Second World War Expert Led Battlefield Tours
Each of our expert led Second World War tours are distinctive and will resonate at different levels as we explore the locations, stories and significance of a war that defined a generation. We combine the battlefields with important cultural sites and monuments, offering a comprehensive tour led by our expert guides, all of whom are either authors, historians or ex-military personnel.
Many of those participating will have relatives who fought or died in the locations we visit – which makes these battlefield tours all the more realistic and poignant. We encourage those with family connections to bring the stories with them and share them with other participants – thus ensuring a ‘living history’ experience.
All of our forthcoming Scheduled Second World War Tours are listed below.
Shells Exploding at a PicnicStarts 2nd September 2026 (12 days)
Traveling the length of Norway, we visit: Tromso for the Tirpitz sinking and (hopefully) Northern Lights; the naval and land battles at Narvik; the Odderoya fortresses protecting Kristiansaand; the audacious sabotage of the Telemark hydro-electric power plant and Oscarborg fortress island that defends Oslo.View Tour Details
The HolocaustStarts 2nd September 2026 (8 days)
German-occupied Poland was the largest killing ground of the Holocaust, where Jews from both Poland itself and from across Europe were murdered in death camps or mass shootings. This 8-day tour to Poland visits sites of former ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow and death camps at Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau.View Tour Details
Operation HuskyStarts 25th September 2026 (7 days)
1943 was a difficult year for the Allies. America was still not at full capacity industrially and she was still learning on the battlefield. The British Empire, on the other hand, was under assault in the Atlantic and from the air whilst her victory in N Africa had done little to convince the battered Soviets that she was sacrificing enough.View Tour Details
The HolocaustStarts 7th October 2026 (8 days)
German-occupied Poland was the largest killing ground of the Holocaust, where Jews from both Poland itself and from across Europe were murdered in death camps or mass shootings. This 8-day tour to Poland visits sites of former ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow and death camps at Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau.View Tour Details
D-Day: Operation OverlordStarts 15th October 2026 (5 days)
On the morning of Tuesday 6th June the largest amphibious invasion in history breached the defences of the Atlantic Wall, opening the way for the Second Front and contributing to the final defeat of Hitler's Third Reich.View Tour Details
Fortress MaltaStarts 4th November 2026 (8 days)
This is a wonderfully varied and scenic tour of Malta – a tiny island with a warm welcome and proud military heritage including probably the greatest concentration of military fortifications in Europe.View Tour Details
The Fall of Singapore and the Death RailwayStarts 28th February 2027 (13 days)
This extensive tour to the three countries of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand examines the personal, national and imperial agony and humiliation that resulted from the lightening Japanese conquest.View Tour Details
MacArthur and the Battle for The PhilippinesStarts 5th March 2027 (13 days)
An exploration of Douglas MacArthur's masterly six-month campaign of manoeuvre which fulfilled his promise to “return” and liberate the Philippines.View Tour Details
Churchill!Starts 4th April 2027 (5 days)
Celebrated as the greatest Briton in history Winston Churchill has fascinated the nation for over half a century. This tour is a chance to get to know the great man and follow in his footsteps, from his early life at Blenheim Palace, his finest hour at the Cabinet War Rooms and his private life at his home in Chartwell.View Tour Details
The HolocaustStarts 14th April 2027 (8 days)
German-occupied Poland was the largest killing ground of the Holocaust, where Jews from both Poland itself and from across Europe were murdered in death camps or mass shootings. This 8-day tour to Poland visits sites of former ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow and death camps at Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau.View Tour Details
Operation MaritaStarts 26th April 2027 (8 days)
From the Metaxas Line along the Bulgarian border, travel the length of central Greece following the fighting withdrawal of ‘W’ Force in the face of the German advance to Corinth passing though iconic scenery and legendary battlefields of the past such as Thermopylae and Marathon.View Tour Details
Liberation! From Normandy to the RhineStarts 3rd May 2027 (10 days)
On this 9-night, 10-day tour we follow the advance of US armies from the beaches of Normandy through Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, exploring the dramatic story of America’s fight against Hitler’s Fortress Europe from D-Day to the surrender at Reims.View Tour Details
Dictator: Mussolini & Italian FascismStarts 3rd May 2027 (8 days)
This tour tells the complete story of Benito Mussolini and Italian Fascism from its violent beginnings to its inglorious end.View Tour Details
The Spanish Civil WarStarts 13th May 2027 (8 days)
Sometimes seen as a ‘dress rehearsal’ for World War Two the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) was a viscerally fought contest between the two ideological fault-lines of early twentieth-century Spain: Nationalism and Republicanism. This 8 night and 9-day tour traces the war’s major sites and offers a brilliant insight into the conflict and its continuing ripples throughout modern SpainView Tour Details
The HolocaustStarts 19th May 2027 (8 days)
German-occupied Poland was the largest killing ground of the Holocaust, where Jews from both Poland itself and from across Europe were murdered in death camps or mass shootings. This 8-day tour to Poland visits sites of former ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow and death camps at Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau.View Tour Details
The Holocaust in the Baltic StatesStarts 2nd June 2027 (6 days)
The plight of the Jews in Latvia and Lithuania, the atrocities in Riga, Kaunus and Vilnius, the suffering in the ghettos and the mass shootings at Paneriai and Rumbula Forest. Learn about armed Jewish resistance groups and the Japanese vice-consul who saved over 5,000 Jewish lives.View Tour Details
The Anne Frank StoryStarts 13th July 2027 (9 days)
The highly moving story of the Frank family in wartime Amsterdam has been emblematic of the tragic fate of so many Jewish and other victims of the Holocaust. This tour traces the story of Anne Frank and the wider Holocaust in the Low Countries and western Germany including sites at Bergen-Belsen and Neuengamme, the transit camp at Westerbork and the Nazi ideological training centre at Vogelsang.View Tour Details
The Rise & Fall of Nazi GermanyStarts 8th September 2027 (9 days)
This tour traces the dramatic and harrowing story of the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich chronologically from its birth in 1919 Munich, to its bloody end in Berlin in 1945.View Tour Details
The Battle Of BritainStarts 10th September 2027 (6 days)
In the early summer of 1940, RAF Fighter Command was faced with desperate task of defending the United Kingdom against the might of the Luftwaffe. Vastly outnumbered during those frenzied months, nearly 3000 young men flew multiple daily sorties against the enemy but despite horrendous casualties they ultimately prevailed through inspirational leadership, professionalism, technological innovation and the dedication of a myriad of supporting ground crew.View Tour Details
A Rain of Ruin from the AirStarts 26th September 2027 (13 days)
Visit the battlefields of Okinawa, the atomic bomb sites of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the Chiran Kamikaze base, historic Kyoto and Tokyo’s key sites.View Tour Details
Fortress MaltaStarts 3rd November 2027 (8 days)
This is a wonderfully varied and scenic tour of Malta – a tiny island with a warm welcome and proud military heritage including probably the greatest concentration of military fortifications in Europe.View Tour Details
The Mighty Masters of the AirJuly 2028 (5 days)
From their arrival in the UK in 1942 the Mighty Eighth Airforce launched hundreds of bombing raids against continental Europe becoming the largest air armada in history. Their capability was fearsome – able to send 2,000 heavy bombers and over 1,000 fighter planes on a single mission.View Tour DetailsSecond World War Tours - Future Planning
We intend to run all of the following tours in the near future. Final dates and prices are yet to be confirmed. Register your interest and we will contact you as soon as these tours become available.
Anzio & Cassino 1944Anzio and Cassino bear the scars of war, with trenches, bunkers and rusted relics scattered across valleys and hills, from Cassino’s rugged heights to Nemi’s calm slopes where history still lingers.View Tour Details
Arnhem, Operation Market Garden and the Rhine CrossingsThis 6-day tour follows the dramatic story of Operation Market Garden and the costly attack then retreat by British airborne forces from a ‘Bridge too Far’. Moving towards the Rhine the tour then explores the subsequent Allied attempts to secure bridgeheads over the river and finishes at Remagen at the critical strategic crossing point at the site of the Ludendorff Bridge.View Tour Details
Battling through the Norman BocageThis tour focuses on some of the most bitter and costly fighting of the entire north-west European campaign. It follows the routes taken by American forces as they smashed through the German coastal defences at Omaha Beach and thrust inland towards the key communications centre of St-Lô.View Tour Details
Finland 1939When Stalin signed the Soviet non-Aggression Pact with Hitler's Nazi Germany in August 1939, Eastern Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were annexed within the Soviet sphere of influence.View Tour Details
Holocaust LandscapesThe tour takes in some of the countries occupied by Nazi Germany: Austria annexed into the Reich in 1938; Czechoslovakia occupied in 1939; and Hungary which was not overrun until the spring of 1944.View Tour Details
Imphal and KohimaAn in-depth exploration of the desperate fighting in and around Imphal and Kohima between the British 14th Army and the Japanese 15th Army which concludes with a tour of colonial Calcutta. Optional Clive of India extension to Plassey.View Tour Details
Kaliningrad: Russia’s forgotten exclaveKönigsberg, the former capital of Prussia, home to the Teutonic Knights and the great philosopher Immanuel Kant, is today known by its Russian name, Kaliningrad.View Tour Details
Napoleon 1812 & Hitler 1941-44Belarus has seen its fair share of invading forces during Napoleon's invasion of 1812 and again some 130 years later the country suffered the ravages of both German and Russian invaders...View Tour Details
Operation BarbarossaFollow the advance of Army Group North, in particular the actions fought by General Hoepner's Panzergruppe 4 from Memel through Kovno and Dvinsk to armoured clashes at Ostrov, the intense fighting around Pskov and the terrible siege of Leningrad.View Tour Details
Operation MercuryOperation Mercury is the fascinating story of a high-risk operation fought across a stunning Mediterranean landscape. Follow these hard-fought actions along the dramatic coast lines of Crete and through its mountainous interior.View Tour Details
Poland in the Second World WarThis 9-night and 10-day tour traces the dramatic course of the Second World War in Poland and the country’s tragic fate between the pounding forces of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. From Gdańsk to Wrocław we trace the development of the Nazi and Soviet invasions and the brutal fate of the civilian population. The tour explores invasion, occupation, oppression and liberation as Poland remains unbowed.View Tour Details
Poland's Forgotten Holocaust SitesSome of the lesser-visited and overlooked sites of the Holocaust in Poland have as much to tell us as the more well-known sites visited in our main Holocaust tours. An opportunity for a deeper exploration of the events visiting these forgotten yet vitally important places.View Tour Details
The Battle for BerlinThe Battle for Berlin was the decisive action that eventually bought an end to the war in Europe. The tour will focus on the fierce and bitter action from the point when the Red Army crossed the Oder River into Germany to the eventual fall of Berlin.View Tour Details
The Battle Of The BulgeAn exploration of the German Ardennes Offensive that American and British forces brought to an end amidst challenging December conditions. The tour brings to life the decisions of commanders under extreme pressure and the experiences of soldiers and civilians in desperate circumstances. Timed to coincide with the annual ‘Nuts’ weekend, there will be plenty of reenactors and working period vehicles on-hand to create a truly atmospheric tour.View Tour Details
The Battles for DunkirkWhen Hitler’s panzers reached the French Atlantic coast at Noyelles-sur-Mer on 20th May 1940, just ten days after the launch of the Blitzkrieg in the West, it appeared that the fate of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was sealed. But was it?View Tour Details
The Burma Campaign 1942-1945Combining the beauty, mysticism and wonder of Myanmar with the dramatic history of the Burma campaign against the Japanese from 1942-45.View Tour Details
The Eastern FrontThe defence of Moscow, the siege of Stalingrad and the battle of Kursk - three of the most pivotal events of the Second World War.View Tour Details
The Eastern Front: Baltic StatesIn World War Two the Baltic states became the battleground for the tectonic clash between the Nazi and Soviet empires. Suffering under occupation by both sides these small countries ended the war within the Soviet zone and didn’t regain their independence until the 1990s.View Tour Details
The End in ItalyNow’s your chance to visit the neglected battlefields which made up Kesselring’s last line of defence. If you have a grasp of Sicily, Salerno, Cassino and Anzio - or perhaps you’ve already visited them - this tour makes the perfect epilogue to study those who dodged D-Day!View Tour Details
The Holocaust in Eastern EuropeView Tour Details
The Liberation of Mainland Italy 1943-45As a sequel to our Operation Husky: The Allied Invasion of Sicily tour we follow the US 5th and British 8th Armies northwest up the peninsular through the Gustav and Gothic Lines. From the beaches of Salerno and Anzio to Cassino, the Coriano Ridge and the crossing of the Senio, we trace the progress of the Allies in the face of tenacious German resistance, as they move towards the liberation of Italy.View Tour Details
Vestibule of HellIn early August 1944 both sides were approaching the endgame in the battle of Normandy. The Allies’ effort finally broke the stalemate around Caen and gave the opportunity to encircle the Germans, but not without cost.View Tour DetailsWe will stay at 3, 4 and 5 star accommodation, allowing you to relax in comfort after a day of discovery and learning. Alongside our expert guide there will be a dedicated tour manager who will take care of all of the headaches of travel, freeing you to fully enjoy your holiday.