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Leger Holidays Battlefield Tours
Walk in the footsteps of Heroes.....Coach tours to the Battlefields of WWI and WWII with Leger Holidays. These specialist coach tours act as a poignant reminder to us all of the sacrifices made by the men and women who fought and died for our freedom. All Battlefield coach tours are accompanied by a specialist guide. Please browse our large selection of trips. |
| See and discover more with a Specialist Battlefield Guide |
Paul Reed WORLD WAR I FIRST WORLD WAR coach tours have been selected by Paul Reed. Paul has an MA in history and 20 years’ experience as a military history researcher, lecturer and battlefields guide. As the author of five definitive books on WWI, Paul’s tours bring history to life. Paul has also appeared on the BBC2 programmes, ‘Meet the Ancestors’ and ‘Timewatch’. Tony Lea WORLD WAR II SECOND WORLD WAR coach tours have been selected by Tony Lea. After visiting Normandy 24 years ago, Tony’s interest in the North Western European Theatre of War has increased over the years. A popular guide, Tony is also associated with the Merville Battery in Normandy and a frequent contributor to historical T.V. documentaries. Bill McQuade WORLD WAR II Tony is assisted by Bill McQuade, a specialist in many areas, in particular the allied aircraft bombing raids over Germany and the history of escape attempts by prisoners of war. When Paul, Tony and Bill are not available, one of our carefully selected team of specialist battlefield guides will accompany you. |
All Quiet On The Western
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Arras - Britain's Bloodiest Battle |
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Discover the stories, tragedy and bravery of the First World War Battlefields of the Somme & Flanders. click here to view |
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Walking the D-Day Beaches of Normandy |
Champagne, Reims & Verdun Coach Tours - 5 Days |
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This new walking tour concentrating on events of 6th June 1944 – D-Day – has been designed by our head battlefield guide, Paul Reed. click here to view |
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Join us on this fascinating
new tour looking at three
key battlefields of the
Great War. click here to view |
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Walking
The Somme Coach Tours - 5 Days |
Walking The Ypres
Salient Coach Tours - 5 Days |
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Gallipoli By Air - 8 Days |
The Battlefields of Belgium Coach Tours - 5 Days |
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“Damn
The Dardanelles, they will be our grave.” Admiral Fisher
to Winston Churchill, 1915. click here to view |
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Fromelles - the Forgotten Battlefield Coach Tours - 4 Days |
Victoria Cross Heroes of WWI
Coach Tours - 5 Days |
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Visit the Fromelles Battlefield, seeing the battlefield park, memorials,
museum and new cemetery'. click here to view |
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This fascinating new tour follow the stories of some of the 627 men who were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry and bravery in the Great War. click here to view |
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D-Day
Landings In Normandy Coach Tours - 4 & 5 Days |
Colditz,
Dambusters & The Great Escape Coach Tours - 9 Days |
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See the landing
beaches, battlegrounds, military cemeteries and museums of
the single biggest invasion force ever assembled. click here to view |
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Arnhem
& The Rhine Crossings Coach Tours - 5 Days |
The Greatest Raid
of All Coach Tours - 7 Days |
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The Days after D-Day Inland, Encirclement & Breakout Coach Tours - 5 Days |
The Unknown Warrior - The Ultimate Journey Coach Tours - 4 Days |
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A new tour, looking at the events that took place in the days after the invasion of Normandy. click here to view |
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This unique tour commemorates the story of the Unknown Warrior from his selection in a chapel at St. Pol near Arras in 1920 to his final resting in Westminster Abbey. click here to view |
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Dunkirk & Fortress Europe Coach Tours - 5 Days |
Operation Market
Garden |
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We follow he ill fated operation devised by General Montgomery
to shorten the war. click here to view |
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Hitler's Capitals - the Rise & Fall of the Third Reich - Coach Tours - 9 or 12 Days |
Behind The Lines – Women, Medics,
Poets & Padres in WWI |
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Discover the haunting story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich from 1923 to 1945. click here to view |
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A unique and different tour concentrating on many Great War locations off the beaten track. click here to view |
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The
Italian Campaign by Air
With Coach Tours - 8 Days |
Battle Of The
Bulge Coach Tours - 4 Days |
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Italy was considered the ‘soft under-belly’ of the Third Reich, but saw some of the toughest fighting in WW2. click here to view |
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Anne
Frank and Oscar Schindler
Coach Tours - 12 Days |
Set Europe Ablaze" S.O.E., S.A.S. Coach Tours - 7 Days |
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Follow
the tragic but brave story of these two remarkable individuals
during some of Europe’s darkest days, through Holland
into Germany and onto Poland and the Czech Republic. click here to view |
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With these words, on the 19th July 1940, Winston Churchill gave the newly created Special Operations Executive the go ahead. click here to view |
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Jersey - Occupation & Liberation by Air With Coach Tours - 5 or 8 Days |
The Maginot Line Coach Tours - 5 Days |
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The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by the Germans during World War II. click here to view |
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This fascinating new tour looks at some of the key fortifications in Belgium and along the Maginot Line in France. click here to view |
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Boer & Zulu Wars of South Africa By Air with Coach Tours - 11 Days |
The
American Civil War |
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Through your Specialist guide learn the story of the Zulu battles in Kwazulu-Natal, 'the last British outpost' reveal and gain an insight into the tactical warfare of the battles, which rocked Victorian Britain. click here to view |
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The
years 1861 to 1865 saw America torn between allegiances in
the deadliest war in the history of the country. click here to view |
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Walking the Waterloo Battlefields Coach Tours - 5 Days |
Waterloo Anniversary Re-enactment |
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The first walk will be the battlefields at Quatre Bras and Ligny, walking the
ground where the first shots were fired. click here to view |
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A fascinating anniversary tour of the Battle of Waterloo where Napoleonic forces clashed with the British under Wellington. click here to view |
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