80th Anniversary Tour Details
TOUR INCLUDES:
Roundtrip airfare from Atlanta to Frankfurt
All Ground Transportation during the week
13-night combination stay in France, Belgium and Germany
13 breakfasts at the Bed & Breakfast
Admission to all museums
14 days of a personal guided tour
1-night stay in Frankfurt before returning to the U.S.
JUNE 22-July 6
The greatest generation did not become great by sitting back and letting someone else answer their country’s call. As world-wide threats to freedom loomed on the 1940’s American horizon, they answered the call willingly, suspending their jobs, educations and even families to defend everything they knew was right and good. Beyond their response, was a sheer determination to literally help save the free World. Not just for them, but for their future families, their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and to all who love freedom.
Led by our seasoned tour guides, we’ll take you on a personal and historical journey, where you will be fully immersed in all things 1940’s Europe. We’ll travel to Normandy, where you’ll walk in the footsteps of soldiers, on both sides and experience the places where heroes fought, battles were won and where enemies were defeated. On your journey, you’ll see beautiful landscapes, travel through quaint villages, hear church bells ringing, smell the aroma of wild, red poppy fields and taste some of the best French cuisine around!
Our ultimate goal at Force N Tours is to help you discover your WWII heritage by providing an opportunity to educate, inspire and to connect you to that fighting generation, whose efforts preserved the same freedom we enjoy today. For us, there is no greater path to the future, than by first experiencing and understanding the past. History is perhaps one of our greatest teachers, and it has a great deal to say if we just stop, slow down and take the time to listen.
Sample Itinerary
DAY ONE (SUNDAY) - Depart from Atlanta (U.S.A). Travel Overnight to France.
DAY TWO (MONDAY) - Arrival in Paris and depart for Normandy. Early Afternoon arrival in Sainte-Mère-Église. Check into hotel. Visit Sainte-Mère-Église Church and Historical sites in town. Visit Airborne Museum.
DAY THREE (TUESDAY) - La Fiere Bridge, Lt. Meehan Monument, Easy Company Monument, Brecourt Manor, Dick Winters Leadership Monument, Utah Beach, Utah Beach Museum, Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Dead Man’s Corner / C-47 Flight Simulator, Saint-Come-du-Mont, Col. Wolverton Monument
DAY FOUR (WEDNESDAY) - Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach (Vierville D-1 Draw), St. Laurent Draw, American Cemetery (Colleville-sur-Mer), Colleville-sur-Mer, German Cemetery
DAY FIVE (THURSDAY) - Carentan, Saint-Lo, Marion Farm, Sainte Marcouf, Baudienville
DAY SIX (FRIDAY) - Sword Beach, Pegasus Bridge/Museum, Caen WW2 Museum, Longues-sur-Mer Gun Batteries, Mulberry Harbor, Arromanches-les-Bains, 360° Circular Cinema
DAY SEVEN (SATURDAY) - travel to Paris
DAY EIGHT (SUNDAY)
DAY NINE (MONDAY)
DAY TEN (TUESDAY)
DAY ELEVEN (WEDNESDAY)
DAY TWELVE (THURSDAY)
DAY THIRTEEN (FRIDAY)
DAY FOURTEEN (SATURDAY)
DAY FIFTEEN (SUNDAY) - Morning Departure from Frankfurt, flight back to Atlanta
