Red Devils in Normandy - 1 Day British Airborne Tour
Pegasus Bridge - Ranville Cemetery - Ranville - Chateau St Come - Merville Battery - Varraville
These Tours are flexible and sites can be changed to suit your requirements
Pegasus Bridge - The spearhead of the Allied landings in Normandy on D-day as the men of the Oxs & bucks arrived in gliders to capture and hold two vital bridges over the waterways of the Caen Canal and Orne River until relieved. No plan survives contact with the enemy and improvisation was key to the success of this operation. Come and join me to find out their story.
Ranville Cemetery - No tour is complete without a visit to one of the many Commonwealth cemeteries in Normandy to pay respects to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the liberation of Western Europe.
Ranville - A vital village that was crucial to the success on the eastern flank and the allied landings of D-Day, it needs liberating and holding against numerous probing German counter attacks to ensure the success of the Allied landings.
Chateau St Come - Situated on the crest of a ridge, the ridge the allies had marked as the eastern defence to protect the landings it will be held against overwhelming odds by men of the airborne and commando Brigades at great human cost.
Merville Battery - A key target for the British Airborne on D-Day was the German gun battery at Merville, it was to be assaulted by 9th Para but the best laid plans of mice and men....... find out what happened at this site on June 6th and the days that followed by taking the British Airborne tour.
Varraville - One of the targets of the Canadian Parachute Brigade on D-Day as they attempted hold up any German re-enforcements from pushing through the eastern defences by destroying key bridges over the waterways before falling back to hold the line with their brothers in arms on the ridge line. Discover the success of their mission on this tour
Pegasus Bridge - The spearhead of the Allied landings in Normandy on D-day as the men of the Oxs & bucks arrived in gliders to capture and hold two vital bridges over the waterways of the Caen Canal and Orne River until relieved. No plan survives contact with the enemy and improvisation was key to the success of this operation. Come and join me to find out their story.
Ranville Cemetery - No tour is complete without a visit to one of the many Commonwealth cemeteries in Normandy to pay respects to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the liberation of Western Europe.
Ranville - A vital village that was crucial to the success on the eastern flank and the allied landings of D-Day, it needs liberating and holding against numerous probing German counter attacks to ensure the success of the Allied landings.
Chateau St Come - Situated on the crest of a ridge, the ridge the allies had marked as the eastern defence to protect the landings it will be held against overwhelming odds by men of the airborne and commando Brigades at great human cost.
Merville Battery - A key target for the British Airborne on D-Day was the German gun battery at Merville, it was to be assaulted by 9th Para but the best laid plans of mice and men....... find out what happened at this site on June 6th and the days that followed by taking the British Airborne tour.
Varraville - One of the targets of the Canadian Parachute Brigade on D-Day as they attempted hold up any German re-enforcements from pushing through the eastern defences by destroying key bridges over the waterways before falling back to hold the line with their brothers in arms on the ridge line. Discover the success of their mission on this tour