Itinerary for: The Greatest Raid of All  (7FGRV/1)

7-Day Break

• Day 1 – Local departure then onwards to the
  Rouen area for two nights.


• Day 2 – Operation Jubilee (included). We spend
  the day in the Dieppe area, studying ‘Operation Jubilee’ where three
  VC’s were to be awarded. This was the ill-fated practice for D-Day,
  involving the Commandos and the 2nd Canadian Division. We study the
  Commando aspect of the raid. Continue to the beach and seafront areas
  where the Allied Armour came to grief. On Green Beach we talk about the
  raid within a raid. We also visit the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
  at Dieppe where many of the fallen from the raid are buried. B


• Day 3 – We leave Rouen and travel to St.
  Nazaire for a three-night stay. B


• Day 4 – Operation Chariot (included). We spend
  the day in the St. Nazaire area, studying ‘Operation Chariot’ – ‘The
  Greatest Raid Of All’ – where five VC’s were to be awarded. As well as
  looking at the Combined Operations aspect of the raid, it is an ideal
  location to talk about the Atlantic War, involving some of the surface
  raiders and U-Boats, both of which were to use St. Nazaire. B


• Day 5 – Lorient and the U-Boat Pens (included).
  We visit the U-Boat Pens at Lorient, seeing the vast Keroman submarine
  base. B


• Day 6 – Normandy (included). We travel to the
  Caen area in Normandy. We will look at some of the Commando/Ranger input
  to D-Day, 6th June 1944. We then take a look at some of the activities
  of the 1st and 4th British Special Service Brigades, who were to support
  the landings on the British and Canadian beaches – thus enabling the
  Infantry and Armoured Brigades to move towards their main D-Day
  objectives. We stay overnight in the Caen area. B


• Day 7 – To Calais and return home. B

Included Meals:
B=Breakfast

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

Notes

Prices are per
person, based on two sharing

Extras:

• Optional excursions


• Single room supplement £149


• Travel insurance from £40.95

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The Greatest Raid Of All (7 Days) - Silver Service
Tour Ref: 7FGRV/1

30 April 2011 - £479.00

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