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Highlights
- Virtual session with a battlefield expert guide
- Insights into the events leading to the Normandy landings
- Talk about the actual execution of the D-Day War
Description
Learn from an expert, via a unique, highly educational, and very well illustrated PowerPoint presentation on the events that led to the D Day Landings on the coast of France in June 1944. D Day was the largest amphibious operation of all time involving American, British, Canadian, Free French, and other Allied Nations. Parachute drops by night, swimming tanks, artificial harbours, artillery firing from the landing craft - you will know about it all.
The qualified battlefield and remembrance guide has been taking groups worldwide for thirty years. He will explain the build-up of events to Normandy; from Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain to Sicily, Secret Agents, the Beaches, the bravery and the sacrifice. This battlefield tour is ideal for those individuals or groups who wish to have an understanding of the events 1940 to 1944 in Europe.
About this experience
What's included
- An interactive and insightful session about D-Day by an expert who served with the British Army
Instructions
- Please have a good internet connection and zoom app installed on your phone or laptop
- The instructions to join the meeting will be sent via email shortly after the booking
Know before you go
- Please log in to the Zoom app five minutes prior to the beginning of the session
- At times the mobile network may be intermittent, and the picture may not be clear. However, we will attempt to minimize such disruptions
- You can book this tour for 50 GBP per screen or as a private tour for 70 GBP and invite up to 10 friends and family to join this activity with you from all over the world. You will see the option to book this experience as a private tour on the checkout page if it is available for that time slot
- Since these are live tours, they may be subject to last minute cancellation due to inclement weather, Internet disruptions or other unforeseen circumstances.
Meet your Host
Piers Storie Pugh
I have been guiding groups for over thirty years and I am qualified with The Guild of Battlefield Guides. At Number 12, I am one of the most senior guides. Having served in the British Army I am able to bring a military focus to the talk. Having set up and run Remembrance Travel for 25 years I am a leading authority on the sacrifice in Two World Wars. I am qualified as a guide by examination on Normandy, Arnhem, Burma, The Somme, and Ypres. I am a specialist guide in other areas eg Colditz Castle, Berlin, Verdun, Bruges, Malta, etc
Tour Reviews
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Blair Hamilton
Loved this virtual tour. Our guide was extremely knowlegable and quite personable. Did a great job of providing an overview of a complex event.
From USD 98 / Group
Important Information
- Fully refundable in case of any cancellation upto 2 days before the tour.