WW2 Tours


Covering campaigns from 1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945

WW2 Battlefield Tours with Specialist Guides

Lasting for almost six years and involving over sixty countries including Britain, France, Germany and Italy, World War 2 was undoubtedly one of history’s most savage and devastating wars. This collection of World War 2 Battlefield Tours visit the most iconic locations including the D-Day landing beaches along the Normandy coastline, Arnhem, Dunkirk and Auschwitz. Led by one of our Specialist Battlefield Guides, discover the stories first hand on a range of tours relating to the Second World War, taking an in-depth look at the Normandy Landings and the battles beyond...


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D-Day Landings in Normandy

D-Day Landings in Normandy

4 - 5 days from £439pp

On this World War 2 introductory tour, we take an in-depth look at the events that took place on June 6th 1944. Seen as a major turning point in...

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Dunkirk & Fortress Europe

Dunkirk & Fortress Europe

4 - 5 days from £419pp

More than 330,000 British and French troops were evacuated from Dunkirk in May 1940, during Operation Dynamo. It followed the Battle of France an...

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Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

4 - 5 days from £399pp

Choose a four or five day tour option, as we explore what is now the largest battlefield area in Europe. The Battle of the Bulge was the last maj...

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Arnhem 80th Anniversary

Arnhem 80th Anniversary

4 - 5 days from £529pp

In September 2024 we remember Operation Market Garden with the 80th Anniversary of Arnhem. Join us on a 5 Day Tour to remember the actual anniver...

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Air War Europe: Colditz, Dambusters & the Great Escape

Air War Europe: Colditz, Dambusters & the Great Escape

9 days from £1,299pp

Follow the story of WW2 Airmen from the Dambusters to Colditz Castle in Germany and Holland as we look at the battlefields of the war in the air...

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D-Day 80th Anniversary

D-Day 80th Anniversary

5 days from £899pp

Operation Overlord on 6th June 1944 was one of the key turning points in the Second World War; so, join us for the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day...

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Battle of the Bulge 80th Anniversary

NEW Battle of the Bulge 80th Anniversary

4 days from £479pp

The German Ardennes Offensive, known as The Battle of the Bulge, began with a massive assault on the American lines in December 1944. It would be...

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Hedgerow Hell: The Americans in Normandy

Hedgerow Hell: The Americans in Normandy

5 days from £669pp

As the American forces pushed inland after D-Day, they became entangled in the bloody battles for the hedgerows of the Normandy landscape. Join u...

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The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich

12 days from £1,679pp

Join this 12-day tour as we delve into the ‘dark charisma’ of Adolf Hitler. From the rise of National Socialism in the 1920s to Hitler’s move to...

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The Battlefields of Belgium – Campaigns from WW1, WW2 & Waterloo

The Battlefields of Belgium – Campaigns from WW1, WW2 & Waterloo

5 days from £639pp

Enjoy an introduction into the military history of the Belgium battlefields from Waterloo to World War One and World War Two. Leaving Bruges, we...

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Operation Market Garden

Operation Market Garden

4 - 5 days from £469pp

During WW2, Operation Market Garden was devised by General Bernard Montgomery to shorten the war in the autumn of 1944. On this tour, we follow t...

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WW2 Battlefields and Christmas Markets

NEW WW2 Battlefields and Christmas Markets

5 days from £519pp

Following our popular WW1 Battlefields and Christmas Markets Tours, we are pleased to offer a new WW2-themed tour for 2024, with visits to Christ...

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The Holocaust Remembered – The Moving Story of Anne Frank & Oskar Schindler

The Holocaust Remembered – The Moving Story of Anne Frank & Oskar Schindler

12 days from £1,479pp

Claiming more than 6 million victims, The Holocaust was one of the most horrific parts of World War 2. On this particular tour, we follow the mov...

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The U-Boat War: The Real Das Boot

The U-Boat War: The Real Das Boot

7 days from £939pp

German U-Boats were active from the very beginning of WW2 but took on a vital role during the Battle of the Atlantic when fleets of them were use...

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Understanding the Holocaust, Auschwitz, Kraków & Schindler’s Factory by Air

Understanding the Holocaust, Auschwitz, Kraków & Schindler’s Factory by Air

5 days from £739pp

During World War 2, more than six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust and to this day it is still defined as one of the most terrible and...

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Beer & Battlefields in the Ardennes

Beer & Battlefields in the Ardennes

5 days from £609pp

This unique beer and battlefields tour looks at the WW2 fighting in the Ardennes, before visiting local breweries and enjoying the Leffe Experie...

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Panzers in Normandy

Panzers in Normandy

5 days from £609pp

On this battlefield tour, we spend time in Normandy exploring the role of German and Allied Tanks in Wolrd War 2. We begin with a visit to the B...

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Walking the D-Day Beaches of Normandy

Walking the D-Day Beaches of Normandy

5 days from £699pp

Based around some of the walks featured in our head battlefield guide, Paul Reed’s book; ‘Walking D-Day’, we spend this tour examining the events...

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Panzers in The Ardennes

Panzers in The Ardennes

5 days from £649pp

The Ardennes is the largest single WW2 battlefield in Western Europe and has a remarkable outdoor museum of tanks, battle sites and memorials. On...

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War Poets & War Literature

War Poets & War Literature

5 days from £709pp

The experience of both World Wars provoked a huge amount of war poetry and literature. On this new tour, Head Battlefield Guide Paul Reed is join...

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France Under the Jackboot – SOE, SAS & the French Resistance

France Under the Jackboot – SOE, SAS & the French Resistance

7 days from £939pp

On this tour, we take a look at how the people of France were affected by the Nazi occupation during World War 2. We focus on the terrible experi...

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Peenemünde, the Baltic Coast & Wartime Berlin

Peenemünde, the Baltic Coast & Wartime Berlin

9 days from £1,409pp

On this tour we delve into the past and explore the history of Nazi Germany. We begin in Peenemunde, a small island located off the coast of Germ...

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The Italian Campaign featuring Salerno, Anzio & Monte Cassino

The Italian Campaign featuring Salerno, Anzio & Monte Cassino

12 days from £1,699pp

In September 1943, during World War 2, British troops landed at Salerno as a result of Operation Avalanche. This led Winston Churchill to see Ita...

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Commando Operations of WW2 featuring Dieppe, St. Nazaire & Normandy

Commando Operations of WW2 featuring Dieppe, St. Nazaire & Normandy

7 days from £889pp

Follow the Commando actions of World War 2 through France as we take a look at some of the huge battles from Operation Jubilee at Dieppe to the g...

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The Great Escaper: From Portsmouth to Normandy

The Great Escaper: From Portsmouth to Normandy

5 days from £649pp

D-Day was one of the great turning points in the Second World War. The invasion of the French coastline in Normandy saw more than 156,000 Allied...

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Secret Army: Belgium in World War 2

Secret Army: Belgium in World War 2

5 days from £699pp

On this fascinating tour, led by Head Battlefield Guide Paul Reed and WW2 author Dr Victoria Humphreys, we look at the story of Belgium in the Se...

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Anzio, Monte Cassino & San Pietro: Italian Campaign by Air

Anzio, Monte Cassino & San Pietro: Italian Campaign by Air

5 days from £969pp

Take an in depth look at the Italian Campaign and the key battlefield sites of 1943 to 1944, in Anzio, Monte Cassino and San Pietro, on this fasc...

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The Maginot Line

The Maginot Line

5 days from £609pp

In the 1930s The Maginot Line was built and it was considered one of the greatest systems of permanent fortifications ever built. It wasn’t until...

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Liberation Route: D-Day to Arnhem

Liberation Route: D-Day to Arnhem

7 days from £959pp

Join us on a unique journey as we follow British and Commonwealth forces in the landings of D-Day, the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of B...

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Wartime Paris: Spies, Resistance and the Holocaust

Wartime Paris: Spies, Resistance and the Holocaust

4 days from £439pp

With the Fall of France in 1940, the city of Paris sat at the heart of occupied France. Resistance began almost at once across the country, later...

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WW2: The world goes to war

Discover more about the history of WW2, from the German invasion of Poland in 1939, to the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers, and of course VE Day in 1945, when Europe celebrates the end of the Second World War.

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