itinerary - The National WWII Museum Tours

BAND OF BROTHERS
WWII Sites in 7 Countries
Gain access to first-hand accounts of Easy Company’s actions across Europe not available on any other tour.
MULTIPLE TOURS AVAILABLE
Price: $5,695 Per Person, Double Occupancy
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So glad that I decided to take this trip!”
“This was an excellent tour. As usual for the WWII Museum
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– Cindy B. - Gotha, FL
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“Thorough, well-organized, and well executed. Very busy
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Marlborough, England I After arrival, the group will proceed to their hotel in Marlborough, a medieval market town
the Wiltshire region. The group will begin their tour in the small towns and villages of Wiltshire. Later, a walking tour
of Albourne and a visit to Littlecote House will be followed by a welcome banquet featuring some of the locals who
remember Easy Company.
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Portsmouth / Normandy I Visit Southwick House, where Eisenhower set D-Day in motion. The group will lunch at the
Golden Lion Pub, which served as an unofficial officers mess leading up to the invasion. We’ll ferry across the English
channel to the French pastoral region of Normandy.
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Normandy, France I In Ste Mere Eglise, locals will recount what it was like to experience the combat in their village.
The group will stop at the Airborne Memorial and the Airborne Museum before a tour of Brecourt Manor and lunch with
Charles de Vallavielle, whose family still lives in the mansion today. A busy afternoon continues with tours of Ste-Mariedu-Mont, Marmion Farm, Utah Beach, the Utah Beach Museum, and the church at Angoville au Plain.
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Normandy, France I The day is devoted to the troops who came ashore at Omaha Beach. A morning visit to Pointe du
Hoc highlights the Army Rangers who faced tough odds coming ashore. The day closes with a visit to Omaha Beach and
viewing the flag lowering at the Normandy American Cemetery.
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Normandy, France I On the final day in Normandy, the group will first visit the historic Chateau de Bernaville. The
group picks up the Easy Company story at Carentan with stops at Dead Man’s Corner Museum and the Bloody Gulch.
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Eindhoven, Netherlands I We bid farewell to France and head to the Netherlands. On the way, the group will have a
leisurely lunch in the historic city of Lille, on the French side of the Flanders Region. In 1940, an outnumbered French
force in Lille delayed a German advance to Dunkirk allowing the Allied evacuation to proceed. Over dinner, the tour
historian will offer insight into what is to come with an overview of Operation Market Garden.
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The Netherlands I The tour today begins at the “Bridge to Far” in Arnhem, where the guide will demonstrate why this
bridge was the strategic objective of Operation Market Garden. Afterwards, the group will visit the locations along “Hell’s
Highway,” the critical road needed by the Allies in order to move toward Arnhem.
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The Netherlands / The Ardennes I The day begins with a visit to the drop zone of the 101st Airborne near Eindhoven
and Son, and where the operation ran into trouble with the loss of the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal. The group will
then head south to the iconic city of Maastricht. Next, the group continues to the Netherlands American Cemetery to visit
gravesites of select members of the Easy Company. From there, the group will travel to the medieval market town of
Clervaux, Luxembourg. Over dinner, the tour historian will present an overview of the Battle of the Bulge.
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Clervaux / Bastogne I We’ll follow closely in Easy Company’s footsteps in the woods north of Bastogne while reliving
heroic actions and bitter losses. Enjoy a Victory Luncheon at the Bastogne Barracks/Nuts Museum, before concluding
the day with a tour of the 101st Airborne Museum , and the cemetery where Renee Lemaire, a local nurse who was killed
during the siege of Bastogne, is buried.
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Clervaux / Haguenau / Karlsruhe I A visit to the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial will include select
graves of Easy Company members and General George S. Patton. In Haguenau, walk the “Last Patrol” of Easy Company.
A welcome luncheon hosted by the town’s mayor will also include those who would have witnessed the combat there. A
tour will follow. The group will then travel to Karlsruhe, Germany for a free evening/dinner.
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Landsberg / Rosenheim, Germany I Landsberg is the site of the prison where Hitler was incarcerated and where he
wrote Mein Kampf. Tour the European Holocaust Memorial before departing for Rosenheim.
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Berchtesgaden / Zell Am See I Our final day will start with spectacular views of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. We’ll tour the
former headquarters of the SS at Hotel Zum Turken and the ruins of Berghof, Hitler’s mountain residence. We depart for
Zell am See, where Easy Company was stationed after V-E Day. The group will enjoy a farewell dinner.
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Rosenheim / Home I Group transfer to the airport for return flights.
Itinerary subject to change.