5-Day Break

• Day 1 – Local departure by coach then onwards to our hotel in the Caen area for four nights.
• Day 2 – American Sector, Operation Cobra, Mortain Offensive We follow the American Breakout – or Montgomery’s famed breakout in the West and the push from Omaha and Utah Beaches which culminated in the Battle for St. Lo and ‘Operation Cobra’. We travel down to Avranches via St. Lo and the Perriers road to see the start of the battle for Brittany and to visit the American cemetery at St. James. Then we move on to the American stand at Mortain where they thwarted the German ‘Operation Luttich’. B
• Day 3 – Operation Epsom, Operation Martlett, Operation Bluecoat We study some of Montgomery’s ill-fated attempts to take the city of Caen. With visits to Hill 112 – ‘Operation Epsom’ and its protective flank ‘Operation Martlett’ at Fontenay-le-Pesnel where we see the 49th Division Memorial and War cemetery. Lunchtime finds us in Villers Bocage where we investigate the story of Michael Wittman and his encounter with ‘The Desert Rats’. We will also visit the town of Tilly-sur- Seulles, taken and re-taken 23 times and its nearby cemetery at ‘Jerusalem’ crossroads. We also take the opportunity of studying ‘Operation Bluecoat’; one of Montgomery’s breakout battles towards Mont Pincon. B
• Day 4 – Operation Goodwood, Falaise Road We continue with the inland battle of ‘Operation Goodwood’, Montgomery’s final battle for Caen. We take the opportunity to visit either the Canadian or Polish war cemetery, before heading into Falaise for lunch. After we head into the Falaise pocket, the scene of the final break out from the battlefields of Normandy. We drive and walk along the ‘Corridor of Death’, the route of the German escape, through the villages of Tournai and St. Lambert – where we hear the story of Major Currie VC. We end the day at the Polish Memorial at Montormel, the scene of the Polish stand – isolated without food and ammunition for three days. B
• Day 5 – To Calais then return home. B

Included Meals: B=Breakfast

Please Note: Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at extra cost.

Accommodation
You will stay for four nights at the the 2-star Kyriad Caen Sud IFS situated on the outskirts of Caen.

The hotel has a bar and restaurant, but no lift, although rooms are only on two floors.

All bedrooms have a T.V. and telephone.

Please note we may also use the 2-star Carline Hotel Caen Nord

Extras:

• Optional excursions
• Single room supplement £99
• Travel insurance from £31.95

Battlefield Tours prices are per person, based on two sharing. Named accommodation may be changed if necessary by the tour operator. If this is the case you will be advised of all new details at time of enquiry. All holidays and prices are subject to availability and changes.