FULL DAY CANADIAN TOUR. 8.30am - 5.30pm.

 St Abain is the most easterly landing area for the Canadians on D-Day. This was to be assaulted by the North Shore, New Brunswick Regiment, which was certainly going to receive a heavy baptism of fire. See a battle scared German bunker and hear about the incredible layout of German defences and the incredible assault plan that was meant to overcome them. Then hear about the incredible bravery of men, who fought through the fog and chaos of war and how they then broke out into open countryside, only to hit the German defences of Tallieville.

The Queens own Rifles of Canada landing at Berniers Sur Mer were to achieve fame on D-Day by breaking through the German coastal defences and reaching their D-Day objectives Inlan. What was the cost and how did they do it? Hear stories of the individuals that fought and died there. Visit Canada House and the train station that features in many D-Day photos. Visit Major General Kellers D-Day headquarters.

The assault on the town of Courselles would be carried out by two assaulting Battalions, the Regina Rifles and The Winnipeg Rifles. Nowhere in the Canadian beach landing frontage were the defences be stronger than here and very little went to plan. Listen to the mens stories and understand how they overcame such adversity with hand to hand fighting. Visit German bunkers and an original AVRE (Armoured vehicle Royal engineer. /Hobarts Funny Tank).

Lunch is normally stopping for a sandwich or other quick snack (not included in the price of the tour) and the group will relax for about half an hour.

A place of beauty and the final resting place of 2043 Canadian servicemen who were killed during the Normandy fighting. As well as hearing about some of the men buried in the cemetery you will be given time on your own to wander through the graves and remember the fallen.

Passing through where the Queens own Rifles of Canada have dug in after achieving their D-Day objective, are the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, supported by the Sherbrook Fusiliers They are attempting to seize the main Canadian D-Day objective of Carpiquet Airport. We will follow their route inland, stopping at various points to look at the monuments and understand the flow of their advance.

This small village was the scene of bitter fighting On the 7th of June. Visit the monuments, hear about two separate battles that would take place within the village on the same day.

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The village of Rots, sits astride the all important road, the N13, the main artery that runs behind all five beaches. This would be the launching point for a major armored assault by elements of the 12SS Hitler youth division against the Regina rifles. You will be able to see incredible photos, showing the Germans set against the unchanged backdrop of the village buildings.

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The battle for Bretteville will become a battle honour awarded to the Regina Rifles for their incredible defense of the town, in not only hand to hand fighting but in defeating elite German armoured SS units with heavy battle tanks.. Again you will see that little has changed over the more than 80 years that have since passed

.The battle of Le Mesnil Patry has gone down by the soldiers who fought there and historian’s alike as a bitter defeat with heavy losses in both men and tanks of the 2nd Battalion of The Queens own Rifles of Canada and the 1st Hussars. See the open expanse of ground that was to witness the defeat.