Pointe Du Hoc
D-Day - 1944
Special Anniversary Tour Over
Four Days - June 4th-7th 2017
Camping based.
Cost Includes your Vehicle, Driver and One Passenger.
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Costs below are for your vehicle,
driver and one passenger.
Just £100 deposit required at booking
to secure your place
2017
D-Day
in
English
but
known
as
Jour
J
in
France.
The
6th
of
June
1944,
Operation
Neptune,
the
Allied
invasion
of
Normandy,
was
to
be
and
remains
the
largest
seaborne
invasion
in
history,
and
then
Operation
Overlord
saw
more
than
three
million allied troops were in France by the end of August.
Alarmed
by
the
raids
on
St
Nazaire
and
Dieppe
in
1942,
Hitler
ordered
the
construction
of
fortifications
all
along
the
Atlantic
coast,
from
Spain
to
Norway,
to
protect
against
an
expected
Allied
invasion.
He
envisioned
15,000
emplacements
manned
by
300,000
troops,
but
due
to
shortages,
particularly
of
concrete
and
manpower,
most
of
the
strongpoints
were
never
built.
As
it
was
expected
to
be
the
site
of
the
invasion,
Pas
de
Calais
was
heavily
defended.
In
the
Normandy
area,
the
best
fortifications
were
only
concentrated
at
the
port
facilities at Cherbourg and Saint-Malo.
The
decision
to
undertake
a
cross-channel
invasion
in
1944
was
taken
in
Washington
in
May
1943,
and
the
Normandy
coast
was
chosen
as
the
site
of
the
invasion.
The
Americans
were
assigned
to
land
at
Utah
and
Omaha
Beaches,
the
British
at
Sword
and
Gold
Beaches,
and
Canadians
at
Juno
Beach.
In
the
preparatory
phase
the
Allied
Expeditionary
Air
Force
undertook
over
3,200
photo
reconnaissance
sorties
from
April
1944
until
the
start
of
the
invasion,
and
an
appeal
for
holiday
pictures
and
postcards
of
Europe
announced
on
the
BBC
received over ten million items.
Along
a
front
of
50
miles
an
airborne
assault
from
1,200
aircraft
preceded
an
amphibious
assault
involving
1,213
warships,
4,126
landing
craft
of
various
types,
736
ancillary
craft,
and
864
merchant
vessels.
Nearly
185,000
troops
crossed
the
English
Channel
on
6
June.
The
men
landed
under
heavy
fire
from
gun
emplacements
overlooking
the
beaches,
and
the
shore
was
mined
and
covered
with
obstacles
such
as
wooden
stakes,
metal
tripods,
and
barbed
wire,
making
the
work
of
the
beach
clearing
teams
difficult
and
dangerous.
Casualties
were
heaviest
at
Omaha,
with
its
high
cliffs.
At
Gold,
Juno,
and
Sword,
several
fortified
towns were cleared in house-to-house fighting.
Using
a
well
equipped
campsite
just
meters
from
the
edge
of
Gold
Beach
you
will
experience
the
same
sand
and
tides
that
bore
witness
to
horrific
casualties
on
the
first
day
of
the
invasion,
but
gave
the
allies
a
foothold
on
the
European
mainland.
We
will
travel
along
the
length
of
the
invasion
front
keeping
away
from
the
routes
used
by
those
who
are
unable
to
venture
further
than
the
roadside.
We
will
see
the
side
of
Normandy
that
has
changed
little
since
the
advancing
soldiers
made their way across and through the lanes and farmland.
From
the
high
cliffs
and
gun
emplacements
at
Pointe
Du
Hoc,
past
the
remains
of
German
gun
batteries
to
the
long
shallow
beaches,
such
as
Arromanches
which
still
have
the
remains
of
the
Mulberry
Harbours
sitting
on
the
sand
we
will
visit
many
of
the
evocative
and
sometimes
emotional
sites
that
now
show
little
sign of the horror experienced by those young Allied soldiers 73 years ago.
To
book,
click
on
the
link
for
your
chosen
date.
We
only
require
a
£100
deposit
per
vehicle
or
full
payment
if
the
tour
is
less
than
eight
weeks
away.
Eight
weeks
before
the
tour
we
will
send
you
a
balance
request
and
invoice.
Once
the
balance
is
paid
we
will
send
you
an
information
pack
including
meeting
places,
times, booking references etc
CAMPING BASED
£599
JUNE
4-7
LAND ROVER MONTHLY
SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY TOUR
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Tour cost includes your vehicle, driver and one passenger
•
Extra adults are £299 each
•
Children aged 11-15 are £150
•
Children aged 10 and under are free
What’s included in the tour?
•
An information pack that includes a colour bound booklet containing a series of
photographs pertinent to the Tour as well as additional reading pages (not taster
days)
•
All campsite and electric fees for camping based tours
•
Museum visits as part of the tour
•
A memorable Tour using your own vehicle
•
Running commentary
•
Loan of a handheld CB radio if required
What's not included:
•
Food and refreshments
•
Ferry or Eurotunnel Crossing
•
Any extras at campsite
•
Hotel on camping based tours
•
Fuel
•
Tolls
•
Visits to museums and visitor centres outside of the tour