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Morning Tour of the British Battlefields and beaches


Normal Itinerary
I usually commence at your hotel or B&B in Bayeux (or nearby) at 8.30am and we will return around 12.30pm. This tour visits the Gold beach sector which was attacked by the 50th Division of the British army on June 6th and is also the sector where the Allied engineers built one of the two Mulberry harbours put into operation after the initial landings.

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Longues sur Mer
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Arromanches les Bains
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Stan Hollis VC Memorial
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Mont Fleury
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Bayeux Cemetery
German Battery - Longues sur Mer
Part of the Atlantic Wall, this is the battery most preserved in Normandy with the original 152mm guns manufactured by the Skoda Company in the Czech Republic. the guns are still in situ located on top of the cliffs between Omaha and Gold sectors, the battery was a threat on D-Day for both sectors and the Allied naval fleet. The site was liberated on the June 7th by 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment part of the British 50th Division.

​​Arromanches Les Bains
The site of Mulberry B - the amazing artificial harbour - one of Winston Churchill's ideas, where you will be able to see its' remains, truly one of the greatest feats of British engineering of the 20th Century. There are many other artifacts of war situated around the town.

Mont Fleury

The story of Stanley Hollis (Green Howards), the only man to be awarded the highest Commonwealth award for bravery, The Victoria Cross, on D-Day June 6th. Also site the site of a Gun Battery overlooking Gold Beach.

Bayeux War Cemetery
is the largest WWII cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France. The cemetery contains 4,648 burials, and opposite this cemetery stands the Bayeux Memorial which commemorates more than 1,800 casualties of the Commonwealth forces who died in Normandy and have no known grave. In addition to the Commonwealth burials, there are 466 graves of German soldiers.

This itinerary is only a suggestion. Other locations can be included. If you have any questions please contact me.

This half day tour costs

270 Euros
(Total) for 1 to 7 people
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