Second World War

The Allied armies advanced east in the spring of 1945, through the Reichswald Forest then carrying out a massive airborne, infantry and commando crossing of the Rhine. We study their actions including the American crossing of the Ludendorf bridge at Remagen.

65th Anniversary of the Liberation. Based in Guernsey, this tour looks at the Occupation years, including the Underground Military Museum and Hospital and the Atlantic Wall. Time to discover the Island’s older history and visit Sark and Alderney.

In May 1940 the German ‘Lightening War’ swept through Belgium and Northern France. This tour includes Sedan, the crossing of the Meuse, and the Arras counterattack. Study this amazing period with Professor Richard Holmes.

From our base on the beautiful Baltic coast, we study the development of V Weapons in the last months of the war, visit the isolated sites and museums and Hitlers ‘Strength through Joy’ complex and documentation centre.

This introduction to the war in North West Europe covers the evacuation from Dunkirk 1940, the raid on Dieppe 1942, the D-Day landings 1944 and the re-capture of the cross Channel defences and V Weapons sites.

The ferocious and ultimately successful Russian resistance to the German 6th Army at Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-43. The turning point of war on the Eastern Front.

A story of Fighter Command in Kent during the Battle of Britain. In this 70th commemorative year we visit airfields, museums and memorials on the front line and look at the experiences of ‘the Few”.

We look at selected battles in some detail, walking the ground, considering the options open to the commanders and discussing the fighting and tactics and scenes of action from the beaches to the Falaise gap.

A journey of pilgrimage and remembrance visiting Warsaw, Treblinka memorial site, the beautiful old town of Lublin, the camps at Sobibor, Majdanek and Auschwitz-Birkenau. We have a tour of Kracow and free time to explore the city.

65th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. We study the battle of the Seelow Heights, the last Nazi attempt to stop the Soviet Army and visit many of the sites associated with the battle for Berlin including the Flak Tower, Brandenburg Gate, Tiergarten Red Army memorial and Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam.

This study of the rise and fall of National Socialism includes Nuremburg, Berchtesgarden, and the Eagle’s Nest with time to explore the old city of Munich.

The 8th Army’s advance up the East coast of Italy, crossing the River Sangro, the Gustav and Gothic Lines up to the River Po. Includes Ortona, the Coriano Ridge and the breakthrough at the ‘Argenta Gap’.

Examines the actions of the recapture of the Falklands in 1982. San Carlos Water, Goose Green, Port Stanley, Pebble Island and Tumbledown Island are some of the places visited and there is wonderful wildlife and scenery to enjoy.