b'SECOND WORLD WARMACARTHUR AND THE BATTLE Scan here FOR THE PHILIPPINES for the full itineraryHELL AND HIGH WATER24 January7 February 2026 Historical BackgroundExpert Historian: In July 1944 General Dougla MacArthur planned his return to the James M Scott Philippines some three years after he had escaped them. In March 1942 15 days Roosevelt had instructed him to direct the defence of Australia and build a Southwest Pacific Army with which to take the fight to the Japanese. Activity Level: 2 Through a series of skilful amphibious assaults, feints and leapfrogging strongpoints he had wrested control of New Guinea by the middle of This tour explores the defence and recovery1944. Combining ULTRA intelligence, his own prescience and meticulous of the Philippines and Douglas MacArthursplanning, he then embarked relationship with those islands. We visiton a masterly campaign of manoeuvre to liberate The Manila, with its haunts of a colonial past;Philippines. In the face of trace the heroic resistance on the Bataanan overwhelming Japanese peninsula; explore the lynchpin of its defencearmy of occupation he would on the rocky island of Corregidor; and followconduct seaborne landings the route of the cruel Bataan Death March.which were comparable At Red Beach we follow the breakout toin scale to that of D-Day in Breakneck Ridge before returning to LuzonNormandy. By March 1945 he where we stroll along the Lingayen Gulfwas back in Manila, although a beaches and drive into the mountainoussuicidal defence by Japanese jungle tenaciously defended by the Japanese.sailors would ensure that the Our visit ends with an approach to Manila,city was no longer the one that stopping at the scene of the audacioushe had once known.liberation of POWs at Cabanatuan, and at the Manila internment camp at Santo Tomas. Day 0 Overnight flight London to Manila (or make own arrangements to join tour at Manila airport hotel on Day 1)Day 1 Arrive Manila - transfer to airport hotel for 1 night Introductory talk and drinks (D)Day 2Baatan - Calumpit bridge; Baliuag, Plaridel, Pampanga River; Battle of the Pockets of Orion-Bagac Line; Mt Samat; walk Bagac from KM0 to KM1 to Friendship Tower Hotel in Mariveles - 2 nights (B,L,D)Day 3Corregidor - traditional banca boat to and from island; incl Malinta Tunnel, Memorial Museum, Mile Long Barracks (B,L,D)Day 4Death March - walk first kilometre from Mariveles; Balanga museum; San Fernando; Clark Veterans Cemetery; Fort Stotsenburg Hotel at Clark Field - 1 night (B,L,D)Day 5Capas National Shrine; Lingayen Beach; Veterans Memorial Park Hotel in Cabanatuan - 1 night (B,L,D)Day 6 Pangatian POW camp Memorial; Bamban tunnels Manila Airport hotel - 1 night (B,L,D)Day 7 Fly Manila to Tacloban A-Day landing beaches incl Red Beach; climb Hill 522 Hotel near Red Beach - 3 nights (B,L,D)Day 8 Price Mansion; Old Capitol Building; Alejando Hotel; San Juanico Straits; free time (B,L,D)Day 9 Dulag; Hill 120 Battle of the Ridges incl Shoestring Ridge; Ipsil; Veterans Park and museum; Olmuc Valley; Breakneck Ridge (B,L,D)Day 10 Fly Tacloban to Manila Los Banos; Yamashitas execution site; Tagaytay Ridge Hotel overlooking Taal Volcano - 1 night (B,L,D) ESSENTIALS Day 11 Santo Tomas and De la Salle universities; US Embassy and ballroom 4-star hotels, meals as indicated, drinks(subject to permission) The Manila Hotel - 2 nights (B,L)with dinner, all entrance fees, tourDay 12 Intramuros; Fort Santiago;1945 memorial; Manila American manager and expert historian throughout,Cemetery (B,L,D)all internal travel, optional travel from UK. Day 13Overnight flights home or perhaps extend stay in The Philippines (B)585926 TCE BROCHURE 2025-26_Aug25.indd 58 22/08/2025 13:35'