make a fabulous bicycle vacation. Of course, Normandy is also well known for the WWII landing beaches used by the Allied armies. There is much to see and remember here of that time. This region of France is also renowned for its dairy products, and the gastronomical delights won’t disappoint. In addition to its cider and Calvados, Normandy produces the famous Camembert cheese. You’re certain to enjoy this countryside as you bicycle through the green pastures and seaside towns, discovering the history that has made this area so famous.

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Arrival in Caen | Check in | Free time | Recommended: Le Mémo-rial de Caen Museum | Bikes deli-vered to hotel

Option 1: 19 Miles / 30 KmOption 2: 31 Miles / 50 Km

Cycle to Merville-Franceville-Pla-ge sur Mer | Battery Museum | Cycle to Pegasus Bridge | Pegasus Memorial and museum | Cycle to Ouistreham | Sword Beach | At-lantic Wall Museum | Return to Caen

Option 1: 35 Miles / 57 Km

Cycle to Arromanches | Gold Beach | Arromanches 360 | D-Day Landing Museum | Cycle to Bay-eux | Beyeaux Tapestry | Musée de la Bataille de Normandy | Mé-morial du Général de Gaulle

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Main highlights of the tour• Pegasus Bridge• Atlantic Wall Museum• Mémorial du Général de Gaulle• US Military Cemetery• Pointe du Hoc• Arromanches 360

Option 1: 25 Miles / 40 KmOption 2: 44 Miles / 70 Km

Cycle around Bayeux | Colleville-sur-Mer | Omaha beach | US Mili-tary Cemetery | Pointe du Hoc

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Available bikes• Hybrid bike• Road bike• E-bike

Included• Helmet• Odometer• Spare tube/toolkit/patch kit/pump• Lock• 1 rear Pannier & 1 handlebar bag• Water bottle• Pedals: flat, cages or own

Tour offered by LRE Partner Discover France in France. Contact LRE if you are interested in a similar tour for your region.


HIKING TOUR: Caen, Merville-Franceville-Plage sur Mer, Quistreham, Arromanches, Bayeux, Colleville-sur-Mer

Normandy Hiking Tour

The area of this hiking tour - Normandy - is a perfect place for relaxing and exploring! You will hike along a lot of memorials, museums, sites, cemeteries and places of historical inte-rest. Also you will walk through villages and hamlets, parks and gardens and will discover stately residences, manor houses and fortified chateaux. You will visit the WWII Norman-dy landing beaches and there are various associated locations such as the war cemeteries and museums explaining the history of the ‘debarquement’ as it is known in France. Don’t forget to relish the fabulous gastronomy of this area; Normandy is well known for its su-perb gastronomy, using its signature apples in many regional dishes.

Tour day-by-dayArrival in Caen | Check in | Free time | Recommended: Le Mémo-rial de Caen Museum |


Taxi transfer to the Battery Muse-um of Merville-Franceville Plage sur Mer | Follow local GR trail al-ong Orne River | Sword Beach | Pe-gasus Bridge | Pegasus Memorial | Quistreham | Atlantic Wall Mu-seum | Taxi transfer back to hotel


Arromanches 360 Theatre | D-Day Landing Museum | Arromaches-les-Baines | Longues sur Mer bat-tery | Omaha Beach | Gold Beach | Port-en Bessin | Taxi transfer to Bayeux | Bayeux

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Main highlights of the tour• Normandy landing beaches• Pegasus Bridge• Atlantic Wall Museum• Mémorial du General de Gaulle• Musée de la Bataille de Normandy• US Military Cemetery

Tapestry | Musée de la Bataille de Normandy | Mémorial du Géné-ral de Gaulle


Colleville-sur-Mer | Omaha Beach | US Military Cemetery | Les Mou-lins | Museum of Vierville-sur-Mer |Return to Bayeux

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Main cities visited: Ypres, Brussels, St. Vith, Bastogne, Lille

Battle of the Bulge Tour

The young German paratrooper grin-ned at his platoon commander “Auf wiedersehen, Herr Leutnant, sehe dich in Amerika” In mid-December it looked as if the young paratrooper was almost right. A battle that was a turning point in the war is the focus of this exciting tour. Join us as we visit a battleground spectacular with wooded mountains and ancient buildings. Our tour will examine a battle with both human and historical interest – it was the greatest pitched battle ever fought by the Ame-ricans.The Ardennes that initially appeared to have the makings of a German victory became a costly defeat and by the close of the fighting the Germans had lost about 100,000 men – the Americans 19,000 killed and 47,000 wounded and the British 10,000.

Main highlights of the tour• Menin Gate Cemetery• Royal Army Museum• Poteau Ardennes 44 Museum• Museum La Gleize• Hotton War Cemetery• Museum of Battle of the Ardennes

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Arrival at Lille Europe station | Transfer to Ypres | Free time or tour in Ypres | Walk to Menin Gate | Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate | Transfer to hotel

Transfer to Brussels | City tour | Royal Army Museum | Transfer to the Ardennes area

Transfer to St. Vith area | Poteau Ardennes 44 Museum | Follow the ‘Peiper’ trail to La Gleize | Visit museum in La Gleize

Learn about operation sin Bas-toge area, particularly 101st (US) Airborne Division | Lunch in Bas-togne | Visit area of British coun-ter attacks in La Roche-en-Arden-ne area

Check out | Visit the locations of the Allied counter attacks, fo-cussing on British involvement | Hotton War Cemetery | Act of Re-membrance | Museum of Battle of Ardennes at La Roche | Depart for Lille | End of tour

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Main cities visited: Munich, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Berlin

The Third Reich Tour

On this 11-day tour, we trace the political, economic and ideological reasons behind Hitler’s rise to power, visiting places where he rallied followers, held diplomatic mee-tings, commanded armies and finally met his demise. Nuremberg, one-time capital of the Holy Roman Empire, and the Han-seatic city of Hamburg provide the histo-rical and cultural context for understan-ding the events that led to the outbreak of WWII, while the scenic mountain resort of Berchtesgaden offers a glimpse into the opulent life of NSDAP officials. We trace the past in the historic buildings of Mu-nich, and in the ruins of grandeur and propaganda set in stone at the Party Rally Grounds. We finish our journey with visits to iconic pre-war, Nazi and Communist si-tes in the lively European city of Berlin.

Main highlights of the tour• Dachau Concentration Camp• Eagle’s Nest • Nazi Rally Grounds of Nuremberg• Munster Panzer Museum• Port city of Hamburg• House of the Wannsee Conference• German-Russian Museum• Reichstag• Brandenburg Gate• Checkpoint Charlie• Berlin Wall

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Pick-up at the airport in Munich | Introductions over a welcome drink

Dachau Concentration Camp | Third Reich Tour of Munich


Travel to Nuremberg | Nazi Rally Grounds

Palace of Justice | Walking tour of Nuremberg

Travel to Munster | Panzer Muse-um | Port city of Hamburg

St. Nicolai Church | Hamburg Harbor | Flak tower | Free time

Arrive in Berlin | House of the Wannsee Conference | 1936 Olympic Stadium

German-Russian Museum | Reichstag | Brandenburg Gate

Checkpoint Charlie | Berlin Wall |Treptower Park | Free time

Drop-off at Berlin airport

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BIKE TOUR: Aachen, Hürtgen Forest, Monschau, St. Vith, Troisvierges, Ettelbrück, Schengen

“Crossing the western German borders“ Rureifel Bike Tour

The German region “Eifel” is located at the German western boarder and used to be known as the poorhouse of the Prussian Rhineland. For both these reasons a railway (`Vennbahn`) system was established, starting in 1882. In the following decades the railroad became important for the population and the coal and ore industry but was also used militarily. Alongside two wars the changing borders exert a major influence on its development. The former railway is the heart of the tour. It starts in Aachen and the border triangle that is situated there. While crossing the border many times the tour will lead to Schengen. In Schengen another border triangle is introduced. The World Wars will be the main topic of the tour. The history will be explained for example in city tours, by visiting bunkers or even in literary excursions. It is therefore the major objective of the tour to point out that free-dom did not come without war.

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Aachen | History of the border tri-angle | The “dragon teeth” at the “Siegfried line” | Raeren train sta-tion | Hürtgen Forest

Hürtgen Forest | Using the his-toric-literary hiking trails (“Sieg-fried-Line-Trail“, “Kall-Trail“ and “Ochsenkopf-Trail“) | Explaining the “Battle of the Hürtgen Forest” and its processing on the histo-ric-literary hiking trails | Guided city tour in Monschau | Vennbahn

Cycling towards St. Vith | The situ-ation at the border in Kalterher-berg – Küchelscheid | The history of the village of Sourbrodt | Mili-tary relevance of the old viaduct in Born | Excursion:

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Main highlights of the tour• Dragon Teeth - Siegfried line• Kall Trail• Ochsenkopf Trail• Old viaduct in Born• Museum Old Train Station• Lecture• Museum of Europe

City tour with the focus on the Vennbahn and the destruction during the “Battle of the Bulge” in the Second World War | Mu-seum Old Train Station

Cycling towards Troisvierges/Uff-lingen and Luxembourg | Lecture: “Winterspelt” by Alfred Andresch | Train transfer from Troisvierges to Ettelbrück | City tour: The his-tory of Luxembourg and its me-aning for Europe

Cycling towards Schengen | The future of the old railroad between Ellange and Remich | Museum of Europe in Schengen | Bus or train transfer

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BIKE TOUR: Aachen, Jülich, Linnich, Roermond, Gennep, Groesbeek, Nijmegen, Arnhem

„Rivers at the borders, Aachen and Arnhem“ Hürtgen Bike Tour

In October 1944 Aachen was the first big German city that was liberated by the American forces. The “Battle of the Hürtgen Forest” stopped the allied advance for several months. Several German and Dutch cities were damaged or destroyed. Today all of these cities are reconstructed and invite tourist to come and visit. During a cycling tour one can experience the beauty alongside the rivers that combine them. But also the scars of the war are still visible in the countryside and a lot of places still comme-morate these terrible times.

Main highlights of the tour• Lectures• Synagogue of Linnich• Christoffel Cathedral• Memorial of deportation• Movie: A Bridge too Far• National Liberation Museum 1944-1945• Memorial “De Vlieger”

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Start: Aachen central station | Ex-cursion: Indemann lookout and the local opencast mining | Ex-cursion: Lecture about The bom-bardment of the city of Düren | Visiting Jülich: Lecture about the destruction of the city on 16 No-vember 44

Following the Rur river to Linnich | The Synagogue of Linnich | Cyclnig towards Roermond (NL) | Guided city tour in Roermond: Christoffel-Cathedral, Munster-plein, Memorial for the women who rebuild the city

Visit the memorial for the depor-tation of 3000 boys and men on 30 December 1944 | Cycling to-wards the northern city , taking the ferry over the Maas |Listening to audio spots | Cycling towards Gennep | Mosaikplein | Excursion

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in Gennep | Museum of the city | Watching and discussing „A bridge too far“

Cycling towards Groesbeek | Na-tional Liberation Museum 1944-1945 | Canadian War Cemetery | Visiting the grave of “Big Canoe“ | Valkhofpark | Lecture about the “Battle for Nijmegen” | Guided tour through the city center | Lis-tening to audio spots

Trip to the “Lightscrossing”-bridge | Lecture: A memorial bridge commemorating 20 Sep-tember 1944 | Cycling towards Elst | Memorial “De vlieger“ | Arn-hem | Eusebiuskerk | City tour in Arnhem | Excursion: “Bridge at Arnhem” and its museum | “One Bridge too far” | Back to Aachen by Bus

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Krakow - Auschwitz Tour

Join us on a tour to Krakow and the heart of Hitler’s reign of terror - Ausch-witz. There are few names that stand for the horror of the Nazi reign over Europe quite like that of Auschwitz. A death camp cannot tell the true na-ture of a place that turned killing into a mechanized process, humans into a raw material and murder into a factory system. The attempted genocide of Jews, Gypsies and other demonized groups is one which we all still find hard to ex-plain. How did a rational intelligent na-tion like the Germans allow themselves to get into a position where this could take place? How did a man take part in what went on here by day and go home to play with his children in the evening? How did the camp function and eventu-ally fall? How did you survive this place? What do we learn about ourselves when we visit this place? This is a special tour not to be missed as we tell an incredi-ble story about a time and place – and more than one nation.

Main highlights of the tour• Auschwitz-Birkenau• Schindler’s Factory• Podgorze Ghetto• Remuh Synagogue• Galicia Jewish Museum

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Arrival in Krakow | Walking tour of city centre

Transfer to Auschwitz | Guided tour of Auschwitz and Birkenau | Return to Krakow | Free time for reflection

Tour of Jewish Krakow | Schind-ler’s factory | Płazsow Camp | Pod-gorze Ghetto | Kazimierz | High Synagogue | Remuh Synagogue & Cemetery | Galicia Jewish Mu-seum | Locations in which Schind-ler’s List was filmed

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Main cities visited: Krakow, Auschwitz

Main cities visited: Cracow, Oswiecim, Lublin, Warsaw, Treblinka, Vicinity, Sztutowo, Gdansk

WWII Poland Tour

Main highlights of the tour• Auschwitz Birkenau• Concentration camp Majdanek• Warsaw Uprising Museum• The Pawiak• Museum of the History of Polish Jews• Wolf’s Lair• Former concentration camp Stutthof• Westerplatte Peninsula• Museum of Coastal Defence

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Transfer to Sztutowo | Visit for-mer concentration camp Stut-thof | Transfer to Gdansk | Wal-king tour around the city | European Solidarity Centre

Westerplatte Peninsula | The Po-lish Post Museum building

Transfer to Hel Peninsula | Mu-seum of Coastal Defence

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The Memorial Route of Jewish Martyrdom and Struggle | Muse-um of the History of Polish Jews | Ghetto Heroes Monument | For-mer Jewish district ( Northern District) | Katyn Museum | Me-morial for Katyn Massacre | Wal-king tour in the Old City

Transfer to Treblinka | Visit a for-mer extermination camp ( se-cond biggest after Auschwitz) | Transfer to Mazurian Forests | Wolf’s Lair (HQ of Adolf Hitler) | Transfer to Vicinity

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Walking tour in Cracow | Trans-fer to Oswiecim | Auschwitz Bir-kenau | Back to Cracow

Transfer to Lublin | Walking tour in the city | Concentration camp Majdanek

Transfer to Warsaw | Sightseeing tour | Warsaw Uprising Museum | Umschlagplatz Monument | Deportation square | Warsaw Uprising Monument | the Pawi-ak – former prison in occupied Warsaw

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Main cities visited: Catania, Pompeii, Cassino, Anzio, Rome

The Italy Campaign

Visitors exploring Italy’s World War II his-tory, need expert knowledge and guidance as they encounter sites where the memory of the Fascist Era has been muted, a dark period best forgotten. Unlike Normandy, the Italian beaches are not dotted with monuments to the invading forces. Our Italian Campaign Tour provides a unique balance of Roman, Renaissance and 20th Century history. Join our 11-day journey to the highlights of this legacy, through Catania, Paestum, and Monte Cassino. This tour ends in Rome, site of Mussolini’s coup d’etat. Along the way you will visit the ancient city of Pompeii, the histori-cally preserved village San Pietro Infine and landing beaches of Anzio and Nettu-no, taking in the Italian countryside and enjoying amenities of one of the world’s most tasteful countries.

Main highlights of the tour• Commonwealth War Cemetery Catania• German war mausoleum Motta St. Anastasia• Abbey of Monte Cassino• San Pietro Infine• Sicily-Rome American Cemetery• Mussolini’s Balcony

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Piana delle Orme Museum | Transfer to Anzio and Nettuno (amphibious landing of Opera-tion Shingle) | Stop at the beach of the Allied Landing | Transfer to Rome

Rome tour: in the footsteps of Mussolini | Liberation Museum, located in the former local Ges-tapo Headquarters | Mussolini’s Balcony | Other World War II rela-ted sites

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial | Vatican Museum | St Peter’s Basilica.

Coliseum | Free time

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Arrival at Passengers Catania Air-port in Sicily | Transfer to hotel | Free time | Welcome drink and presentation of the tour program

Landing sites from Gela to Licata | Visit the memorial dedicated to the 82nd Airborne close to the Ponte Dirillo Bridge | Valley of Temples in Agrigento

Historical Museum of the Lan-dings in Catania | Walking tour in the Baroque city center | Com-monwealth War Cemetery just outside of Catania with a view of Mount Etna, the highest ac-tive volcano in Europe | Valley of Motta St. Anastasia | German war mausoleum

Travel to Paestum with frequent stops on the way: a ferry crossing through the Strait of Messina to mainland Italy (German evacua-tion) | Sites in the Paestum area related to the Salerno landings

Transfer to and visit Pompeii | Transfer to Cassino

Visit Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino | San Pietro InfineTour offered by LRE Partner Beyond Band of

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BORGO A MOZZANO: HISTORY AND NATURE

Main highlights of the tour• Museum of Memory• The antitank wall of the Gothic Line • Colle delle Coste• Villa Cateruglio

Half day Tour

Meet the guide at the museum, Museum of Memory, in Borgo a Mozzano and visit the museum. Visit the two low-lying bun-kers built to defend the antitank wall of the Gothic Line at Borgo a Mozzano. To defend their front, the Germans constructed two large, deep bunkers excavating them in the rock. Both were more than thirty meters in length and two stories high. The soldiers used them as observation posts, ready to defend the antitank wall of the Gothic Line with cannons and machine guns. - Leave the bunkers and walk along the trails and mule tracks that lead up to the strate-gic positions of the Colle delle Coste. This spectacular trail takes about one and a half hours to walk. It is set among woods of beech, hazelnut, oak, and chestnut trees, typical of the Serchio River Valley. The posi-tions are located along the ridge of the

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This excursion includes a visit to the Mu-seum of Memory, a ten-minute walk to the first communication trench on the Lodovica road and the ascent to the Col-le delle Coste to visit recently discovered trenches and bunkers.

Main cities visited• Borgo a Mozzano

Main highlights of the tour• Museum of Memory• Low-lying bunkers • The antitank wall of the Gothic Line• Bunker located below the church on the Colle of Anchiano

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Meet the guide at the museum, Museum of Memory, in Borgo a Mozzano and visit the museum. Visit the two low-lying bun-kers built to defend the antitank wall of the Gothic Line at Borgo a Mozzano. To defend their front, the Germans constructed two large, deep bunkers excavating them in the rock. Both were more than thirty meters in length and two stories high. The soldiers used them as observation posts, ready to defend the antitank wall of the Gothic Line

The guided tour includes the discove-ring of the three large defense bunkers of the antitank wall of the Gothic Line and the visit to the Museum of Memory.

Main cities visited• Borgo a Mozzano • Anchiano

THE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE GOTHIC LINE AT BORGO A MOZZANO AND ANCHIANO

mountain and have been recently opened. It is the first time they have been made acces-sible since 1945. From these three bunkers, there is a splendid panorama of the entire valley extending to the town and country-side of Lucca, the countryside of Pisa, the Versilia coast and sea, and the Apuan Alps. These sites were strategic positions that controlled the line and stopped the trains and the advance of the Allies who had pe-netrated the valley and had begun to move forward toward the Gothic Line at the be-ginning of September. The walk continues through the woods of the Villa of Cature-glio, the 17th century summer residence of the Mansi family that housed a number of SS officers during the war.

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Visit the fortifications located below the church on the Colle of Anchiano. An incre-dible fortification that extends for many meters into the hill below the church of the medieval hamlet of Anchiano. To defend the left side of the river and the Gothic Line, the Todt Organization had an extraordina-ry fortification for cannons, machine guns, and observation posts constructed.

CITY OF LUCCA AND THE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE GOTHIC LINE AT BORGO A MOZZANO

Main cities visited• Lucca• Borgo a Mozzano• Anchiano

Main highlights of the tour• PIA CASA • Don Aldo Mei – Memorial• House of the Oblati • Piazza Napoleone• Real Collegio• Museum of Memory

One day tour

Morning Lucca

The walking/bike guided tour has been conceived to discover the city of Lucca with some stop overs in crucial points of the city during the Second World War.

Lunch in Lucca

Afternoon departure for Borgo a Mozzano (20 km north of Lucca) to visit the fortifica-tions of the GOTHIC LINE in Borgo a Moz-zano and Anchiano. Some fortifications are quite unique with varying characteris-tics and are all in good condition since the Gothic Line is almost totally intact in this area. The antitank wall that demarcated the front, the galleries, bunkers, and gun emplacements, all perfectly conserved and easily accessible, and are excavated in the rock.

Tours offered by LRE partner Turislucca in Italy


Visit the town sites that had a major role during the German occupation and at the moment of the liberation of Lucca by the Allies and the fortifications of the Gothic Line at Borgo a Mozzano that de-fined the destinies of Lucca and its area.

Main highlights of the tour• San Frediano Church • Piazza San Rocco • World War II monument near Piazza San Rocco

One day tour

Morning – Barga

Meet the guide outside the Porta Reale at Barga. Visit the splendid medieval village of Barga, site of the German, American, and Brazilian armies’ occupation and conquest. Barga was an important point, symbolical-ly and strategically, in the geopolitics of the upper Serchio River Valley.

Lunch in Barga

Afternoon – Sommocolonia

Visit the historic hilltop hamlet of Sommo-colonia, only 10 km away from Barga. The medieval village is located in a magnifi-cent panoramic position with views of the surrounding valley. On 26 December 1944 during a German counter offensive, the vil-lage became the stage of one of the most significant war battles in the territory of

The guided tour will lead to the discove-ry of the village of Barga and the hamlet of Sommocolonia, the latter became the stage of one of the most significant war battles in the territory of Lucca.

Main cities visited• Località Sommocolonia e Barga

BARGA AND SOMMOCOLONIA

Lucca. In addition to numerous civilian ca-sualties, hundreds of soldiers perished. The Battle of Sommocolonia is historically nick-named the “Christmas Battle” and through this battle, the Germans were able to stop the advance of the Allies for the entire win-ter. Nowadays it is possible to visit, all over the village, the most significant places of the battle and a little museum, formally known as the “Hall of Memory”.

Educational & school tripsLiberation Route Europe

1. London and WWII 53

2. Normandy, Memory of WWII 53

3. WWII in the Ardennes region 54

4. WWII in Luxembourg 54

5. The battle of Arnhem 55

6. Berlin, WWII Remembrance 55

7. Berlin and Cracow: a page of history 56

8. Gdańsk and the site of the first WWII casualties 56

London and WWII

Main highlights of the tour• Dover Castle• Imperial War Museum• Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms• Royal Air Force Museum - Hendon

Tour day-by-day

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Crossing of the Channel with theshuttle | Visit of Dover castle andits secret tunnels | Transfer to London where you will stay with a host family

Guided visit of London | Visit of the HMS Belfast

Visit of Churchill Cabinet War Rooms with an audio-guide | Visit of Royal Air Force Museum

Visit of the Imperial War Museum| Departure from London forthe crossing of the Eurotunnel

Tours offered by LRE partner Envol Espace in France. Contact LRE if you are interested in a similar tour for your region.


This journey will allow your students todiscover the events and striking placesof the Second World War which led to operation “ Overlord “ on June 6th, 1944.

Main cities visited• Dover • London

Main highlights of the tour• Mémorial de Caen• Landing museum of Arromanches• Pointe du Hoc• Normandy American Cemetery• Arromanches-les-Bains

Tour day-by-day

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Arrival in Normandy | Visit the Memorial of Caen.

Visit of the D-Day museum of Arromanches | Excursion on the D-Day beaches with a guide | American cemetery of Colleville, | Omaha Beach | German cemetery of La Cambe

Visit of the Juno Beach Centre | Visit the landing museum of Utah Beach

Guided tour of Caen: on the tracks of the liberators of the city, share memories of life here in June and July, 1944

On June 6th, 1944, Normandy was the theater of the landing of the Allied For-ces and the beginning of the liberation of Europer: visit the Caen Memorial for Peace and the D-Day beaches.

Main cities visited• Caen • Arromanches• Colleville sur mer • Courseulles • Sainte Marie du Mont

Normandy, Memory of WWII

WWII in the Ardennes region

Main highlights of the tour• Mardasson Monument• Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial• Bastogne Barracks• Bastogne War Museum

Tour day-by-day

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Travel to the Ardennes région and Bastogne | On the way stop and visit Henri-chapelle American Ce-metery and Memorial | Visit the new Bastogne War Museum

Explore war sites in the Bastogne area | Nuts Cave | The Mardasson monument | The foxholes of the Bois Jacques | Rhe town of Foy

Visit the Bastogne Barracks and the Museum of the Battle of the Bulge in La Roche des Ardennes



This program will allow your students to understand Hitler’s last big push to set-back the allied forces.

Main cities visited• Bastogne • La Roche• Ardennes

Main highlights of the tour• Luxembourg American Cemetery• Diekirch National Military History Museum• General Patton Museum

Tour day-by-day

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Arrival to the Luxembourg | Visit the Luxembourg Museum of History

Walking tour of Luxembourg city to discover the commémorative sites of WWII | Guided visit of Luxembourg American Cemetery | Visit the General Patton Muse-um | Free time

Departure to explore the Diekirch National Military Museum of Luxembourg

This program will allow your students to relive the World War 2 events in the Grand Duke of Luxembourg by visiting sites and museums who bare witness to this chapter of the country’s history.

Main cities visited• Luxembourg-city • Ettelbruck• Diekirch

WWII in Luxembourg

The battle of Arnhem

Main highlights of the tour• Camp Vught National Memorial• Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’• Oosterbeek War Cemetery• National Liberation Museum 1944-1945

Tour day-by-day

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Arrival to Vught | Visit of the Me-morial Centre and the rebuilt barrack which shows how the prisoners lived

Depart from Arnhem | Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’ | Schoon-oord Cross-Roads, | Oosterbeek Airbone Cemetery | Follow the route taken by John Frost into the famous « Bridge Too Far » | Stop en route at the Tafelberg Hotel

Depart to Groesbeek | National Liberation Museum and battle-fields. | Take a break in Nijmegen | Visiting the bridge



This program will allow the students to understand the Battle of Market Garden and why the defeat was inevitable.These historic places immortalize for ever our duty of remember.

Main cities visited• Vught • Arnhem• Groesbeek • Oosterbeek

Main highlights of the tour• Allied Museum Berlin• German-Russian Museum Karlshorst• Reichstag

Tour day-by-day

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Jewish Museum | Topography of terror | Selfguided visit of the ho-locaust memorial

Self guided visit of the Soviet me-morial in the Treptower park | Al-lied Museum | Guided visit of the house where the Wannsee confe-rence took place

Sachsenhausen camp | Ravens-brück camp

Visit of the Silent heroes muse-um | Otto Weidt museum | Resis-tance museum

Visit German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst | Gedächntnis-kirche

This program “Berlin, remembrance” focuses on the role of the Nazi regime during the second world war, from the holocaust development and its elabora-tion in Wannsee, to its concrete applica-tion with the deportation to the concen-tration camps.

Main cities visited• Berlin • Oranienburg

Berlin, WWII Remembrance

Berlin and Krakow: a page of history

Main highlights of the tour• Checkpoint Charlie• German-Russian Museum Karlshorst• Auschwitz-Birkenau• Schindler’s factory

Tour day-by-day

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Arrival in Berlin | Postdammer Platz | Visit of the resistance mu-seum | Walk in the old Jewish Quarter | Guided tour of the Je-wish museum | Visit of the muse-um of the wall “Haus am check-point Charlie”

Visit of the Allied Museum | Pa-noramic bus tour: the Branden-burg Gate, passage in front of Reischtag, avenue of Lime trees, Ku’ Damm | Visit the DDR mu-seum | Visit the German-Russian Museum

Departure to Cracow



Discover the daily life in Berlin and Cra-cow during the second World War and the particular fate intented to Jews. Furthermore, daily life in the Cold War and the involment of allied from 1945 to 1994 will be discovered.

Main cities visited• Berlin • Karlshorst• Cracow• Wiebliczka

Main highlights of the tour• Westerplatte • European Solidarity Centre

Tour day-by-day

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Arrival in Poland | Transfer to ac-commodation Visit Gdańsk | Walking tour through the Old Town | Visit the European Solidarity Centre | Vi-sit of the Museum of The Second World War Tour on the road to freedom |Visit Westerplatte and learn about the defense of the Polish Military Transit Depot assaulted by German soldiers and where the first battle of WWII was fought.

End of tour

A program that leads your students to where second World War and started first. Daily life during the war in Eastern Europe will be explained, leading to post war Poland, the creation of the Soli-darnosc Union and the fall of the Berlin.

Main cities visited• Gdańsk • Westerplatte

Gdańsk and the site of the first WWII casualties

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Guided tour of the old town and of the hill of Wawel | Guided walk through the old Jewish district Kazimierz

Visit Auschwitz | Visit salt mines of Wieliczka

Visit of the district Podgorze | Ex-hibition in the old factory Schind-ler | Free time | Return journey

Site SuggestionsLiberation Route Europe

1. United Kingdom 58

2. France 61

3. Belgium 69

4. Luxembourg 74

5. The Netherlands 76

6. Germany 87

7. Poland 91

8. Italy 94

United Kingdom

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Historical introduction

Britain played a key role in the resistance against Germany and its final defeat. After the defeat of France in 1940 Britain was left to face Nazi Germany on its own until the United States and the Soviet Union entered the war. British forces fought on almost all fronts while the civilian population endured attacks by the German Air Force and later by the V-weapons. In 1944 Britain also became the staging ground for the Allied invasion of Wes-tern Europe.

Kent

In 1944 Britain became the staging area for the Allied invasion of Europe. To ensure the success of the invasion large scale deceptions were set up to trick the Nazi’s into believing the main landings would in take place at Calais instead of Normandy. In Kent an entire fictional Army Group was set up to achieve this goal. This deception was so successful that even after the landings in Normandy the German Army kept strong forces in Calais in anticipation of another Allied attack.

Hampshire

During the Second World War the county of Hampshire was home to several military and naval bases. The ports at Southampton and Portsmouth were important locations for the preparation and execution of the D-Day landings. During the war both these cities were bombed by the Luftwaffe. Furthermore Hampshire was an important location for the production of the iconic Spitfire airplane which was designed and constructed here alongside other aircraft.

London

London played an important role in nearly every aspect of the Second World War. The city was host to several governments in exile after the Nazi conquest of Europe and was an important centre for the planning of the Allied war efforts. London was bombed during the Blitz and later on during the war it was hit by V1 and V2 rockets. Despite these at-tacks the population of London remained defiant until the victory over Nazi-Germany was achieved.

Portsmouth

Because of its location and its large port facilities Portsmouth gained a large military importance during the last stages of the Second World War. It was for the same reasons that the city also was an obvious target for the German Luftwaffe who bombed the city on multiple occasions. Hundreds of civilians died during these attacks and the city was badly damaged. In 1944 Portsmouth became one of the main embarkation points for the D-Day landings and the site of the headquarters of the supreme Allied commander Eisenhower.

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Kent London

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Museum

Dover Castle

At the first phase of the Second World War, the tunnels of Dover Castle housed the command centre of the great evacu-ation of Dunkerque (Operation Dynamo). Later, Dover Castle and the surrounding area were also used as the notional cen-tre of the fictitious 1st U.S. Army Group (FUSAG). From here misleading radio sig-nals were broadcast as part of Operation Fortitude South.

Opening hoursOpening times vary, please see website for more details.

PricingAdults £17.50Children (5-15 years) £10.50Concessions £15.80Family £45.50

www.english-heritage.org.uk

Castle Hill | Dover, Kent | CT16 1HU +44 (0)1304 211067

London

United Kingdom


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Imperial War Museum

To mark the Centenary of the First World War, IWM London has opened ground-breaking new First World War Galleries as well as revealing the new, reconfi-gured Atrium with its large object dis-plays. WM London has three new shops with bespoke gifts and souvenirs, a new museum café run by Peyton and Byrne which opens out onto the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, as well as new and improved visitor facilities.

Opening hoursOpen daily from 10 AM - 6 PMClosed from 24-26 December

PricingFree admission

www.iwm.org.uk

Lambeth Rd | London | SE1 6HZ+44 (0)20 7416 5000

Museum

Winston Churchill War Rooms

The museum comprises the Cabinet War Rooms, a historic underground complex that housed a British government com-mand centre throughout the Second World War, and the Churchill Museum, a biograp-hical museum exploring the life of British statesman Winston Churchill.

Construction of the Cabinet War Rooms, located beneath the Treasury building in the Whitehall area of Westminster, began in 1938. They became operational in August 1939, shortly before the outbreak of war in Europe.

They remained in operation throughout the Second World War, before being aban-doned in August 1945 after the surrender of Japan.

King Charles Street | London | SW1A 2AQ +44 (0)20 7930 6961

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Opening hoursOpen daily from 9.30 AM - 6 PMClosed from 24-26 December

PricingAdults £17.25 Children £8.60 (5-15, under 5’s free)Family ticket £30.201 adult / 2 childrenFamily ticket £45,302 adults / up to 3 childrenConcessions £13.80Senior / student / disabled

Groups of ten people or more benefit from a reduction on our admission price.

All groups must pay in a single transaction.

www.iwm.org.uk

Hampshire

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Museum

D-day Museum

Portsmouth’s D-Day Museum is Britain’s only museum dedicated solely to cove-ring all aspects of the D-Day landings in Normandy, 6 June 1944. Experience the world’s largest ever seaborne inva-sion. Features the 83m (272ft) ‘Overlord Em-broidery’ which tells the story of the Normandy landings, audio-visual pre-sentation, military equipment and me-morabilia, vehicles and personal memo-ries.

Opening hoursApril - September 10 AM - 5.30 PMOctober - March 10 AM - 5.00 PMClosed from 24-26 December

PricingAdults £6.80Children (0-17 years)/Student £4.70Senior 60+ £5.80

www.ddaymuseum.co.uk

Clarence Esplanade | Southsea | PO5 3NT +44 (0)23 9282 6722

Museum

Royal Navy Submarine Museum

For an amazing experience on your ra-dar! Go onboard the surviving WW2 era submarine, HMS Alliance at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and meet a submariner to hear his stories.

Opening hoursApril - October 10 AM -5.30 PMNovember - March 10 AM - 4.30 PMClosed on Monday and Tuesday

PricingAdults £14.00Children (5-15 years) / Students £10Family £38

www.submarine-museum.org.uk

Haslar Jetty Road | Gosport | PO12 2AS +44 (0)23 9251 0354


Royal Marines MuseumEastney Esplanade | Southsea | PO4 9 PX +44 (0)23 9281 9385www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk

Royal Signals MuseumBlandford Camp | Dorset | DT11 8 RH +44 (0)1258 482 248www.royalsignalsmuseum.com

The Tank MuseumBovington | Dorset | BH20 6JG +44 (0)1929 405 096www.tankmuseum.org

Royal Victoria Country ParkNetley | Southhampton | SO31 5GA +44 (0)23 8045 5157www.hants.gov.uk/rvcp

Museum of Army FlyingMiddle Wallop | Stockbridge | SO20 8DY +44 (0)1264 784 421www.armyflying.com

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Solent Sky Aviation Museum

The full story of aviation in Hampshire. Climb aboard the huge Sandringham Flying Boat, mingle with Spitfires and air-craft from many other companies. Hund-reds of paintings, models and engines to make it an exciting family visit.

Opening hoursTuesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PMSunday 12 PM - 5 PMClosed on Mondays

PricingAdults £6.50Children £4.50Family £17.50

www.solentskymuseum.org

Albert Road South | Southhampton | SO14 3FR+44 (0)23 8063 5830

© Geni

France

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In 1940 Nazi Germany invaded and occupied France. This marked the beginning of four years of oppression in which a large part of the Jewish population was deported. In June 1944 the Allied invasion of Western Europe began and one of the largest battles of the war was fought in Normandy. During these fights tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians lost their lives. France emerged from the war as one of the major powers and played an important role in the shaping of post war Europe.

Normandy

On the 6th of June 1944 one of the largest fleets ever assembled crossed the English chan-nel towards France: the Allied invasion of Europe had begun. After the storming and cap-turing of the beaches a fierce battle broke out that was to last for two months. In some of the heaviest fighting of the war many soldiers and civilians lost their lives and the Normandy countryside was left completely devastated.

Paris

After the Allied forces broke out of Normandy they headed north in pursuit of the retre-ating German army. Paris was not a priority for the Allies since they did not want to risk damaging the city. This changed when the Parisians started a revolt on the 19th of August 1944. The Allies quickly send the French and American forces to liberate the city. The first units reached Paris on the 24th. The next day French and American soldiers were welco-med by the Parisians.

Liberation of Paris

D-Day

D-Day


Omaha Beach

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Gold Beach

France

Museum

D-Day Museum

On June 8th 1944 the first Phoenix con-crete caissons were submerged at sea to form a breakwater. Less than a week later unloading could begin. In 100 days220.000 soldiers, 530.000 tonnes of sup-plies and 39.000 vehicles were unloaded at “Port Winston”. Built on the very site of the British artificial port, the museum tells the history of the incredible challen-ge that the construction and running of this port represented, a key element in the Allied victory in Normandy.

Opening hoursFree acces all year roundGuided tours:April-June, Sept, Oct: weekendsJuly and August: daily

Pricing Adults: €5,00Children (11-17 years) €3,00

www.musee-arromanches.fr

Place du Six Juin 1944, 14117 Arromanches +33 (0)2 3151 6200

Point of Interest

360 Circular Cinema

The Arromanches 360, unique in France, it plunges spectators into the heart of the Battle of Normandy: projected on nine screens previously unreleased archive pictures retrace 100 days of terrible figh-ting. This 19 minute long film recounts the “100 Days of the Battle of Normandy” and tells about the terrible suffering of the civilians in Lower Normandy whose towns and villages were flattened by Al-lied bombs.

Opening hoursJanuary - May 10.10 AM - 5.10 / 6.10 PMJune - August 9.40 AM -6.40 PMSept - Dec 10.10 AM - 5.40 / 5.10 PMClosed 1-26 January

Pricing Guided tour €5,00Concession €4,50

www.arromanches360.com

Chemin du Calvaire | 14117 Arromanches +33 (0)2 3106 0645

Point of Interest

German Gun Battery

A crucial piece in the Atlantic Wall, the German gun battery of Longues-sur-Mer offers an extraordinary panoramic view over the Landing beaches. The only bat-tery to be listed as a Historic Monument, it notably includes a firing command post and four reinforced concrete pillboxes. This battery is the only one today to still be equipped with its guns from the pe-riod.

Guided toursApril-June, Sept, Oct: weekendsJuly and August: daily

PricingAdults €5,00Children (11-17 years) €3,00Children (0-10 years) Free

www.bayeux-bessin-tourisme.com

Site de la Batterie | 14400 Bayeux+33 (0)2 3121 4687

Cemetery

La Cambe military Cemetery

Covering nearly 19 acres, this is one of six WWII German military cemeteries in Normandy. Here lie around 21,222 German soldiers who lost their lives in Normandy. A permanent exhibition re-minds us of the suffering which wars bring about, and endeavours to promote peace. A memorial chapel is situated at the entrance. Finally 1,120 Acer globosum maples, planted in the Garden of Peace in front of the cemetery and alongside the access road are also symbols of peace.

Opening hoursNovember - February 8 AM - 5 PMMarch - November 8 Am - 7 PMWeekends open at 9 AM


www.volksbund.de

14230 La Cambe +33 (0)2 3122 7076

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Utah Beach Manche

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Museum

Airborne Museum

In the new “Operation Neptune” building visitors are invited aboard a night flight in a C-47 aircraft to experience the para-chute drops as though they were there, before taking part in the battle of Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the fighting which follo-wed. Also to be seen is a film recounting life under the German Occupation until the Liberation of Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the Cherbourg Peninsula.

Opening hoursMay - August 9 AM - 7 PMApril - September 9.30 AM - 6.30 PMOctober - March 10 AM - 6 PMDecember - Junuary: closed

PricingAdults €8,00Children (6-16 years) €5,00Adults (group of 15 pers.) €6,00

www.airborne-museum.org

14 Rue Eisenhower | 50480 Sainte-Mère-Eglise+33 (0)2 3341 4135


Museum

Utah Beach Museum

Opening hoursOctober to May: 10 AM – 6 PMJune to September: 9 :30 AM – 7 PM

Annual closure from 1st to 25th of De-cember and 1st of January.

Time of visit : around 1h30 - 2h

PricingAdult: €8,00Children (7-15) : €4,00Free : WWII Veteran, Children under 7

Adult groups*: €6,00/ €7,50 (with guided tours)Complete guided tours of Utah Beach for adult groups: €10,00

School Groups*: €3,50/€5,00 (with gui-ded tours)Complete guided tours: € 7,50Educational activities: € 7,50

1 free entry for 20 paid personsFree admission for leader** and busdriver* minimum 20 persons**1 tour leader for 8 students and 1 for 40 adults

www.utah-beach.com

50480 Sainte-Marie-Dumont +33 (0)2 3371 5335

About the museumBuilt on the very beach where the first Ame-rican troops landed on June 6, 1944, the Utah Beach Museum recounts the story of D-Day in 10 sequences, from the preparati-on of the landing, to the final outcome and success. This comprehensive chronological journey immerses visitors in the history of the landing through a rich collection of ob-jects, vehicles, materials like an authentic B26 bomber plane. With the film “VICTORY IN THE SAND”, relive the epic experience of American soldiers. And, with Utah Inside, discover the museum in 9 languages.

The Museum proposes inside guided tours and Utah Beach site guided tours on reser-vation. During this complete tour, the visitors dis-cover the historic beach, the remains and monuments honoring the memory oh the soldiers. Accompagnied by our professi-onal guides, the visitors relive the events that turned the tide of war at Utah Beach and experience the emotion of walking in the footsteps of Europe’s liberators.

For school groups, the Museum proposes educational activities (educational tools and booklets).

Museum

Juno Beach Centre

Opening hoursJanuary ClosedFebruary 10 AM — 5 PMMarch 10 AM — 6 PMApril — Sept 9.30 AM — 7 PMOctober 10 AM — 6 PMNov — Dec 10 AM — 5 PM

PricingJuno Beach Centre €7,00Temporary Exhibit Only €3,00Juno Park Only €5,50Centre + Juno Park €11.00

Group rates:Juno Beach Centre €5.50Centre & Juno Park €9.00Number of free admission per group: 1 for 20 & driver

Conditions for groups• Maximum number per group visit: 40.• Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the time of your reservation. • Admission is to be paid upon arrival.• Please notify the Juno Beach Centre if you need to cancel your reservation.

www.junobeach.org

14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer +33 (0)2 3137 3217

More than a museum dedicated to the lan-dings on D-Day, the Juno Beach Centre is a place of memory representing a whole na-tion. It recalls the participation of Canada in the Second World War and its important contribution to the liberation of Western Europe. Canada itself emerged transfor-med from the conflict.

Open since 2003, the Juno Beach Centre is located opposite the beach in Courseulles-sur-Mer, on one of the strongpoints which protected the harbour entrance and which the 3rd Canadian Division had to neutralize on 6 June 1944. More than just a museum dedicated to the landings on D-Day, it is a place of memory for an entire nation. It is devoted to the participation of Canada in the Second World War and its important contribution to the liberation of Western Europe.

At war alongside the United Kingdom as soon as September 1939, Canada had made a considerable effort by mobilizing all its economic and human resources. After a rapid industrial transformation, it had be-come, with the United States, the ‘arsenal of democracy’.

If conscription was restored, Canada sent fast only volunteers overseas. Painful me-mories of the First World War evoked in-deed tensions arising between English-speakers and French-speakers on this question. More than one million Canadi-ans were mobilized during the conflict, ne-arly half of the men in the age to bear arms.

At the end, the country came out of the war transformed and with its national unity in-tact. The Juno Beach Centre offers visitors a comprehensive overview of Canada’s wa-refforts, through six thematic showrooms.

Juno Beach Falaise pocket



Memorial

Montormel Memorial

Situated exactly where the fighting took place, the Montormel Memorial offers outstanding views over the Dives valley. The battle of the Falaise-Chambois poc-ket was the last gory stage in the Battle of Normandy. This memorial site pays homa-ge to the great strategists and fighters in a battle that Montgomery described as “the beginning of the end of the war”.

Opening hoursApril, Sept - Oct 10 AM - 5 PMMay - August 9.30 AM - 6 PMNov - March on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday: 10 AM - 5 PM

PricingAdults €5,50Children (+12) €3,50Adults (group) €4,00

www.memorial-montormel.org

Les Hayettes | 61160 Mont-Ormel+33 (0)2 3367 3861

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Omaha Beach

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Cemetery

Normandy American Cemetery

With its 175 acres containing 9,387 per-fectly aligned tombstones and a Garden of the Missing where the names of 1,557 soldiers are engraved, the American ce-metery is a place of meditation and me-mory overlooking Omaha Beach. The Visi-tor Centre puts Operation Overlord in its historical context and evokes the values of those who fought in WWII. It also of-fers a more intimate approach to the his-tory of the 10,944 victims whose memory the l’ABMC honours here.

Opening hoursApril - September 9 AM - 6 PMSeptember - April 9 AM - 5 PM


www.abmc.gov

14710 Colleville-sur-Mer +33 (0)2 3151 6200

France

Museum

Overlord Museum

The Overlord Museum retraces the time from the Allied Landings until the libe-ration of Paris. It relies on a previously unseen collection mainly found in Nor-mandy, gathered over a period of more than 40 years by a survivor of the period and a contributor to the reconstruction of Normandy. From the personal effects of soldiers to the biggest armoured ve-hicles of the time, the six armies present in Normandy are shown with life-size re-constructions.

Opening hoursOpen daily - see websiteClosed 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January - 14 February

PricingAdults €7,50Adults (group) €5,00

www.overlordmuseum.com


Point of Interest

The Pointe du Hoc

Pointe du Hoc was a strategic point in the German defences on the Normandy coast. Under the orders of Colonel J. E. Rudder the soldiers achieved the incredi-ble feat of reaching the top in just a few minutes despite the slope being very slip-pery, the climbing ropes made heavy by seawater, and intense fire from the de-fenders. In a lunar landscape full of deep craters, the fierce battle which ensued was even bloodier than the climb.

Opening hoursFree acces all year roundVisitor center: September - April 9 Am-5 PMApril - September 9 Am - 6 PMClosed 25 December and 1 January

Pricing Free admission

www.ambc.com


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Omaha Beach Memorial MuseumAvenue de la Libération | 14710 Saint-Laurant-sur-Mer+33 (0)2 3121 9744www.musee-memorial-omaha.com

Crisbecq Gun Battery Museum50310 Saint-Marcouf-de-L’isle +33 (0)6 6841 0904www.batterie-marcouf.com

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Sword Beach


Memorial

The Pegasus Memorial

The Pegasus Memorial tells of the diffe-rent missions that the British 6th Airbor-ne Division had to accomplish during the night of June 5th to 6th 1944. These sol-diers were the first to set foot on the soil of Normandy during Operation Overlord. One of their exploits was the capture of the bridge at Bénouville (Pegasus Bridge). At the Memorial, professional guides bring the dawn of June 6th back to life.

Opening hoursFebruary - March 10 AM -5 PMApril - September 9.30 AM - 6.30 PMOctober - December 10 AM - 5 PMClosed from 15 December - 31 January

Pricing Adults €7,00Childeren/students €4,70Adults (group) €5,00

www.memorial-pegasus.org

Avenue de Major Howard | 14860 Ranville +33 (0)2 3178 1944

Museum

Atlantic Wall Museum

The Atlantic Wall Museum is located in-side the former German Army HQ that controlled the gun batteries overlooking the estuary of the River Orne. All the inter-nal rooms of the Great Bunkerhave been restored down to the smallest details: engine room, filter room, barrack room, flanking pillboxes, pharmacy, infir-mary, armory, ammunition store, radio transmissions room, switchboard, etc.

Opening hoursApril - September 9 AM - 7 PMNovember - March 10 Am - 6 PM

PricingAdults €7,50Children (6-12 years) €5,50

www.musee-grand-bunker.com

106 Avenue du 6 juin | 14150 Ouistreham+33 (0)2 3197 2869

© Paul Hermans © Michel wal

Memorial

Memorial 19 August 1942

At dawn on August 19th 1942 an Allied ar-mada headed towards Dieppe as part of Operation Jubilee, a raid on a huge scale. It involved nearly 6000 men, mainly Ca-nadian, over a quarter of whom would lose their lives. The Jubilee Association and the town of Dieppe have been paying tribute to these men since 2002 at the Memorial of August 19th 1942. Visits in-clude a film from the INA archives, and a collection of documents, photos, uni-forms and weapons.

Opening hoursEaster - May and Oct-Nov on Saturdays and Sunday and holidays: 2 PM - 6 PMJune - September 2 PM - 6.30 PM

PricingTour, adults €3,00Cildren (under 15 years) Free

www.dieppe-operationjubilee-19aout1942.fr

Place Camille Saint-Saëns | 76200 Dieppe +33 (0)6 6567 9040

Memorial

Civilians in Wartime

The Civilians in Wartime Memorial is a true site museum. It is built on the ruins of a house destroyed by the bombings of summer 1944. It is a remembrance place unique in the world. Although the fate of civilians is often a point raised, never befo-re had a museum chosen to fully dedicate its topic to the daily life of populations during an armed conflict.

Opening hoursDaily 10 AM - 6 PMJuly-August 10 AM - 7 PM

PricingAdults €7,50Adults (group) €6,00Schools (group) €4,50

www.memorial-falaise.com

12 Place Guillaume le Conquérant | 14700 Falaise+33 (0)2 31 06 06 45

© bodoklecksel


Bayeux

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Caen Cherbourg

France

Museum

Liberation Museum

The Liberation Museum is housed in a Se-cond Empire fort which was occupied by the German Army until June 25th 1944. Itsrecapture by Allied troops was one of the symbolic moments of the liberation of Cherbourg. The museum traces the role played during the conflict by this, the first port to be liberated in mainland France, focusing on the daily lives of civilians and soldiers.

Opening hoursFeb-Nov (Tuesday-Saturday):10 AM - 12 PM and 2 PM - 6 PMClosed on Monday and public holidays

Pricing Adults: €4,00Concessions €2,50Free on Sundays

www.ville-cherbourg.fr

Montée des Résistants | 50100 Cherbourg-Octeville +33 (0)2 3320 1412

Museum

the Battle of Normandy

The Memorial Museum is the only one in the region to be devoted entirely to the Battle of Normandy. It explains the key stages in the conflict and shows the fighting that took place on Norman soil after the D-Day landings. At Bayeux, the name “Liberty Alley” brings together the memorial sites of the town, whose his-tory can be discovered at the Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy, and the War Reporters’ memorial garden.

Opening hoursFeb-April, Oct-Dec:10 AM - 12.30 PM and 2 PM - 6 PMMay - September: 9.30 AM - 6.30 PMDecember: closed in the afternoon

Pricing Adults €7,00Concessions €5,50Adults (group) €5,50

www.bayeuxmuseum.com

Boulevard Fabian Ware, 14400 Bayeux +33 (0)2 31 51 46 90

Museum

Mémorial De Caen

From the origins of WWII to the end of the Cold War, museum exhibits recount the terrible history of the 20th century. The Mémorial is today one of the leading centres of remembrance in Europe, with 630,000 visitors a year. In constant rene-wal over the last ten years, it is at the heart of reflection on the place of history in our societies. Caen, martyred city of the Libe-ration, deserved homage on a scale equal to its suffering.

Opening hoursFebruary - November 9 AM - 7 PMNovember - December 9.30 AM - 6 PMChristmand and January: closed

PricingAdults €19Children (10-18 years) €16,50Adults (group of 20 pers.) €14,00

www.memorial-caen.fr

Esplanade Général Eisenhower | Caen Cedex 4+33 (0)2 3106 0645

Cemetery

Bayeux War Cemetery

The Bayeux Memorial is situated in the southwest outskirts of the town, on the D5/Boulevard Fabian Ware (named after the founder of the CWGC). The Memori-al carries the names of more than 1,800 soldiers who died during the Battle of Normandy and for whom no graves have been found. The inscription on the pedi-ment of the Memorial refers to the con-quest of England by the Normans, 900 years earlier.

Opening hoursAll year


www.cwgc.org

14400 Bayeux Courseulles-sur-Mer +33 (0)2 3 2121 7700

© Pinpin© Office de Tourisme Cherbourg Cotenin


Paris

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Paris

France

Museum

The Army Museum

The Army Museum offers a rich and va-ried cultural programme based on its col-lections and temporary exhibitions. The highlights of the year are 2 major heritage exhibitions. The aim of these exhibitions is to share our country’s military history, seen within its French and broader Euro-pean context. The Army Museum offers various activities for young people and many guided tours for groups on a wide variety of themes. These tours are availa-ble in different languages.

Opening hoursApril - October 10 AM - 6 PMNovember - March 10 AM - 5 PMClosed on 1 January, 1 May and Christmas

Pricing Adults: €11,00Redused €9,00

www.musee-armee.fr

129 Rue de la Grenelle | 75700 Paris +33 (0)1 4442 3772

Museum

the Order of the Liberation

This museum dedicated to the mythi-cal order founded by General de Gaulle during WWII and its recipients, the com-panions of the Liberation. The collections that make up the museum retrace the route of the fighters of the Free France, resistant from inside and those who were deported for resisting Nazi oppression. The Order of the Liberation is France’s second national order after the Legion of Honor.

Opening hoursApril - October 10 AM - 6 PMNovember - March 10 AM - 5 PMClosed: January 1st, May 1st, December 25

Pricing Adults € 11,00Groups € 9,00

www.ordredelaliberation.fr

51 bis boulevard de la Tour Maubourg | 75700 Paris

+33 (0)1 800 590 82

Museum

Historial Charles de Gaulle

Located inside the Les Invalides, trace the itinerary of a man who mixed his fate to that of France and the world. Both muse-um and memorial, the Historial is a sour-ce of knowledge on General de Gaulle and a reflection on the transmission of histo-rical knowledge. Educational purposes, multilingualism and new technologies are the key words for this project to the general public and French international.

Opening hoursTuesday to Sunday:October - March 10 AM - 5 PMApril - September 10 AM - 6 PMClosed: 1 January, 1 May, 1 Nov, 25 Dec

PricingAdults € 8,00Reduced price € 6,00

www.charles-de-gaulle.org

Musée de l’Armée | 129 Rue de Grenelle | 75007 Paris+33 (0)1 441 866 77

© Wikimedia commons

MuseumLeclerc Memorial - Jean Moulin Museum

Opened in 1994 under the name Museum of General Leclerc Hauteclocque and Libe-ration of Paris - Jean Moulin Museum. The museum depicts in parallel the action and historic legacy of these two men: General Leclerc, the emblematic figure of the free French Forces , and Jean Moulin, a sym-bol of the national resistance . Both mo-nographs are drawn on the canvas of the History of France during the Second World War , Resistance of June 1940 at the Libe-ration of 1944.

Opening hoursTuesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PMClosed: Monday and holidays

Pricing Free

www.museeleclercmoulin.paris.fr

23 , 2nd alley D. B. Jardin Atlantique | 75015 Paris +33 (0)140 643 944

© Hadonos


Belgium

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In May 1940 the German army invaded Belgium and managed to encircle the Allied ar-mies via a bold advance through the Ardennes. During the occupation that lasted for four years thousands of Belgians lost their lives and a large part of the Jewish population was deported. In 1944-1945 Belgium again gained large strategic importance as the Allies tried to bring the port of Antwerp into use and the German army made a last attempt to turn the tide of the war during the Battle of the Bulge.

The Battle of the Bulge

By late 1944 the military outlook of Nazi-Germany was bleak. On the Eastern front the So-viet Union had won several large victories and was pushing towards the German border. In the West, the Allied forces had broken out of their Normandy beachhead and raced across Northern France and Belgium before capturing the Southern part of the Nether-lands from September 1944 onwards. The German army was on the back foot and defeat seemed almost inevitable. Adolf Hitler and the German high command where however unwilling to surrender and decided on one last big gamble to change the course of the war. The idea was that if a major victory could be won in the West, the British and American forces could be persuaded to sign a peace treaty favourable to Nazi-Germany. After this was achieved the German army could then focus all of its attention on the battle in the East.

On the 16th of December the German army launched its attack and burst through the Allied lines. Initial progress was good as the US forces were taken completely by surprise and because bad weather prevented the Allied air force from intervening. The German armies managed to advance for about 40-50 miles but were then halted by hastily as-sembled allied forces. The Allied forces managed to keep hold of some key positions. In the north the high ground of Elsenborn ridge remained in Allied hands while in the south the critical road junction of Bastogne also never fell to the Germans. The Battle of Bastogne was to become one of the most famous operations of the Ardennes Offensive. Here Ame-rican units were surrounded by German forces and managed to hold out under bitter winter conditions and heavy fighting for several days. On the 26th of December the Allied units in Bastogne were relieved by elements of George Patton’s US Third Army. Now the roles were switched and the Allies went on the offensive along the entire front. By the 25th of January 1945, after more heavy fighting, the German forces had been pushed back to their starting positions of the 16th of December. They had gambled their last elite re-serve units in a futile battle and could no longer have any hope of winning the war. From now on Germany would be on the defensive until the end of WWII.

Allied Victory Parade Brussels Scenes of jubilation as British troops liberate Brussels

Battle of the Bulge


Brussels

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Museum

Museum of the Armed Forces

In the very heart of Brussels the muse-um presents unique, curious and ama-zing objects: not only precious armours, hundreds of uniforms and prestigious distinctions, but also works of art and musical instruments, as well as an ex-ceptional collection of planes, guns and tanks. In that way, you’ll wander through ten centuries of history, from the Middle Ages to the two world wars. The arcade moreover offers a beautiful view over the capital.

Opening hoursTuesday - Saturday 9 AM - 5 PMClosed: Monday

PricingAdults €5,00

www.klm-mra.be

Jubelpark 3 | 1000 Brussels +32 (0)2 737 7833

Flanders

Belgium

Museum

Kazerne Dossin

Between 1942 and 1944 the Nazis used the Dossin barracks as a transit camp from where 26,000 Jews and Romanian were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Only about 5 % of the deported survi-ved. Today, the former barracks house a Memorial, a space for contemplation. In the new museum building the story of persecution and deportation can be ex-perienced. Stories of exclusion, discrimi-nation and mass-violence are told as well as stories of hope and resistance.

Opening hoursMonday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 AM - 5 PMSaturday - Sunday 9.30 AM - 5 PMClosed: Wednesday

PricingAdults €10,00Children (0-10) Free

www.kazernedossin.eu

Goswin de Stassartstraat 153 | 2800 Mechelen +32 (0)15 290 660

Museum

Fort Breendonk

Belgium has not been spared the horror of Nazism and its concentration camps and the fortress of Breendonk is a mo-ving and striking example. The Memorial reaches out to those who, in one way or another, have fought for freedom, have stood up to oppression, have suffered, victims of racism and blind fanaticism: war veterans, Resistance fighters, priso-ners of war, the concentration camp prisoners and Jewish Resistance fighters.

Opening hoursDaily 9.30 AM - 5.30 PMClosed: 1 January, Christmas and 21 September


www.breendonk.be

Brandstraat 57 | 2830 Willebroek +44 (0)3 860 7524

Museum

The Atlantikwall is one of the leading at-tractions at the Belgian coast and one of the two museums at RAVERSYDE. Situa-ted right by the sea, partially located in a protected dune area and covering almost 50 hectares, Raversyde offers visitors a unique combination of cultural history and nature recreation with the Atlantik-wall as its main attraction. A subsequent visit to the ANNO 1465 archaeological site and museum and to the Scenic park complete the trip.

Opening hours19 March - 13 November 10.30 AM - 6 PM

PricingAdults €8,00Combined (2 museums) €10,00Children (0-12 years) FreeAdults combi (group of 20 pers.) €8,00

www.raversyde.be

Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 636 | 8400 Oostende +44 (0)59 702 285

The Atlantikwall Raversyde

© Marc Ryckaert © Hubert Denies © P.H. Louw © Paul Hermans


Bastogne

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Museum

Bastogne War Museum

Opening hoursTuesday - Sunday 9.30 AM - 6 PMClosed: MondayHolidays: Monday - Sunday 9.30 AM-6 PMJuly - AugustMonday - Sunday 9.30 AM - 7 PMClosed: 1 January and 25 December

Exhibition “From Texas to Bastogne”Tuesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PMClosed: MondayHolidays: Monday - Sunday 10 AM-6 PMOpen until the end of August 2016

Group reservationsBooking service is accessible from Mon-day to Friday from 9.30 AM - 12.30 PMand 1.30 PM - 5 PM+32 (0) 61 21 02 [email protected]

PricingAdults € 14,00Children (0 -6 years) FreeChildren (6 -18 years) €8,00Groups (from 20 persons) € 10,00For groups 1 free entrance for every 40 peopleYouth groups (6 -18 years) (from 20 per-sons) € 6,00

www.bastognewarmuseum.be

Mardasson hill 5 | 6600 Bastogne +31 (0)61 210 220

Belgium

Located just a stone’s throw from the fa-mous Mardasson Memorial, the Bastogne War Museum represents a new way to re-member the past, specifically devoted to the Second World War in Belgium. We are offered a fresh perception in a modern and interactive framework of the causes, events and consequences of World War II through the lens of the Ardennes Counteroffensive – the “Battle of the Bulge”.

The Bastogne War Museum covers the Se-cond World War, from its origins up to au-tumn 1944, and then focuses on the Battle of the Bulge. Key events of the war and the combatants’ ordeal are reproduced here with the aim of clarifying the broad sweep of its history. The centre provides a very clear picture of how the civilians lived

during the occupation, during the battle itself, and afterwards. The many conse-quences of what was probably one of the most serious battles in world history are very clearly described.Housed in a brand-new building displaying an adventurous architectural concept, the Bastogne War Museum is located on the former Bastogne Historical Centre site. The original set design of this commemorative centre is the latest in modernity. The new journey through the museum is dotted with flashbacks, genuine multi-sensory, three-dimensional scenes in a completely new format.You will find yourself in a state of total his-torical immersion!


Bastogne

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Museum

101st Airborne Museum

Housed in the old mess (dining hall) of the Ardennes Hunters built in 1936, the museum covers the history of the 101st Airborne Division, its mission and its transition to Bastogne.

Opening hoursApril - September: open daily except Mondays 10 AM - 5 PMOctober - March: open on Wednesdays and Sundays 10 AM - 5 PM

Pricing-

www.101airbornemuseumbastogne.com

Avenue de la Gare 11 | 6600 Bastogne +32 (0)61 501 200

Province of Luxembourg

Belgium

Museum

Museum of the 83rd Infantry

The 83th US Infantry Division is illustra-ted primarily in the liberation of the vil-lage in January 1945. A monument was also erected in front of the museum.

Opening hoursWednesdays and weekends

Pricing-

www.11janvier45.skyrock.com

21A Bihain | 6690 Vielsalm +32 (0)80 418 739

Museum

Bastogne Barracks

HQ of the 101st Airborne Division in 1944, this former military barracks turned into a center of interpretation of the Second War. The army maintains a unit of a hundred men dedicated to archiving, to guide visitors, maintenance and enhan-cement of military equipment (Vehicle Restoration Center).

Opening hoursFeb - Nov: on Tuesday and Saturday 10 AM -5 PMNov - Feb: on Saturday 10 AM - 5 PMThursdays on requestClosed: 25 December - 1 January


www.klm-mra.be

Rue de la Roche 40 | 6600 Bastogne +44 (0)61 242 124

MuseumMuseum of the Battle of the Ardennes

The museum about the battle includes a section devoted to British troops. Ano-ther attraction, the presence of a room of veterans collecting donations of enlisted soldiers in battle.

Opening hoursJanuary - March: open on weekendsApril - December: open from Tuesday to SundayJuly - August: open daily


www.batarden.be

Rue Chamont 5 | 6980 La Roche-en-Ardenne +44 (0)84 411 725

© Joost J. Bakker © U.S. War Department© Belgian Luxembourg tourism board


Provinces of Liège and Namur

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Museum

Museum Spitfires

The museum aircraft that have marked the history of the Belgian Air Force and traces the history of the airfield and units that were based there.

Opening hoursMonday - Friday 1 PM - 4.30 PM1st Sunday of each month 1 PM - 4.30 PMWeekends and holidays on request

PricingAdults €3,50 Children (0-12 years) €1,00Adults (group of 10 pers.) €2,50

www.museespitfire.be

Rue de Rohan Chabot | 5620 Florennes +32 (0)71 682 514

Belgium

Museum

Baugnez 44 Historical Center

The museum is dedicated to the Battle of the Bulge and the massacre of Baugnez. He has nearly 15 scenes of everyday life of soldiers during the battle.

Opening hoursWednesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM

PricingAdults €7,50Children €6,00Adults (group of 20 pers.) €6,50

www.baugnez44.be

Route de Luxembourg 10 | La Roche-en-Ardenne +32 (0)80 440 482

© Philippe Sosson © Marc Lambert CC-BY-SA-2.5

Exhibition 87th Infantry Division Museum Rue du Mont 81, 6870 Saint-Hubert, +32 (0) 475 44 78 67www.87thinfantrydivision.com

Bulge Relics MuseumJoubiéval 41, 6690 Vielsalm+32 (0) 496 31 61 74, www.bulge-relics-museum.be

Remember Museum 39-45The Béolles 4, 4890 Thimister-Clermont+32 (0) 87 44 61 81www.remembermuseum.com

Museum “40-45 Memories”Rue des Ardennes 54, 4920 Aywaille, +32 (0) 4 384 54 31

Engineering MuseumPath masuage 2, 5100 Legs+32 (0) 81 32 39 73www.geniemus.be

385th Bomb Group Memorial MuseumRue de l’Eglise 6, 8826 Perlé, www.385bg.com

Between Venn and Schneifel MuseumSchwarzer Weg 6 |B – 4780 St. Vith +49 (0)241 432 4956www.zvs.be

WWII Memory Museum (Berneau)Rue de Maestricht 29 4607 Berneau+32 (0) 479 82 98 12www.wwii-memory-museum.com

Ensival Historical MuseumRue de la Saunerie 30, 4800 Verviers, +32 (0) 87 33 93 88

Bastogne Ardennes ‘44 MuseumArm Rue 635, 6600 Bastogne+32 (0) 61 21 78 95www.bastogneardennes44.be

Musée de la bataille des ArdennesChâteau de Clervaux, 9712 Clervaux +352 (0)26 91 06 95

Commando MuseumDurieux Street 80, 5020 Flawinnewww.cdomuseum.be

Historical Museum December 44Rue de l’église 7B | 4987 LA Gleize +44 (0)80 785 191www.december44.com


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Luxembourg

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Luxembourg was invaded by Nazi Germany in May 1940 despite the fact that the coun-try was neutral prior to the war. Luxembourg had no army to speak of so the German invasion went virtually unopposed. At the end of the first day of the invasion most of the country was occupied. The Luxembourg government and royal family did managed to flee to France and would reach Britain and Canada via Portugal. The Grand Duchess Charlotte went into exile in London and became an important symbol of the countries unity. Her son Jean, the later Arch Duke of Luxembourg, joined the British army and took part in the fighting in Normandy near Caen, the liberation of Brussel and further fighting throughout the war.

After the invasion Luxembourg was first put under a military and later a civil adminis-tration before being annexed into the German Reich. The Nazis saw the people of Luxem-bourg as a ‘’Germanic race’’ and tried to convince the Luxembourg population that it was only natural for them to join the Nazi-German state. There was a collaborationist as well as a resistance movement present in Luxembourg but for the most part the population tried to keep out of trouble and went on with their daily lives as best they could. Before the German invasion some 3.900 Jews lived in Luxembourg. A large part of the Jewish population fled to France in May 1940. A further 1.500 Jews fled the country under order of the government in 1941 and tried to go to Spain and France. The Jews remaining in Luxembourg were transported to extermination camps and of these only a few managed to survive.

A large part of Luxembourg was liberated by American forces in September 1944. After the country was liberated the Luxembourg resistance movement set up a militia to pro-tect the country from any further German attack. This attack did take place in November 1944 when 250 men of the Waffen-SS tried to capture the town of Vianden where they were repelled by militia forces. In December 1944 the country as once again invaded by German forces during the battle of the Bulge. German armies penetrated the country in an attempt to break through to the west. After an unsuccessful campaign the German forces were once more pushed out of Luxembourg in the first months of 1945.

American soldier with Bazooka near Wiltz

Battle of the Bulge


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Museum

National Military Museum

The National Museum of Military History illustrates in most realistic possible ways and in any impartiality, the course of WWII in particular the Battle of the Bul-ge by dioramas in the scale 1/1, showing both forces in presence, American and German, and illustrating at best the way soldiers and civilians lived this drama. The MNHM, due to its collections of we-apons, vehicles and diverse equipments tries hard to illustrate the technical and logistic evolutions within the armed for-ces of the belligerent parties.

Opening hoursWednesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM

PricingAdults €7,50Children €6,00Adults (group of 20 pers.) €6,50

www.mnhm.lu

Barnertal 10 | 9209 Diekirch +352 (0)808 908

© Musee Nationale Histoire Militaire

Museum

General Patton Museum

The museum was officially inaugurated on July 7, 1995. The museum is dedicated to General George S. Patton Jr., comman-der of the 3rd U.S. Army, whose troops li-berated the town of Ettelbruck for good on december 25, 1944.More than 1000 photographs, docu-ments and weapons witness about the German invasion in May 10th, 1940 and the liberation of the country by American troops in September 1944.

Opening hoursJune - Sept: Daily 10 AM - 5 PMOct - May: Sunday 10.AM - 5 PM

PricingAdults: € 5,00 Children: € 3,00Groups (from 10 persons) € 3,00Guidance: € 25,00

www.patton.lu

5, Rue Dr. Klein | L-9054 Ettelbrück +352 81 03 22

Cemetery

Luxembourg American Cemetery

Entering through the gates, the visitor will see the impressive memorial chapel encompassed by a stone terrace. On the lower level of the terrace, two pylons face each other across a quote by Eisenhower about the sacrifice of military members. The pylons display the battle movements in the western European Operations and those related to the Battle of the Bulge. On the reverse of the maps, 371 names of those missing in action are inscribed.

Opening hoursDaily 9 AM - 5 PMExcept December 25 and January 1.Open on holidays

Pricing-

www.abmc.gov

Val du Scheid 50 | L-2517 Luxembourg +352 43 17 27

© Roger Medin


Museum

Battle of the Bulge Museum

Exhibition of documents on the Battle of the Bulge 1944 - 1945. Situated on the banks of the river Wiltz. Wiltz was also a battleground in the Battle of the Bulge.

Opening hoursFrom July to AugustDaily 9 AM - 6 PM

Pricing Adults € 3,50Adults with audio-guide €5,50Students and under 21 – 21 ans: free

www.wiltz.lu/fr/tourisme

Château de Wiltz L-9516 Wiltz+352 (0) 26 95 00 32

The Netherlands

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Gelderland

In September 1944 Gelderland would become the main stage of the fighting in Western Europe. With Operation Market Garden the Allies attempted to capture bridges over se-veral large rivers to ensure a swift advance towards the heart of Germany. Paratroopers were dropped around Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem to capture and hold the bridges until they could be relieved by the ground forces. Unfortunately for the Allies the bridge at Arnhem turned out to be a bridge too far.

Overijssel

While in 1944 the southern parts of the Netherlands were largely liberated the Northern part of the country, including the province of Overijssel, remained in German hands. The population of Overijssel underwent several more months of occupation before they too were liberated in 1945. During these months Overijssel was bombed, saw actions of the re-sistance networks and was used by the Nazi’s as a launch site for V1 and V2 rockets against Antwerp and London.

North Brabant

In September 1944 the Allied forces reached the province of Noord Brabant during Opera-tion Market Garden. American paratroopers where dropped near Eindhoven, while ground forces pushed through the eastern part of Brabant. Via the Hell’s Highway they tried to reach the paratroopers in Nijmegen and Arnhem. The heavy fighting during this operation caused the death of many soldiers and civilians until late 1944, when the province was liberated. A frontline was formed on the Meuse river.

Limburg

Limburg was the first Dutch province to come into contact with the Allied liberators with Maastricht being the first large city to be liberated on the 14th of September 1944. After Operation Market Garden heavy fighting took place in Limburg as the Allies tried to push the German troops back across the Maas river. The Germans stuck to their ground tena-ciously and it would cost the lives of many soldiers and civilians before the entire province was liberated early in 1945.

Zeeland

Late 1944, Zeeland and the western part of Brabant became the scene of subsequent bat-tles. At stake was the control of the Scheldt river that flows through Zeeland. The Allies desperately needed a large harbour to supply their troops. They had captured Antwerp and its ports intact in September 1944 but they could not use the port while the German troops held the banks of the Scheldt. In the heavy fighting that ensued many lives were lost and enormous damage was done to the province by floods and fighting.

The Netherlands was occupied in 1940 after five days of heavy fighting. During the occu-pation thousands of civilians died in Allied bombings and as a result of the Nazi-rule. The Jewish population suffered especially greatly: three quarters of the Dutch Jews did not survive the war. In late 1944 the southern part of the country was liberated during Opera-tion Market Garden and the Battle of the Scheldt, while the north remained occupied until 1945.

Parachute dropping during Operation Market Garden

Surrender in Hotel de Wereld


Zeeland

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Museum

Liberation Museum Zeeland

Opening hoursMay - November:Tuesday - Friday: 1 PM - 5 PMSaturday 10 AM - 5 PM

November - April:Wednesday: 1 PM - 5 PMSaturday: 10 AM - 5 PM

Open for groups the whole year on request

Closed on Sundays and Christian Holi-days.

PricingAdults €7,00 Veterans €5,50 Children (0-6 years) Free Children (7-12 years) €4,00Group (from 15 persons) €6,00

Groups can enter the museum out-side opening hours upon request.

www.bevrijdingsmuseumzeeland.nl

Coudorp 41 | 4455 AH | Nieuwdorp+31 (0)113 - 67 14 75

The Netherlands

The Liberation Museum Zeeland show the moving history of Zeeland during the Se-cond World War. The museum also pays attention to the Zeeuwse war volunteers who served in the Dutch East Indies, direct-ly after the liberation.

The Battle of the Scheldt plays a central role in the museum. The Battle took place between 18 September and 8 November 1944. It disappeared unfairly to the back-ground of Dutch history because of the failed Battle of Arnhem. Not only did this Battle liberate a big part of the province Zeeland, but it also helped the Allies con-quer the essential harbour of Antwerp. Thanks to this, the jammed offensive could start again and the end of the war was approaching. However, what we cannot forget are the many victims (soldiers and civilians) and the overwhelming material damage the Battle caused.The Battle in Zeeland didn’t only make Zee-land the worst-hit province, it also resulted on the Canadian side in the most victims in the Second World War during one opera-tion in the Netherlands.

Liberty Park ZeelandAt the moment, the museum is being en-larged with a Zeeland Liberty Park (7 acres).

The concept of the Liberty Park is unique. Nowhere in Western-Europe can be found a similar design. The Park visualises the middle of the elements water, beach and dikes (which are particular for Zeeland) during the war period 1939-1945 and the Battle of the Scheldt in particular. In the

park a unique and preserved emergency church from Ellewoutsdijk was restored and rebuild. This emergency church was, after the destruction of the original church by bombings, reconstructed from so called ‘Nissenhutten’. From the summer of 2016 the church is open to visitors!


Zeeland

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Zeeland

Museum

Het polderhuis

Experience history in an interactive way in Dike and War museum Het Polderhuis. The Second World War is an important time for the small town. In 1944 the town was in the fronline of the Battle of Wal-cheren and was largely distroyed. The lighthouse on the towns borders can still be visited. History is laying at your feet!

Opening hoursApril - Nov: daily 10 AM - 5 PMNov - April: Wed - Sun 11 AM - 5 PMDuring holiday also open on Monday and Tuesday 11 AM - 5 PMClosed: 25 and 31 December, 1 January

PricingAdults €5,50Groups (from 15 persons) €4,50

www.polderhuiswestkapelle.nl

Zuidstraat 154-156 | 4361 AK | Westkapelle+31 (0)118 570 700

Museum

Watersnoodmuseum

In 1953, Schouwen-Duiveland was hit by the flood. Again since the Second World War this region is flooded. Hundreds of people died. The holes in the dike are fi-nally closed with relics of WWII: four con-crete Phoenix-caissons - used in the war as emergency ports during the invasion of Western Europe.

Opening hoursApril - Nov: daily 10 AM - 5 PMNov - April: Tues-Sun 10 Am- 5 PMClosed: Christmas and 1 January

PricingAdults €9,00 Children (6-12 years) €4,00

www.watersnoodmuseum.nl

Weg van de Buitenlandse Pers 5 | Ouwerkerk+31 (0)111 644 382

Point of Interest

The Sloedam

In the Second World War the Sloedam (back then a dike of 1.000 meters long and 45 meter wide) was the only access road to the island Walcheren from Zuid-Beveland. There was heavy fighting in 1940 and 1944 on this dam. The current monuments are a tribute to the brave soldiers who fought during the Battle of Sloedam.

Opening hours24/7

PricingFree

Postweg | Arnemuiden

Cemetery

Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery

Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemete-ry contains 1,119 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 31 of which are unidentified. Most of the men buried at this War Cemetery were killed in action during the Battle of The Scheldt cam-paign (early September – end of Novem-ber 1944). Since 2014 The Memorial Day of Canada in The Netherlands is organi-zed at the Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery.

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PricingFree

www.cwgc.org

Ruytershoveweg 1 | 4622 RJ | Bergen op Zoom+44 (0)1628 507 200


Noord-Brabant

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Museum

Camp Vught National Memorial

Opening hoursTuesday – Friday 10 AM – 5 PMMonday, Saturday, Sunday & public holi-days 12 PM – 5 AM 4 & 5 May 10 AM – 5 PM (no guided tours)Closed: Monday (October-March), 25 & 31 December, 1 January, 10-31 January

PricingAdults € 6,00 Children (10-17 years) € 3,00 Family € 15,00Free entrance: 1st Wednesday of the month

Guided Tours can be booked in colsulta-tion with the staff. Adult group: € 70,00 + € 3,50 entrance fee per participant (max. 25 persons)Foreign language: additional € 10,00

www.nmkampvught.nl

Lunettenlaan 600 | 5263 NT | Vught+31 (0)73 - 656 67 64

Noord-Brabant

The Netherlands

The Camp Vught National Memorial is located on part of the former SS camp Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch, also known as Camp Vught (Jan 1943 – Sept 1944). The combined memorial centre and museum features various exhibitions, a memorial room and wall of reflection. The museum is spread out over several buildings and outdoor areas. A model of the camp shows the extensive size of the camp and the many buildings it included. The watchtowers have been reconstruc-ted. The barrack, rebuilt at half the original size, shows how the prisoners lived. The Children’s Memorial lists the names and ages of the 1,269 Jewish children who were deported in June 1943. There is also a cre-matorium, where the bodies of prisoners who died or were executed at the camp were burned. The Execution Area is located in the woods nearby. A memorial has been erected here that displays the names of the 329 executed prisoners.

Museum

War Museum Overloon

Opening hoursMonday - Friday 10 AM - 5 PMSaturday - Sunday 11AM - 5 PM

PricingAdults € 15,00 Children (4-12 years) € 9,00

Groups: Adults € 12,00Children (4-12 years) € 6,75

Tours available

www.warmuseum.nl

Museumpark 1 | 5825 AM | Overloon+31 (0)478 641 250

War Museum Overloon: the biggest war museum in The Netherlands!

Welcome at the Overloon War Museum, where 200 military vehicles are presen-ted in great, vivid displays. The museum was founded in 1946, just shortly after the fiercest tank battle on Dutch soil ever took place in Overloon during the liberation of Western Europe. Since then, over 8 million people came to see how Hitler rose to po-wer, how the Holocaust was organised and how, finally, his regime was defeated. Situated in a beautiful park the museum is also host of the annual Militracks show in May. You will find the museum halfway between Nijmegen and Venlo, only 5 mi-nutes away from motorway A73. Tours avai-lable, and the museum offers both a shop and café, with ample space for groups as well. Free parking for cars and group trans-portation in front of the museum!


Noord-Brabant

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Museum

General Maczek Museum

This museum has been dedicated to the 1st Polish Armour Division commanded by General Stanisław Maczek, who have liberated major parts of the Netherlands from the German occupier in 1944 and 1945. These Polish soldiers brought free-dom and gave the Netherlands the op-portunity to rebuild the country. Unfor-tunately, these liberators did not succeed in their home country and had to accept to suppression for 50 long years.

Opening hoursTemporary closed

Pricing-

www.maczekmuseum.nl

De la Reijweg 95 | 4818 BA | Breda+31 (0)76 5274089

Noord-Brabant

The Netherlands

Museum

War museum Ossendrecht

In the former KMT building the private collection of Jan en Janneke de Jonge is displayed. There are many items from the Second Wolrd War, with the Battle of the Scheldt as its specific theme. You can view several uniforms, vehicles, weapons and medical materials. People can also view a train unit and visit a fully equip-ped bunker.

Opening hoursSaturday: 1 PM - 5 PMSunday - Friday: Closed

PricingAdults €5,00

www.oorlogsmuseumossendrecht.nl

Putseweg 60 | 4641 SL | Ossendrecht+31 (0)164 674 534

Point of Interest

The Volksabdij

The Volksabdij (abbey) at Ossendrecht was a very special location during WWII. At the same time, the abbey hosted friars, victims, the military police, Germans and fugitives hiding from the Germans. Yet, The Volksabdij welcomes you with an Information Centre, hotel and restaurant and a starting place for the Liberation Route Europe West-Brabant and Brabant nature. Combine this location with a visit at the Brabant Wall region. The Brabant Wall has a remarkable landschape, beau-tiful villages, a rich history with WWII monuments and the Canadian War Ce-metery in Bergen op Zoom!

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PricingFree

www.cwgc.org

O.L.V. ter Duinenlaan 199 | 4641 RM | Ossendrecht+31 (0)164 672 546

Museum

Museum Wings of Liberation

In September 1944 the main operation for the Netherlans of World War II occurs, Operation Market Garden, which eventu-ally led to the liberation. In the Museum, the occupation, the oppression and the final liberation are extensively exposed. Travel in time with authentic military equipment and beautiful dioramas. Also explore the vehicles, displays, a 3D movie, pictures and experience how it feels like to be a pilot during a flight simulation!

Opening hoursDaily 10 AM - 5 PMClosed until 25 March 2016

PricingAdults €7,50Children (3-12 years) / 65+ €5,00Groups (from 20 persons): €5,50

www.wingsofliberation.nl

Sonseweg 39 | 5681 BH | Best +31 (0)499 329 722


Gelderland

Activity

LiberationTour

LiberationTour takes you back to 1944-1945. In an orginial WWII Dodge, Liberati-onTour leads you through the area where Market Garden, the frontline, the evacua-tion and Operation Veritable found their climax. A tour takes 2,5 hours. Several stops will be made and the story of this particular spot will be told. Also the applicable au-dio stories from the Liberation Route Eu-rope audio spots are integrated.

Opening hoursOn request

Pricing€240 per tour (max 8 persons)8 and more persons €32,50 per person

www.liberationtour.com

Groesbeek+31 (0)6 224 845 51

Nijmegen region

The Netherlands

Activity

Sunset March

Sunset March is a daily tribute to the Allied soldiers who fought for the libe-ration of The Netherlands. And especi-ally for those soldiers who lost their lives. The March goes over the new City Bridge called: de Oversteek (meaning: Crossing). The bridge has been constructed at the location where 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment of US 82nd Airborne crossed the river the Waal on September 20, 1944 as part of Operation Market garden. 48 Allied soldiers lost their lives during this “Waalcrossing”. Each and every night a veteran walks the Sunset March at the ignition of the 48 pairs of street posts at sunset to honour the fallen soldiers.

Opening hoursEvery day at sunset

PricingFree

www.sunsetmarch.nl

City bridge De Oversteek | Nijmegen +31 (0)24 360 8805

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Operation Market Garden and the Rhineland Offensive

In late 1944 and early 1945 the area around Nijmegen was to become the scene of some of the heaviest fighting on the Western front.

The bridges over the Waal river in Nijmegen were one of the main objectives of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. They were captured after heavy fighting by British forces and American paratroopers. Although the bridges at Nij-megen were successfully captured, Market Garden failed because the bridge at Arnhem could not be taken. Another way had to be found into Germany.

In early 1945 this way was found. Over 500.000 soldiers, 1.000 canon and 34.000 vehicles were assembled in the area around Nijmegen and Groesbeek for Ope-ration Veritable. This operation was part of the larger Rhineland Offensive and aimed to clear the area west of the Rhine in preparation for a crossing of the Rhine itself. It was the largest offensive ever initiated from Dutch soil and the largest operation in the Northwestern part of Europe.

Would you like to know more about the Nijmegen region? Visit www.theotherholland.com! They will be glad to provide you with advice and support, such as information, programmes, promotion material and more for your visit to this region.

© Maaike van Helmond


Gelderland

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Museum

National Liberation Museum 1944-1945

Opening hoursMonday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PMSunday 12 PM - 5 PM

PricingAdults € 10,00 Children (7-18 years) € 5,50 Groups from 10 personsAdults € 9,00 per personSchool children & students € 5,00Military personnel € 5,00Children (7-18 years) € 5,00

Groups from 100 personsAdults € 7,00School children & students € 4,00

Guided tours from 10 persGuided tour 1,5 hrs € 55,00Guided tour/school coach € 30,00

Guided tours from 100 personsGuided tour 1,5 hrs € 35,00Guided tour/school coach € 30,00

Battlefieldtour 1,5 hrs € 55,00

Guided tour Canadian War Cemetery € 15,00

www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl

Wylerbaan 4 | 6561 KR | Groesbeek +31 (0)24 397 44 04

The Netherlands

Experience Freedom! From history came a modern museum, si-tuated between hills and woods and loca-ted in one of the most beautiful areas of the Netherlands. South-east of Nijmegen and Arnhem, history is brought back to life again at the National Liberation Museum 1944-1945. Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history took place here in September 1944 and Opera-tion Veritable, the Rhineland Offensive, the final road to freedom in Europe, started from here in February 1945. The museum shows the historical events of the libera-tion by the American, British, Canadian and Polish troops. In the museum, you also live through the period preceding the war, experience the occupation, celebrate the liberation and witness the rebuilding of the Netherlands and Europe after the war. Fragrances, interactive presentations, di-orama’s, models, original films and sound fragments captivatingly depict the libera-tion. The museum shows both young and old the current value and importance of democracy, freedom and human rights.

In 2016 the Liberation Museum will be offering special discounts for coach hire companies and tour operators – yet ano-ther reason to visit!

Highlights • Model of Operation Market Garden • Air-raid shelter and Liberation Street • Diorama of the Waal crossing • Operation Veritable: the Rhineland Offensive • The Honorary Dome with Roll of Honour • Wall of Human Rights

Activities and Programmes • Guided tours | temporary exhibitions • Educational programmes for children • Battlefield tours and excursions • Commemorations and liberation festi- vals in May and September • Events, film programmes and lectures • Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial Park

Nijmegen region


Gelderland Arnhem region

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Museum

Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein’

Opening hoursMonday - Saturday (Apr-Nov) 10AM - 5PMMonday - Saturday (Nov-Apr) 11AM - 5PMSundays and public holidays 12AM - 5PMNew Year’s Day - Christmas Day: closed

PricingUp to 20 peopleAdults €9,0065+, Student Card, Veteran Card €8,00Children from €5,00

From 20 personsAdults €8,0065+, Student Card, Veteran Card €7,00Children from €4,00

Special TO fee €7,25Free entrance for guides and drivers an-nounced in advance.

www.airbornemuseum.nl

Utrechtseweg 232 | 6862AZ | Oosterbeek+31(0)26-3337710

Hartenstein Villa is situated on the edge of Oosterbeek, this exquisite building is the Airborne Museum’s home. It was no coin-cidence that the museum was established in this villa. During the Battle of Arnhem,Hartenstein Villa was Major-General Urqu-hart’s British headquarters. The battle las-ted nine days, from the 17th till the 25th of September 1944. It was intended to bring a swift end to the Second World War, butthat is not what happened...

This underground space provides an im-mersive and imposing experience of the Battle of Arnhem. Stories of British, Polish and German soldiers come to life in Har-tenstein Villa. Civilians also play an im-portant role; they lived in mortal fear. The museum has a large collection of authentic weaponry, documents, footage and photo-graphs on display. Listen, watch and expe-rience the Airborne Experience!

Battle of Arnhem

In September 1944 Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in history, took place in the Netherlands. The goal of the operation was to capture several key bridges in Holland and thus securing a quick route into Germany. In Arnhem a fierce battle was fought for control of the vital bridge over the Rhine river. Despite of the allied efforts the battle of Arnhem ended in failure and the bridge over the Rhine proved to be a bridge too far.

Would you like to know more about the Arnhem region? Visit www.theotherholland.com! They will be glad to provide you with advice and support, such as information, programmes, promotion material and more for your visit to this region.

Suggestions to visit in Arnhem region (click for more info) • Airborne War Cemetery Oosterbeek • Airfield Deelen • Hidden Village in Vierhouten • The Raid of Putten • Canadian Monument: The Man with two hats • Diogenes bunker • Netherlands Open Air Museu, Arnhem


Gelderland

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Battle of Arnhem

The Netherlands

Point of Interest

Eusebius Church

One architectural highlight in Arnhem is the Eusebius Church with its 93 metre tower. Construction work started in 1450; the church took over a century to com-plete. The church was heavily damaged during the battle of Arnhem in WWII. Af-ter the war it was fully restored and more restoration work has been done since that time. Today the church is a much-loved exhibition space, with services held only once per month.

Opening hoursApril - October: Tues - Sat 10 AM - 5 PMSunday 12 AM - 5 PMNovember - March: Tues - Sat 11 AM - 4 PMSunday 12 AM - 4 PM Closed: Monday

PricingChurch: FreeTower: adult € 3,00

www.eusebius.nl

Kerkplein 1 | 6811 EB | Arnhem+31 (0)26 443 5068

Point of Interest

John Frost Bridge

On the south side of Arnhem city centre, lies the bridge over the Rhine river that was the final goal of Operation Market Garden. This bridge – which was ‘A Bridge Too Far’ in September 1944 – has been called the John Frost Bridge since 1978, after the British Lieutenant-Colonel John Dutton Frost, who in 1944 bravely held it for four days.

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PricingFree

Nijmeegseweg | Arnhem

Information Centre

Battle of Arnhem

In the ‘Battle of Arnhem’ Information Point, 52 witnesses relate in images, sound and text what they saw, heard and experienced during the terrible days of September 1944. Some of them are still alive, others did not survive the fighting. Their stories, nevertheless, also bear wit-ness to the Battle of Arnhem, which was a traumatic experience for all those in-volved.

Opening hoursMonday - Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PMSundays and holidays: 12 PM - 5 PMNew Year’s Day - Christmas Day: closed

PricingFree

www.infocentrum-slagomarnhem.nl

Rijnkade 155 | 6811 HD | Arnhem +31 (0)26 333 7710

Information Centre

The Poles of Driel

The Information Centre: The Poles of Driel provides insights into the battle fought by the Ist Polish Independent Parachute Brigade in Driel. The focus here is the way the Brigade came into being, the inexpli-cably dishonourable way these men were treated after the failure of Operation Market Garden and the friendship that developed between the inhabitants and the Polish parachutists.

Opening hoursDaily 9 AM - 5 PM

PricingFree

www.driel-polen.nl

Kerkstraat 27 | 6665 CE | Driel


Gelderland

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Cemetery

Grebbeberg War Cemetery

Grebbeberg War Cemetery is the first war cemetery of the Netherlands. Over 400 Dutch soldiers died on the Grebbe Line in May 1940 and where burried here toge-ther with the Germans killed on the bat-tlefiel. After the war, the German soldiers where reburried at Ysselsteyn German War Cemetery. Since 1946 other soldiers are burried at the Grebbeberg. Today, the cemetery counts over 850 graves.


PricingFree

www.oorlogsgravenstichting.nl

Grebbeweg 123 | 3911 AV | Rhenen+31 (0) 317 612 507

Gelderland

The Netherlands

Point of Interest

Hotel de Wereld

On 5 May 1945 German commander ge-neral Blaskowitz met with Canadian general Foulkes in Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen. There they negotiated the surrender document for all German for-ces in the Netherlands, which they sig-ned the next day. The occupation of the Netherlands had come to an end in Hotel de Wereld.

Opening hoursDaily

PricingFree

www.hoteldewereld.nl

5 Mei Plein 1 | 6703 CD | Wageningen+31 (0)317 460 444

Point of Interest

Ginkel Heath

Those who lived through the Battle of Ginkel Heath still have very vivid memo-ries of it; the never-ending stream of air-craft, in September 1944, with hundreds and hundreds of parachutists jumping out of them in order to liberate the Ne-therlands. Fighting erupted all around the Ginkel Heath, with German troops offering fierce resistance. Every year in September there are para droppings on Ginkel Heath to commemorate this bat-tle.

Opening hoursDaily

PricingFree

Ginkelse Heide (Verlengde Arnhemseweg) | Ede

Cemetery

Loenen War Cemetery

Over 3.900 war victims are burried on Loenen War Cemetery. It gives a good impression of the diversity of the Dutch war victims. Amongst them lie not only military casualties, but also civilians who lost their lives during WWII and violent conflicts following the war. Since the 1980s the cemetery also has become the last resting place for military casualties, resistance, reprisal victims, forced labou-rers and politcal victims from Indonisia, military from New Gunea and peacekee-ping missions in Korea, Yugoslavia, Af-ghanistan and Mali.


PricingFree

www.oorlogsgravenstichting.nl

Groenendaalseweg 64 | 7371 EZ | Loenen +31 (0)55 505 13 63

© Hotel de Wereld


Limburg

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Museum

Eyewitness Museum

The war time of the German paratrooper August Segel is told through several dio-ramas. August was a soldier in the First Falschirmjäger Regiment. He enlisted in 1935. Throughout the war, he served on many fronts and he served during the invasion in May 1940 in the Netherlands. Subsequently, he was sent to Russia which he, against all odds, survived. He then also served in Normandy and Bel-gium. Finally, August spent the final days of WWII in Berlin with all the consequen-ces that entailed.

Opening hoursMonday and holidays: closed Tuesday-Friday: 10 AM - 5 PM Saterday-Sunday: 12 PM - 6 PM

PricingAdults and 13+ € 10,00 Groups incl. tour €10,00 per person

www.eyewitnesswo2.nl

Maastrichterlaan 45 | 6191 AB Beek+31 (0)46 - 43 707 69

Limburg

The Netherlands

Cemetery

Margraten, NL-US Cemetery

Margraten, the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is the only Ame-rican military cemetery in the Nether-lands. The U.S. 30th Infantry Division libe-rated this site on 13 September 1944. Here rest 8.301 American military dead.Stretching along the sides of the court are the ‘Tablets of the Missing’ on which are recorded 1.722 names.

Opening hoursEvery day: 9 AM - 5 PMClosed: 25 December and 1 JanuaryIt is open on most country holidays.

PricingFree

www.abmc.gov

Amerikaanse Begraafplaats 1 | Margraten +31 (0)43 45 81 208

Cemetery

British War Cemetery

Nederweert was liberated by British troops on 21st September, 1944. The front line until 14th November was close by, following the Zuidwillemsvaart and Wessem-Nederweert canals; during that period there were casualties from patrol activity and from daily German shelling of Nederweert, besides some deaths in German minefields. After the British crossed the canals and went on towards the Maas, burials continued in the war cemetery from the surrounding area. There are now over 350 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.

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PricingFree

www.nederweert.nl

Mgr. Kreijelmanstraat | 6031 BN | Nederweert +44 (0)1304 211067

Cemetery

German War Cemetery

The military cemetery can be found in Ys-selsteyn, Netherlands, in the Province of Limburg close to the German border. The cemetery is the only German military ce-metery in the whole Netherlands. 85 killed soldiers from the First World War and al-most 32.000 from the Second World War are buried here on a territory of 28 hecta-res.

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PricingFree

www.joc-ysselsteyn.com

Timmermannsweg 75 | 5813 AM | Ysselsteyn+31 (0)478 541 262


Germany

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Germany holds a unique position in the history of the Second World War. Hitler played a key role in the decision to go to war and to exterminate the Jews but it is important to re-member that he was supported by a majority of the German population. There were, ho-wever, also Germans that resisted against the regime and the German population itself also suffered greatly from the fighting and bombing campaigns. After the war Germany was split into two states until the reunification in 1990.

Hürtgen Forest

During the autumn of 1944 the Allied advance across Europe had brought them into Ger-many. In the Hürtgen Forest the longest battle on German soil would take place from Sep-tember 1944 till February 1945. Difficult terrain, bad weather and German fortifications meant that the allied advance was slow and came at a high cost. For the Allied soldiers fighting in the Hürtgenwald the first syllable of the name of the forest (hurt) became an omen of what was to be expected here.

Berlin

Berlin was where the last major battle of the Second World War was fought. By April 1945 the Red Army had pushed back the German armed forces from the outskirts of Moscow back to their own capital. In this final and decisive clash many soldiers and civilians lost their lives including Adolf Hitler himself who committed suicide in his bunker as the bat-tle for Berlin raged above him

Kreis Kleve

Early in 1945 the German municipality of Kleve became the scene of some of the heaviest fighting on the western front. After the failure of Operation Market Garden in September 1944 the Allies came up with a new plan to invade Germany: Operation Veritable. Over half a million troops were assembled along with vast amounts of material. Cities such as Kleve and Emmerich were bombed into the ground by the Allied air force. The scale of the destruction was almost unbelievable.

© Archiv GV - Battle of Hürtgenwald

© Deutsch-Russisches Museum/Iwan Schagin

© Geschichtsverein HürtgenwaldBattle of Hürtgenwald


Berlin

Museum

AlliiertenMuseum

Opening hoursMonday: closedTuesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM

PricingFree

Guided ToursWhy did the Western powers decide on an Airlift to Berlin? How did the Allied intelligence services operate during the Cold War? What does the inside of the last guardhouse from Checkpoint Char-lie look like?

We answer these questions and more on the history of the Western powers in Berlin from 1945 to 1994 in our guided overview and thematic tours, which fo-cus on selected objects from our perma-nent exhibition or the current temporary exhibition. In conversation we elucidate the exhibition contents, discuss your questions, and make history come alive through direct encounters with objects.

The Allied Museum offers guided tours in German, English and French.Per guided tour (60 minutes) €45,00

www.alliiertenmuseum.de

Clayallee 135 | 14195 Berlin+ 49 (0)30 81 81 990

Germany

The Allied Museum tells a unique story: from the German defeat in the Second World War to the division of West and East Berlin between the three Western powers and the Soviet Union. The story begins in the summer of 1945. The victorious powers, the USA, Great Britain, France and the So-viet Union, aimed to free the German Reich of Nazism. Conflicts soon arose, however. The Western powers wanted to reconstruct Germany on the basis of capitalism and de-mocracy. The Soviet Union, in contrast, took its own communist social system as a mo-del. Berlin became one of the most impor-tant scenes of the struggle that has gone down in history as the Cold War.

The first part of the permanent exhibition in the former American Outpost Movie Theater explores the years 1945 to 1950. The themes are the Allied victory in 1945, the first years of the occupation, and the pro-cess of democratic renewal. The Berlin Air-lift during the Soviet blockade of 1948/49 is a central focus. The second part of the per-manent exhibition in the Nicholson Me-morial Library examines the period 1951 to 1994. The focus is on the military confron-tation between East and West. Berlin was an especially important scene of rivalries between opposing intelligence services

Apart from everyday life in the garrisons, the exhibition also highlights the events from German unity in 1990 to the with-drawal of the Western forces in 1994. Al-ongside the permanent exhibition, the temporary exhibitions address a variety of relevant topics. Events, film screenings and guided tours of the exhibitions round out the programme.

Highlights • Berlin Airlift plane • Guardhouse from Checkpoint Charlie • Berlin spy tunnel • Educational programmes • Temporary exhibitions • Events, film programmes

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Berlin

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Berlin

Germany

Museum

German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Opening hoursTuesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PMClosed: Monday

Zwieseler Str. 4 | 10318 Berlin+49 (0)30 501 508 10

death of Soviet prisoners of war in German custody or the planned starvation of milli-ons of civilians. Along with the genocide of European Jewry, this war is part of the large complex of Nazi crimes to which millions fell victim through systematic extermina-tion.After the act of unconditional surrender, which took place in our building, from 1945 to 1949 the former officers’ mess of the German Armed Forces’ Pioneer School served as the seat of the Soviet Military Ad-ministration in Germany. After being used for various purposes by the Soviet military, a Soviet surrender museum opened in 1967 and existed until 1994. The German-Russi-an museum opened in 1995.

Museum

Holocaust Memorial

The Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe is a memorialfield of 711 concrete pillars of different heights which can be approached and walked through from all sides, serving as a central place for re-membering and reminding people of the Holocaust. The memorial is also comple-mented by an underground information centre possessing a unique form of archi-tecture which encompasses 800 square metres, where visitors can learn about the victims of the Holocaust and the va-rious places of horror.

Opening hoursApril-Sept: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM - 8 PMOct-March: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM - 7 PM

PricingFreeAudio guide € 4,00

www.stiftung-denkmal.de

Cora-Berliner-Straße 1 | 10117 Berlin Tiergarten+49 (0)30 263 943 26

MuseumNazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre

The Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre in Berlin’s Schöneweide district opened in 2006. It is attached to the To-pography of Terror Foundation. Located on the historic site of a forced labour camp, it recalls the 26 million men and women who worked for the Nazi state as forced labourers during the Second World War.

Opening hoursTuesday - Sunday 10 AM - 6 PM

PricingFree

www.dz-ns-zwangsarbeit.de

Britzer Straße 5 | Berlin+49 (0)30 639 028 80

© Thomas Bruns © Thomas Bruns

The German-Russian Museum is located at the historic site of the unconditional surrender of the German Armed Forces on 8 May 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst, a place where two former wartime enemies jointly recall some of their common history. We are a so-far unique bilateral institution spon-sored by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Russian Federation and the only museum in Germany with a permanent exhibition recalling the war of annihilation against the Soviet Union. The exhibition documents this war from the perspective of both parties, German and Soviet. The occupied Soviet territory was where the murder of European Jews began. But Ger-man warfare and occupation rule was also responsible for other crimes, like the mass

PricingFree

www.museum-karlshorst.de


Hürtgenwald

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Hürtgenwald

Germany

Monument

Monument Synagoge Linnich

This monument commemorates the Sy-nagoge Stadtwall of Linnich, which was destroyed during the Reichskristallnacht in November 1938. Close to the Glasmale-reimuseum

Opening hoursGuided Tours available

Pricing-

Rurdorfer Str. 64 | 52441 Linnich +49 (0) 2462/9908-121

© Stadt Linnich

And more

Centre CharlemagneKatschhof 1, 52062 Aachen +49 (0) 241 432 4956www.centre-charlemagne.eu

Changing exhibitions, now:Mokka Türc & Marihuana – smuggling at the frontiers close to Aachen----------------------------------------------------Museum Zitadelle JülichKleine Rurstraße 20, 52428 Jülich +49 (0) 2461 80 18 737

The City of Jülich, close to the river Roer, was totally destroyed on the 16th of November 1944.----------------------------------------------------City of MonschauStadtstraße 16 |52156 Monschau +49 (0)2472 / 8048-0

Monschau is a pretty little town in the deep Rurvalley. The whole citycenter is a historic district. It´s famous for it´s clothiers. In WWII the city was liberated by US troops at the 15th September 1944.

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Museum

Vogelsang IP

The Vogelsang complex was built as a National Socialist training institution be-fore becoming an international military training area. Today, Vogelsang IP is an in-ternational place of active remembrance, where in addition to conveying historical facts about the Nazi era, issues regarding our present social life are addressed.

The first phase of the Vogelsang ‘Ordens-burg’ was built from 1934 to 1936. It was to be a training institution for young party members of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.

CultureCinema vogelsang IP | 53937 Schleiden +49 (0)2444 91579-0

Instruction at Vogelsang ended when the German Wehrmacht attacked Poland on 1 September 1939 and the trainees signed up for war service. From 1946 until 2005 it was the centre of initially a British and later a Belgian military training ground.

Today, Vogelsang IP is an international place of active remembrance, where in ad-dition to conveying historical facts about the Nazi era, issues, messages and reflec-tions regarding our present social life are addressed. The focus lies on the question: “What has Vogelsang got to do with me?”

Opening hoursVisitor info desk: all year 10 AM - 5 PM23 December/1January: 10 AM - 2PM90 minute tours: daily

PricingFreeSingle guided site tours: € 5,00 Reduced price: € 4,00Groups (from 25 persons) € 2,00

www.vogelsang-ip.de

Poland

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The Second World War began with the invasion of Poland in September 1939. The country was attacked and occupied by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Both occupying powers immediately established ruthless regimes that were responsible for the deaths of countless Polish citizens and especially Polish Jews. Nominally, Poland ended the war as one of the victors. In reality, as a result of the war, Poland lost its independence, half of its territory and its freedom.

Gdansk

On the 1st of September 1939 the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Westerplatte in Gdansk. These shots are regarded as the first shots of WWII. After se-veral days of fighting the Poles on the Westerplatte surrendered. After the war this battle became an important symbol of Polish resistance. In the 1970’s and 1980’s Gdansk would again become the scene of resistance in the form of the Solidarity Movement which play-ed a large role in the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Museum

Museum of the Second World War

The mission of the Museum of the Second World War is to create a modern institu-tion that will present the history of the war as the greatest cataclysm of the 20th century. Despite the fact that over 75 years have passed since the outbreak of the Se-cond World War, no museum in Europe treats its course and nature comprehensi-vely. This makes our initiative timely. One of our museum’s main goals is to show the wartime experiences of Poland and the other countries of East-Central Europe.

Opening hoursThe museum will be opened at the end of 2016.

PricingTo be confirmed

www.muzeum1939.pl

81-83 Długa St | 80-831 Gdansk+48 58 323 75 20

The Museum of the Second World War was launched in November 2008 and is located in Gdansk. Gdansk, the city where the war broke out, was selected to be the seat of the Museum of the Second World War. The Museum is being built on a lot at Wałowa Street near the city centre and will be loca-ted in a symbolic architectural space, 200 metres from the historic Polish Post Office in Gdansk and 3 kilometres across the wa-ter from Westerplatte Peninsula, both of which were attacked in September 1939.

The Museum’s mission is to create a mo-dern institution that will narrate the story of the Second World War, the greatest ca-tastrophe of the 20th century. One of its main goals is to show the wartime expe-riences of Poland and the other countries of East-Central Europe. These were often different from what the people of Western Europe and of countries outside Europe lived through, and tend to be little known in the West.

The permanent exhibition will cover 5.000 square metres. This will make it one of the largest exhibitions in the world presented by a history museum. It will be divided into three narrative blocs. The first, The road to war, will cover the roots of the Second

World War. The second thematic bloc, The horrors of war, will show the experiences of ordinary people, lives of soldiers, prisoners of war, camp inmates. The third section of the exhibition, The war’s long shadow, will serve as a bridge between the end of the

war and its reper cussions: the downfall of the Third Reich, the liberation of Europe, the border changes and the post-war di-vision of the continent. Furthermore, the museum will serve as a centre of educa-tion, culture and research.

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Museum

Solidarity Centre

The European Solidarity Centre is a new formula for an institution: it is not only a museum to promote awareness of the Solidarity movement and the anti-communist opposition in Poland and Europe, but also a centre for dialogue about the contemporary world. The history of the Solidarity movement and the changes that it led to in Central and Eastern Europe is presented in the new ECS building together with Some 1.800 exhibits.

Opening hoursMay — September 10 AM - 8 PMOctober — April 10 AM - 6 PM

PricingAdult 17 PLNRegular group 15 PLN/personDiscount group 11 PLN/person

www.ecs.gda.pl

Plac Solidarności 1 | 80-863 Gdańsk+48 58 772 40 00

Gdansk

Poland

Museum

Museum of Stutthof

Museum Stutthof is located in the former German Stutthof concentration camp. The museum preserves, researches and displays archival records and historical artefacts. Exhibitions and videos offer vi-sitors a haunting insight into the lives of the 110.000 people that were imprisoned here during the Second World War.

Opening hoursMonday - Friday 7 AM - 3 PMExhibition: May - Sept 8 AM - 6 PMOct - April 8 AM - 3 PM

PricingFree

www.stutthof.org

Ul. Muzealna 6 | 82-110 Sztutowo+48 55 247 83 53

Point of Interest

Westerplatte

Westerplatte is well known all over the world as the place where World War II began on 1 September 1939. However, to Poles, this is primarily the location of the heroic battle of the crew of the Military Transit Storehouse with better-equipped German forces, which outnumbered them eighteen to one. The exhibition in the guardhouse recreates its interiors from 1939, with the designation of the battle stations of the crew, and presenta-tions of documentary photographs, we-apons and equipment of the soldiers of the Polish Army from 1939.

Opening hours-

PricingFree

Ul. Sucharskiego | 80-803 Gdańsk +48 1304 2110 67

Museum

Museum of coastal Defense

The Museum of Coastal Defense is loca-ted in buildings formerly occupied by the German “Schleswig-Holstein” 406 mm battery: the B2 gun emplacement and the range-finder tower. The aim of the museum is to show the military history of Hel and the Polish Navy. A number of thematic exhibitions show the heroism of the defense of Hel in 1939, and the development of the Polish Navy through history.

Opening hoursMarch, April, October 10 AM - 4 PMMay, September 10 AM - 5 PMJune - August 10 AM - 6/7 PMClosed: November - February

PricingPricing between 2 PLN and 12 PLN

www.helmuzeum.pl

Ul.Helska 16 | 84-150 Hel +48 261 257 488

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Italy

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Italy started out as an Axis partner but later switched sites and saw a German occupation of the Northern part of the country. The country served as the proving grounds for the D-Day landings. The amphibious assaults on Sicily and at Anzio provided the allies with extremely important information and experiences with beach landings. Furthermore, the battles in the Italian heartland and in the mountainous terrain including the famous battle of Monte Cassino will add new dimensions to the story we have already told in the first phase of the LRE.

The role of Italy during the war is quite ambivalent. The control of the population by the state never reached the level that the Nazi-party managed to achieve. Mussolini, the Ita-lian dictator, was overthrown by his own countrymen and it was only with the help of German forces that he was placed at the head of an German puppet state in Northern Italy. Italy switched sides during the war and its military achievements earned them little respect of contemporaries or from later historians. The position of the Italy in the collec-tive memory of World War II is difficult to capture in a few sentences. Italy saw the rise of dictatorship long before Hitler established power in Germany. The conquests of Italy in the 1930’s demonstrated that the system of the league of nations had failed and played a role in creating a violent atmosphere form which the Second World War would emerge. The performance of Italy during the war was quite abysmal and because of its military failures Germany was forced to intervene in Africa, the Balkans and Greece, causing de-lays and bleeding forces away from their main objectives.

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Museum of Memory

The “Museum of Memory” collects and illustrates documents of those who lived directly the dramatic moments of the II World War. At the museum it is also pos-sible to see relics, vintage posters and various documents with the purpose to preserve and enrich the memory of future generations.

Opening hoursTuesday 3.00 PM - 6.00 PM Thursday 9.00 AM - 1 PMOther days on request

PricingFree donation

Piazza Marconi | 55023 Borgo a Mozzano+39 (0)583 888 881

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Italy

Cemetery

Catania War Cemetery

On 10 July 1943, following the successful conclusion of the north African cam-paign in mid May, a combined allied for-ce of 160,000 Commonwealth and Ame-rican troops invaded Sicily as a prelude to the assault on mainland Italy. Catania War Cemetery contains 2135 burials from the later stages of the campaign, from Lentini northwards. Many died in the heavy fighting just short of Catania (the town was taken on 5 August) and in the battle for the Simeto river bridgehead.

Opening hoursWinter: 8 AM - 12 PM and 1 PM - 3.30 PMSummer: 7.30 AM - 12 PM and 1 PM - 4 PMFree entrance at all time with code 1221.

PricingFree

www.cwgc.org

Stradale Passo del Fico | 95121 Catania | Sicily+44 (0)1628 507 200

Museum

Historiale

HISTORIALE was born to honour all victims of all nationalities that lost their life for peace and freedom. The tour is adapted to the type of visitors; from schoolchildren to tour groups. The tou-rists take awareness from the outside, that they are on a symbolic territory: in fact the museum is located at the foot of the mountain where is the Benedictine abbey, cradle of European civilization, repeatedly destroyed and repeatedly build again.

Opening hoursOpen from 1 March to 30 SeptemberSunday to friday 10 AM – 6 PM Saturday and Easter: closedOpen all year for group bookings

Pricing€10, including guide

www.museohistoriale.org

Via San Marco 23 | 03043 Cassino +39 (0)776 313 852

Cemetery

Sicily-Rome US Cemetery

The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial site in Italy co-vers 77 acres, rising in a gentle slope from a broad pool with an island and cenot-aph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees. Beyond the pool is the immense field of headstones of 7,861 of American military war dead, arranged in gentle arcs on broad green lawns beneath rows of Roman pines.

Opening hoursDaily , except December 25 and January 11 April - 30 September: 9 AM - 6 PM1 Octber - 31 March: 9 AM - 5 PM

PricingFree

www.abmc.gov

Piazzale Kennedy | 1 00048 Nettuno +39 (0)69 880 284


Supporting ToolsLiberation Route Europe

The Liberation Route Europe Foundation offers a wide range of supporting tools which can be used by Tour Operators and Travel Companies. We invite you to explore and integrate the tools and contacts listed below, in your tour planning and development.

• Qualified Tour Guide Network. • LRE website and its rich content. • LRE Mobile App. • LRE Traveling Exhibition: Routes of Liberation, European legacies of the Second World War. • LRE’s pre-established network of LRE contacts and partners: Tourism Boards, Hotels, museums, etc. • LRE’s Newsletters and Magazine.

Many new tools are in preparation, such as a new travel-oriented mobile ap-plication, virtual and augmented reality projects etc. Stay tuned!

Guide communityWebsite and app

Liberation Route Europe is creating a guide network, recruiting and training guides to deliver guided tours that will bring the history of the liberation of Europe to life. The Liberation Route Europe has appointed Frank Baldwin and Joël Stoppels as project coordinators - who will be responsible for these recruitment and trainings. Both are accredited Guides, and validators of the International Guild of Battlefield Guides. Ini-tially we are looking for the best guides from each region. They will be working closely with tour operators to develop and deliver the optimum product for regions, countries or across europe, from day visits to multi-day tours.

Contact: Frank Baldwin: [email protected]

Joël Stoppels: [email protected]

Liberation Route Europe is creating a guide network, recruiting and training guides to deliver guided tours that will bring the history of the liberation of Europe to life. The Liberation Route Europe has ap-pointed Frank Baldwin and Joel Stoppels as project coordinators who will be responsible for the recruiting and training the guides. Both are accredited Guides, and validators of the International Guild of Battle-field Guides. Initially we are looking for the best guides from each regi-on. TThey will be working closely with tour operators to deliver quality guiding services in specific regions, countries or across Europe, from day visits of different sites to multi-day tours.

Contact: Frank Baldwin: [email protected] Joël Stoppels: [email protected]


Liberation Route Europe is continuously improving its digital content to offer consumers a full quality digital experience of the route. The new website on www.liberationroute.

com is available since October 2016. Furthermore we have a historical app and a toursi-tical app will be launched in 2017. All online services are provided in 5 languages: English, French, Dutch, German and Polish.

High quality historical content On the website of Liberation Route Europe you can find historical information of variousimportant moments from the Second World War and the path the Western Allied forcedtook. You can read more than 14 different story lines, such as Operation MarketGarden and the Battle of Berlin. Find information of historical moments or interesting biographies of known and unknown people. IIn addition, you will find in the website in-formation about important sites along the route such as museums, cemeteries and other monuments. All the high quality content of the website is written by certified historians. A unique selection of historical pictures and as well videos are provided by institutionsand museums.

Travel Trade SectionThe Travel Trade section of the website gathers a wide range of tour and travel packagesalong the historic route. The tour suggestions included in this section are either focusingon a specific area or event, or transnational and cover longer stretches of the historic alliedforces’ advance. Some of the tours suggested are being offered and operated by our Tour Operator partners in their respective regions. We cordially invite you to visit the travel trade section of our website to explore the tours included in our Tour & Travel Guide and more suggestions of tours and travel along the route.

Liberation Route Europe appDownload information from our website straight to your smartphone with the free Libe-ration Route Europe App! Available for iPhone and Android, the app gives you direct access to the storylines, places of interest, historical events and biographies: everything on the website including historical photographs, audio stories and videos.

If you’re out and about and need to know the exact location of an historical event or a museum, have a look at the map and use the navigation function to take you to where you want to go. You can also download the content on beforehand and use it offline so you don’t need to worry about your reception.

Claire Lesourd10/05/1969

ContactSelf-employed+33 643 17 55 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesD-DayThe Battle of NormandyThe Liberation of Paris

LanguagesFrenchEnglish

CertificationFrench government - License n°GC12140023P

Michael Scott21/01/1961

ContactGuild of Battlefield Guides+44 (0)1420 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesBattle of BerlinWesterplatteGdansk, 20th century

LanguagesEnglish

CertificationGuild of Battlefield Guidies and ETOA

Mathias Leclere31/07/1975

ContactD’day Guided Tours+33 610 021 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesD-DayThe Battle of Normandy


CertificationFrench government

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Tour guides

Anne-Marie Jouenne Isabet-

[email protected]

Guide for storylinesD-DayThe Battle of Normandy


CertificationMinistry of tourism and culture in France

Insider Tour Berlin

ContactInsider Tour BerlinFlensburger Str. 710557 Berlin, Germany+49 (0)30 692 31 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesBattle of BerlinThird ReichCold War

LanguagesEnglishSpanishItalianHebrew

Admiddision feeFrom € 14,00

Insider Tour Berlin was founded in 1996 and of-fers gripping historical tours of the Battle of Ber-lin, Seelower Heights, the history of the Third Reich, the Cold War, and associated themes. Our team of expert guides have the knowledge and experience of guiding international military groups, and mili-tary historians, through Berlin. Insider has been the chosen partner in various Berlin documentaries by national Geographic and the History Channel.


jan van Helden14/10/1936

ContactTourist information office and freelance+31 (0)6 - 222 272 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesD-DayOperation Market Garden

LanguagesDutchEnglishGerman

Certification-

Willem Kleijn24/04/1954

ContactDRG Battlefiedltours& Books+31 (0)6 - 218 659 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesOperation Market Garden


CertificationInternational Guild of Battlefield Guides - badge nr. 61

Jip Meijer21/08/1960

ContactDurendale Reizen+31 (0)6 - 375 449 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesD-DayBattle of Huertgen ForestOperation Market Garden


CertificationMember of Internatio-nal Guild of Battlefield-guides

Wybo Boersma24/09/1939

ContactInternational Guild of Battlefield [email protected]

Guide for storylinesOperation Market GardenThe Battle of NormandyBattle of Huertgen Forest


CertificationInternational Guild of Battlefield Guides - badge no 30

Bert Eikelenboom28/09/1958

ContactLibertionTour+31 (0)6 - 224 845 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesOperation Market GardenThe Rhineland Offensive

LanguagesDutchEnglish

Certification-

Joël Stoppels18/12/1984

ContactBattlefield Tours+31 (0)6 - 363 353 [email protected]

Guide for storylinesOperation Market GardenThe Rhineland Offensive

LanguagesDutchEnglishSpanish

CertificationInternational Guild of Battlefield Guids - badge no. 70


Terms and ConditionsLiberation Route Europe

Terms and ConditionsWho can partner with the Liberation Route Europe?Museums, tourism boards, governments or education and research organizations can be member of the Liberation Route Europe in order to develop research, education or com-memorations projects.

Next to this group of official members, we created a growing network of travel trade part-ners, including: • Tour-operators; • Travel-agencies; • Transportation companies; • Accommodations; • Leisure companies (recreational, cultural and sporting activities); • Etc.

Before applyingThe first step before applying for membership is to comply with the LRE terms and conditi-ons, which include among others that: • The products sold by the partner are related to the WWII remembrance topic ; • The partner has agreed on and signed the LRE Charter. This charter gathers the values we defend and promote, as well as our partners. Signing, respecting and complying with this text is essential to be part of the LRE; • When a quality standards system exists in its country, the partner meets them, or when a recognized professional network exists, the partner is part of it; • The partner promotes the LRE project.

Please note that the management board of the Liberation Route Europe Foundation is the only authorized body to decide on accepting or not a new partner. Your application will therefore be submitted to its members for approval.

Conditions for travel companies to operate LRE labeled tours • LRE’s logo to identify the tours and packages • LRE promotes online and printed brochures and catalogs; • Use of LRE corporate brand manual for matters relating to the LRE; • Linkage between website when possible and agreed upon; • Include a LRE input and LRE provided supporting tools in the debriefing packages given to the travelers prior or at the beginning of the tour (letter, mobile app flyer, USB stick, lanyard, pins etc..); • Include a LRE input in the welcome/introduction speech at the beginning of the tour • Mutual promotion at fairs; • Regular reporting biannually.

Umbrella organization/destination marketingLiberation Route Europe is a connection between diverse locations and organizations throughout Europe around one central theme.This is a unique international cooperation with as main focus the perspective of the visitor/the broad public. With this approach, we also contribute to enhance the visibi-lity of the regions which were affected by the war, as specific touristic destinations. By joining forces into the same organization and under the same umbrella, we also create a larger transnational ensemble which is to be seen as a specific destination based on remembrance tourism.

MethodologyThe work of LRE can be divided into three main pillars

Multi-perspective approachHistorical experts play a significant role in this project. The museums and scientific partners developed within the Liberation Route Europe project the multi-perspective approach. This project is the first on a European scale to create a multinational per-spective on war, occupation and liberation. Especially biographical stories of civilians and soldiers connected to the Liberation Route demonstrate the complexity of the in-dividual war experiences of 1944/45. The partnership acknowledges that different nations have lived the war experience in different contexts and different perception, and gives this multi-perspective approach a central place in the project’s methodology.

Multidisciplinary approach and cooperationThe partnership and methodology of the Liberation Route Europe is based on mul-tidisciplinary cooperation. We operate as a network/umbrella organization in which scientific and historical research, tourism, (future oriented) commemoration, public presentation and visibility, as well as education come together and merge into one comprehensive approach. Therefore, the partnership consists of museums, govern-ments, tourism organizations and research/education institutions.

Umbrella organization/destination marketingLiberation Route Europe is a connection between diverse locations and organizations throughout Europe around one central theme.This is a unique international cooperation with as main focus the perspective of the visitor/the broad public. With this approach, we also contribute to enhance the visibi-lity of the regions which were affected by the war, as specific touristic destinations. By joining forces into the same organization and under the same label, we also create a larger transnational ensemble which is to be seen as a specific destination based on remembrance tourism.


Contact

Contact Tour Operators

Frans Schuitemaker | +31 (0)547 28 44 04 | f.schuitemaker @oad.nl | www.oad.nl

Beyond Band of Brothers / Procomtours USAAmerica’s favorite World War 2 tour operator. With year round guaranteed departures on all-inclusive tours. Whether you are interested in D-Day, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the Eagle’s Nest, or Auschwitz, Prague and Krakow you’ll never forget your holiday with Beyond Band Of Brothers.

Mark Hafermann | +49 2302 2000 45 | [email protected] | www.hafermanntravel.comJolanta Letkiewicz | +48 661961988 | [email protected] | www.polandinc.com


Niki Koves Montgomery | +1-859-368-7292 | [email protected] | www.beyondbandofbrothers.com

Spirit of Remembrance United KingdomEstablished in August 2011 in Kent UK, Spirit of Remembrance is a unique specialist battlefield and remembrance travel operator specifically created from the founders’ vision to bring together a highly experienced team of professionals with extensive back-grounds in both tourism and military history.

PolandInc / Mediterraneum PolandPoland Incoming is the receptive branch of Mediterraneum Group. Mediterraneum Tour Operator was founded in 1991, and since its inception it has provides quality services to incoming and outgoing groups in Poland and Europe.

Discover France FranceDiscover France has perfected the art of European cycling vacati-ons. With self-guided active vacations, you have the freedom to explore at your own pace the historical landmarks of Normandy and the landing beaches while enjoying the scenery of this re-gion of France.

Oad B.V. The NetherlandsOad B.V. provides travel services in the Netherlands and other Eu-ropean countries. The Company offers various holiday packages to its members. OAD provides travel packages, transportation, meals, and accommodation services to its customers throughout the Netherlands and in neighboring countries.

Sébastien Rambour | +33 (0)6 27 81 75 55 | [email protected] | www.discoverfrance.com

Nikki Archer-Waring | +44 1634 233785 | [email protected] | www.spiritofremembrance.com

Hafermann Travel GermanyFirst established in 1904 in Witten Germany. Since the beginning the family has committed itself to excellence in touring to create positive life-changing experiences. Hafermann Travel offers a va-riety of quality themed travel experiences throughout Germany and to other European countries.

Turislucca ItalyDiscover WWII’s legacy in Tuscany with Turislucca, offering the best of Tuscany’s guided tours with passion and enthusiasm sin-ce 1982. The local tourist guides of Turislucca are among the best in Tuscany thanks to many years of experience and their deep knowledge of the region’s history and culture.

Envol Espace FranceSince 1984, Envol Espace has been offering school trip packages for youth groups, from primary school to university. Located in Caen in the Normandy region of France, it organizes trips for schools from all regions of France, mainly to European countries and welcomes school groups into France from other regions.

Pauline Brionne | +33 2 31 06 07 89 | [email protected] | www.envol-espace.fr

Katia Gerunda | +39 0583 342404 | [email protected] | www.turislucca.com

For general information about the Liberation Route Europe Foundation, please contact:E: [email protected]: +31 (0)481 366 266

For questions about sales, fairs an tourism packages, please contact:Rachid ‘Richie’ LemlihTravel Trade ManagerE: [email protected]: +32 473 13 69 09

For questions about design, logo’s, pictures etc, please contact:Femke KurstjensProject ManagerE: [email protected]: +31 (0)481 366 266

Contact Liberation route europe

Brussels office: Rue de l’industrie 10 1000 Brussels Belgium

Postal address: PO Box 156 6660 AD ELST The Netherlands

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