D-Day to the Rhine

D-Day to the Rhine
with Dr. Thomas M. Hatfield

The Battle of Normandy was a decisive battle of World War II and is one of most important battles in history. It followed the greatest amphibious invasion in history on June 6, 1944, and ended late that summer with the liberation of Paris on August 25. More than three million men of six nationalities fought across the picturesque Norman farmland of William the Conqueror, through medieval towns and villages, to decide the fate of Western Europe. If the Allies (Americans, British, Canadians, French, and Poles) could win, then any chance of Adolf Hitler's Germany winning the war was over. If the Germans could force a stalemate in Normandy or drive the Allies back into the sea, they would gain time, perhaps a year or more, to strengthen their defenses, to devote more resources to the Soviet Union's armies on their Eastern Front, and to develop the secret weapons to which Hitler attached much importance. With a victory in Normandy the Germans might sue for an armistice as they had in 1918 or, with fabled new weapons, actually win the war. What happened in Normandy decided these questions. History has nothing more dramatic to offer. As we move about Normandy, we will not neglect the beauty of the countryside or important cultural attractions such as the Mont St. Michel, and the home and gardens of the Impressionist painter Claude Monet.

Deposit & Payment

Tour cost:

• $6,876.00 per person sharing a king/twin room.
  Contact us if you require a single room.
  

Tour price includes:

• Accommodations including taxes & service charges.
• Luggage handling at the hotels but not at the airports
• Breakfast each morning
• Welcome Reception at the Chateau de Canisy
• (4) dinners at Chateau de Canisy including aperitifs & wine with dinner
  (5) dinner in Reims, Luxembourg & Germany
• Entrance fees & lunches as described in the itinerary
• Motorcoach transportation from Paris CDG after arrival in Paris on June 3 & throughout
• Services of a tour manager
• Lectures by Dr. Tom Hatfield
  
  The price is based on the exchange rate of the US Dollar to Euro on October 31, 2011. The price is subject to increase based on fluctuation of the US Dollar
  

Tour price does not include:

• Air fare
• Laundry and incidental expenses at the hotels
• Gratuities for the motorcoach driver & for the tour manager

For More Information Contact:
Gay Gillen Travel

Phone
Office: (512) 472-6764
Fax: (512) 407-6704

Email
gay@gaygillen.com

Address
Gay Gillen Travel
98 San Jacinto Boulevard
FSR #1004
Austin, Texas 78701

 

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