Omaha and Band Of Brothers Full Day Tour

Loved the tour. Thierry was an excellent tour guide. Very knowledgeable. Covered many interesting points.

Excellent knowledge, really passionate about the topic!! We saw the disembark I'm the morning, and headed to the Band of Brothers part after lunch. Christian is a true poliglot, friendly and professional guide.

Charles is a fantastic tour guide! He is extremely knowledgeable and a great story teller who brings history to life.

The tour stretched from the German batteries at Longues-ser-Mer to the outskirts of Carentan. It focused on the American portions of the invasion. We stood in light rain—which dampened all sound—in the middle of the American cemetery at Colleville-ser-Mer, a moving moment. At the cemetery that day was the commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division and young American service members. We went to Point du Hoc and to two important places on Omaha Beach. All throughout, our tour guide, Yannick, mixed in great history and points that made so much more sense seeing the actual places. We went to Sainte-Mère-Église and the airborne museum there, saw the paratrooper statue dangling from the Church, and to Camp Geronimo, a D-Day reenactment camp. (Our tour was on June 4th.) Special to the tour, we went to the farmhouse that served as the initial gathering point and hq of the airborne—essentially unchanged since 1944—and looked at it with pictures that were taken around June 6-8th. We went to the actual battlefield of the Brécourt Manor assault, just a French farmer’s cattle pasture and looked at the brand new archaeological excavation of one of the German trenches. Near the end of the tour we went to a small church in Angoville-au-Plain where two airborne medics, Bob Wright and Ken Moore, established an aid station. The story is incredible. The town changed hands more than once. German soldiers entered the church, found it filled with 90 wounded and two American soldiers in charge, and what saved them was that, amongst their wounded charges were a number of German soldiers. Later a shell went through the roof, didn’t explode, and a young medic used a shirt to scoop it up and take it outside. The damage—even the bloodstains on the pews—it is there. Destroyed stained glass was replaced with tributes to America, the airborne, and the medics, all in a tiny, 700 year old French village church. It is extraordinary. I highly recommend this tour.

Our tour guide, Yannick was wonderful. Very enthusiastic about his task to inform us of everything we were seeing. He’s a great story teller!

Fantastic tour really enjoyed it and tour guide was very helpful and really made the difference with all the extra knowledge and interesting facts.

The tour was awesome and our Guide Yannick was fantastic. The tour was more than expected. We not only viewed the landing sites but were taken inland and shown where fighting took place as the Allies advanced.

Great day with Pierre an incredibly knowledgeable guide. The stories of individual’s heroism and standing in venues where circa WWII photos were taken truly brings The Longest Day to life. Also amazing to stand in the actual battle fields depicted in BoB. The American Cemetery is a somber experience. This was my second visit; I still am moved to tears whenever reflecting on the bravery of the 10’s of thousands of young men who died in the Normandy campaign.

Point du Hoc. Rangers Lead the Way! Thierry was very knowledgeable and from the area. Personal family history was interesting. Such hallowed spaces. Don’t miss this tour!

Charles, our tour guide, was friendly and very knowledgeable with respect to the events before, during and shortly after D-Day. He obviously had a passion for the subject and deep respect for the sacrifices made by the Allied Forces.