Ensworth D-Day/BanD of BrothErs trips Summer 2018 (June 23 – July 7)

D-Day Normandy Tour• June 23 -27• Fly out of Nashville on June 22• $1550 per person• $250 additional for single accommodation• 10% student discount• Does not include airfare

Band of Brothers Tour• June 27 - July 7• Fly out of Nashville on June 26• $3950 per person• $595 additional for single accommodation• 20% student discount• Does not include airfare

Both the Normandy trip and Band of Brothers• June 23 – July 7• $5500 per person• $4555 with student discount• $845 additional for single accommodation• Does not include airfare

Both trips include the following:• Full-time historian• Three- and four-star accommodations• Breakfast daily• All entrance fees to museums and attractions• Rooms with private bath or shower, hotel• Taxes, porterage and service charges

D-Day normanDy toUr: JUnE 23 – 27Friday, June 22 - Flights to Paris

Day 1 - Saturday, June 23Normandy

Arrive in Paris before noon; Free afternoon in Paris with tour group meeting in the evening at our hotel.

Day 2 - Sunday, June 24Arromanches, Sainte-Mère-Église

We will study the early hours of the Normandy invasion by visiting Pegasus Bridge, where the first shots were fired on D-Day. This will include lunch in Arromanches and a visit to the Arromanches 360 Museum. Finally, we will visit the town of Sainte-Mère-Église and the battle of La Fière before working our way over to Barneville-Carteret.

Day 3 - Monday, June 25 Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Pointe-du-Hoc

Today we’ll visit Utah Beach, where the 4th Division landed, as well as Omaha Beach, where the Americans landed and faced the strongest German resistance of the day and incurred the greatest losses. Our visit will continue with a visit to Pointe-du-Hoc, where Rudder’s Rangers scaled the cliffs to neutralize German heavy guns defending the expanse of beaches on D-Day. Finally, the day concludes with a visit to the Normandy

D-Day Normandy Pre-Tour

• $1,550 per person• 10% student discount for pre-tour• $250 single supplement• Based on minimum of 8 guests

American cemetery with its 9,387 American soldiers’ graves stretching along the top o the bluff overlooking the beach.

Day 4 - Tuesday, June 26Maisy Battery, German Cemetery, Paris

We will view the Maisy Battery, a fine example of the great defense that made up Hitlers Atlantic Wall. We will then stop at the German cemetery in Normandy on our way back to Paris. We will end the day with a free afternoon in Paris.

Day 5 - Wednesday, June 27Rendezvous

We’ll take an early morning high speed train from Paris to Brussels, where we will rendezvous with main group. Those not continuing on the Band of Brothers trip will be leaving Paris for Nashville.

Tuesday, June 26 - Meeting in BrusselsFlight out of Nashville to Brussels for those exclusively

on the Band of Brothers tour. You will arrive in Brussels no later than noon on June 27.

Day 1 - Wednesday, June 27 - BrusselsMembers of the D-Day trip to Normandy will meet

new members of the main tour at the Brussels airport. The combined groups will then tour Waterloo in the afternoon and have a group meeting in the evening at our hotel.

Day 2 - Thursday, June 28Nijmegen, Market Garden, Arnhem

Begin our study of Operation Market Garden, the early attempt by the Allied forces to strike directly for Berlin. Control of the bridges at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem was essential for the push into Germany. We drive Hell’s Highway where the 101st and 82nd Airborne broke through to connect with the British in Arnhem. We visit Nijmegen to see the daring crossing of the Waal River by the 82nd Airborne.

Day 3 - Friday, June 29 - The ArdennesThis is where Hitler put everything he had into his only

counter-attack. On December 16, 1944, Lt. Lyle Bouck was one of the first people to see the German columns

coming. We’ll make our first stop in the Ardennes at Lanzereth, the town where Bouck and a platoon of 19 men held off a full strength German SS Battalion under the infamous Joachim Peiper for an entire day. Well visit the American positions and hear their story, a breathtaking tale of heroism.

Day 4 - Saturday, June 30 - BastogneWe drive to Bastogne where the Americans rallied

and stopped the German attack. Here we will view the route of the initial American retreat and the place where the 101st Airborne and elements of the 10th Armored Division held off fifteen German divisions for six days. Our group will visit key sites in and around this historic crossroads town. We will also go to General McAuliffe’s HQ where he replied to German surrender demands with one word: “NUTS.”

Band of BrotherS TOURJune 27 – July 7

Day 5 - Sunday, July 1 - LuxembourgAfter our visit, it is a short ride to Luxembourg. This

afternoon affords some relaxing free time in the center of this bustling but charming old world city.

Day 6 - Monday, July 2 - Second Day in LuxembourgWe drive to nearby Hamm and the American cemetery

and the site of General George S. Patton’s grave. America’s foremost WWII field general rests here among his men.

We’ll drive to the Siegfried Line to see remnants of the German communication trenches, pillboxes and dragon’s teeth that American GIs fought so hard to take in late 1944.

Day 7 - Tuesday, July 3 - Last Patrol to KarlsruheWe head to Fort Simserhof, a beautifully preserved

Maginot Line fortification, and a visit to the Muse de la Fortification du Simserhof. Our day concludes with a visit to Hagenau, the site of some of Easy Company’s final battles and several daring patrols.

Day 8 - Wednesday, July 4 - Dachau and BerchtesgadenWe continue our journey toward the Bavarian Alps.

We will visit Dachau, site of some of the most nefarious

acts against humankind during the war, as we travel south through Bavaria. In total, over 200,000 prisoners from more than 30 countries were housed in Dachau: notably Jews, resistance fighters, clergymen, politicians, communists, writers, artists and royalty. The second camp liberated by British or American forces, Dachau was one of the first places where the West was exposed to Nazi brutality.

Day 9 - Thursday, July 5 - BerchtesgadenThe morning begins with a city tour of Berchtesgaden

and Obersalzberg where we will visit the Eagle’s Nest and the remains of the vast Nazi Party complex liberated by the Allies in May 1945. Eagle’s Nest was built as a 50th birthday present to Hitler from the Nazi party. Perched at 6017 feet, the complex and the road network leading to it were considered feats of engineering as they were completed in only 13 months time in 1937-38.

Day 10 - Friday, July 6 - MunichToday, the group will enjoy a city tour of Munich

including the sites related to the rise of the Nazi Party. Farewell dinner.

Day 11 - Saturday, July 7 - Depart from Munich

Band of Brothers Main Tour

• $3,950 per person• 20% student discount for main tour • $595 single supplement• Based on 20 participants

Tour Includes:• Full-time historian• Three- and four-star accommodations• Rooms with private bath or shower, hotel

taxes, porterage and service charges• Touring by private, first-class, air-conditioned

motorcoach• Breakfast daily• All entrance fees to museums and attractions