b'LIBERATION! FROM Scan here NORMANDY TO THE ELBEfor the full itineraryWITH AMERICAS GIs ACROSS EUROPE2027 Historical Background11 days On 6th June 1944, the Allies launched the Normandy landings, marking the Expert Historian: beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. Over 160,000 troops crossed the TBC English Channel on D-Day, establishing a crucial foothold. U.S. forces played a decisive role: the 1st Infantry Division faced fierce resistance at Omaha Beach, Activity Level: 2 while the VII Corps secured Utah Beach and the Cotentin Peninsula. By August, Allied forces had broken out of Normandy, encircling 50,000 German troops in the Falaise Pocket. The Twelfth U.S. Army Group, formed on 1st August, led the During this tour we travel the length ofadvance into central France. After stalling at Europe from Normandy to the Elbe followingthe Siegfried Line, American troops endured American forces as they fight alongsidethe brutal Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. In their allies to liberate Europe from the grip ofDecember, Germany launched the Ardennes Nazism. This is a tour that has been carefullyOffensive, creating the Bulge, but U.S. forces crafted to include the most importantheld firm. By March 1945, the Americans US sites in this bitter but bravely foughtcrossed the Rhine at Remagen and trapped advance: battle sites, fortifications, military300,000 Germans in the Ruhr. On 25 April, cemeteries, memorials, liberated villages,American and Soviet troops met at the Elbe, towns and museums which illuminate thesealing Germanys fate.American story. We start on the beaches of Normandy where American might eventually drove German forces into retreat and ensnared large numbers of the enemy at Falaise. At Bastogne and in Luxembourg we learn about the dramatic Battle of the Bulge which caught American forces off guard but led to an Allied victory. At Aachen we tour the first city on German soil to be captured and at Remagen we stand where the Americans crossed the Rhine. Visiting Buchenwald weDay 1Assemble: Fly to or meet at Paris Charles de Gaule airport Drive tohear about the liberation of the camp by USNormandy via Pegasus Bridge Hotel in Bayeux area3 nightsforces and at Torgau we end where thoseWelcome drinks and introductory talk (D)forces linked up with their Soviet allies. Day 2 The American Sector 1: Omaha Beach, Overlord Museum, Pointe Du Hoc, St Laurent American National Cemetery and memorial (B,D)Day 3 The American Sector 2: Ste-Mere-Eglise, Airborne Museum, La Fiere causeway, La Cambe German cemetery (B,D)Day 4 The Falaise Pocket: Falaise, Moissy Ford, Memorial Museum MontmorelHotel in Reims - 1 night (B,D)Day 5 Reims and Bastogne: Surrender Room in Reims, Bastogne, BastogneWar Museum, Bunker Assenois Hotel in Bastogne3 nights (B,D) Day 6The Battle of the Bulge: Bois Jacques, Recogne-Bastogne GermanCemetery, St Vith, Baugnez (Malmedy Massacre), route of 1st SS Panzer Division to La Gleize (B,D)Day 7The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: Schumannseck, Wiltz, Ettelbruck, General Patton Memorial Museum, Patton Monument, National Museum of Military History at Dikrech (B,D)Day 8Hrtgenwald and Aachen: Hrtgenwald Museum, Vossenack German cemetery, Siegfried Line, Aachen walking tour Hotel in Aachen1 night (B,D)ESSENTIALS Day 9The bridge at Remagen: Remagen Peace Museum Hotel in Weimar 4-star hotels, meals as indicated,1 night (B,D)drinks with dinner, all entrance fees,Day 10Buchenwald and Torgau: Buchenwald concentration camp, Torgau - Spirit of tour manager and expert historianthe Elbe Memorial Hotel in Berlin for 1 night (B,D)throughout, all internal travel, Day 11Depart: Travel to Berlin Brandenburg Airport for flights home or perhaps optional travel from UK. extend your stay in Berlin with our suggested extension (B)68 www.theculturalexperience.com I info@theculturalexperience.com I UK0345 475 1815 I USA(toll-free) 877 209 5620 www.theculturalexperience.com I info@theculturalexperience.com I UK0345 475 1815 I USA(toll-free) 877 209 56205926 TCE BROCHURE 2025-26_Aug25.indd 68 22/08/2025 13:35'