Spot 10 Day 1 - Bernières-sur-Mer, Nan White.This is where the North Shore Regiment and Duplex Drive tanks of the Fort Garry Horse landed Nan Red Sector is where we will give you information about the German defences near a bunker in which a 50 mm caliber canon still guards the access of the village. DD tanks of the Fort Garry Horse was to support both groups, with Le Régiment de la Chaudière from Quebec in reserve. Two companies of The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment was assigned to capture St-Aubin, another resort town. Two assault companies of The Queen's Own Rifles were to land and take Bernières, a small beachfront resort town. Juno Beach stretched from Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer on the east to Courseulles-sur-Mer on the west. It is also known as the Canadian beach, as it was assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. It was situated between Sword Beach and Gold Beach.
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Juno Beach was the code name of one of the five main landing sites of the Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy on D-Day during World War II. MORNING: Longues-sur-Mer Battery – Omaha Beach – American Cemetery of Colleville – Pointe du Hoc.ĪFTERNOON: Sainte-Mère-Eglise – Sainte-Mère-Eglise Museum – La Fière – DeGlopper Action – Utah Beach – Sainte Marie du Mont – Holdy Battery and First Aid Station – La Colombière Hospital – Hiesville General Taylor Headquarter – General Pratt Memorial – Angoville au Plain You will also be taken to the misplaced drop zones of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Units that landed in the early morning hours of the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944. You will follow the steps of the famous 1st, 29th, and 4th American Infantry Divisions and the other units that linked up with them. This tour will take you to sectors where the American V Corps and VII Corps landings occurred at Omaha and Utah beaches. MORNING: Ranville – Pegasus Bridge – Sword Beach, Ouistreham Grand Bunker – Ouistreham casino – Commandos Memorial – Brèche de Colleville, Landing spot of the 1st Special Brigade – Hermanville-sur-Mer – 21st Panzer conter-attack gap – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Nan Red – Bernières-sur-Mer, Nan White.ĪFTERNOON: Courseulles-sur-Mer, Nan Green – Mike Sector – Ver-sur-mer Gold Beach – Crépon, Green Howards Monument – Mont Fleury Artillery Battery – Asnelles-sur-Mer – Arromanches Mulberry artificial Harbor.
You will also see the famous Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches. You will then visit the three Commonwealth beaches of Sword, Juno and Gold, following the British 3rd Infantry Division, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and the British 50th Infantry Division and their associated units. This tour will take you to the area seized by the 6th Airborne Division on the morning of D-Day.
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Tour #4: British / Canadian sectors tour full day. You will not be disappointed with this tour, and will walk away with an intimate understanding of the planning and coordination in combined efforts of the American, British, and Canadian Allied efforts on D-Day! As well, the tour covers the inland invasion by the famous American paratrooper units of the 101st and 82nd Airborne, at such places as, Angoville au Plain, and St. During this day, you will develop an understanding of the American landings at such places as Omaha and Utah Beaches and Point du Hoc, and then the tour continues, and moves you inland to the American Cemetery at Coleville sur Mer. This tour then directs your attention to the British/Canadian landings at Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches.ĭAY 2 of this tour takes you down the coast of Normandy, and concentrates on the D-Day Invasion objectives in the American Sector. In this tour, you will gain a valuable perspective and understanding of the courageous British and Canadian paratrooper activities on D-Day, in such places as Pegasus Bridge and other key paratrooper objectives. This tour combines the interests of our clients in the highlights of the British/Canadian Sector Invasions, and the American Sector Invasions on D-Day.ĭAY 1 of this tour concentrates on the most significant locations and events within the British/Canadian Sector in the D-Day Invasion. It is the most comprehensive tour that we offer which is designed to give you an overall understanding of the combined invasion efforts of the British, Canadian, and American Allied Forces, and shows how they were coordinated and interrelated with each other. Therefore you can only join this tour if you are spending the night before in Bayeux or vicinity. RDV time and place are 8.20am Place de Québec, in the center of Bayeux.
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