D-DAY: OMAHA BEACH from EASY RED to FOX GREEN and the US CEMETERY
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This virtual tour, using re-edited unique video footage, is broadcast LIVE simultaneously on Facebook and on the welovenormandy.com website. An interactive ZOOM meeting will follow the online tour (available to Paid ticket holders, Donation ticket holders and Paid subscriber members).
A 1-hour VIRTUAL tour of Omaha Beach, the bluffs, the bunkers, the monuments and materiel - Le Ruquet to the E3 Draw AND the US Cemetery. LIVE from We Love Normandy HQ near Saint Lo, Normandy.
"I’ve been reading a lot of history during the pandemic, and the virtual tours offered by Patrick have been invaluable additions to my dive into World War II history. His still pictures and videos are clear, and he skillfully superimposes historical photos over the present-day sites. His presentations are in-depth, with maps and lots of details. He keeps things interactive and interesting with trivia contests and also answers questions patiently from those without an in-depth knowledge of that day. I highly recommend his tours and hope to take a tour in person some day." TripAdvisor reviewer
We'll start from the E1 Draw at Le Ruquet at the Charles Shay Monument and the Native American Monument, the remains of the Rhino Pontoon, Strongpoint WN 65, the 2nd Infantry Division Monument and the monument to the Combat Medics. Next we will scale the bluffs at Strongpoint 62 and visit the German gun emplacements and bunkers, including the location of machine gun emplacement of Heinrich Severloh, 'The Beast of Omaha'. We will visit the monuments of the 5th Engineers Special Brigade and the 1st Infantry Division. Finally, we will visit the US Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer where 9,388 service men and women have their final resting place.
Using the latest livestreaming technology, Patrick Hilyer's LIVE virtual tours bring the sights and sounds of the D-Day battlefields and beaches right to your living room, den or office - on your tablet, computer, laptop, smart phone or TV screen. The tours are interactive - you can ask questions by chat message during the tour and by joining the LIVE ZOOM debriefing* at the end of the tour.
Patrick is an experienced D-Day tour guide, a member of the Normandy Battlefield Tour Guides Association. He and his wife run the travel consultancy We Love Normandy and both have worked in Tourism and Hospitality in Normandy since 2003. Facebook page www.facebook.com/welovenormandy
- ZOOM debriefing*
- Tours are given in English
* The Zoom debriefing is open to Paid ticket holders, Donation ticket holders and Paid subscriber members.
