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Cherbourg Tour 17 26 October 2011
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“
THE ROAD
I have to announce to the
house that during the night
and the early hours of this
TO VICTORY
morning the first of a series
of landings in force upon the
European continent has
PART II
taken place…
An immense armada of
upwards of 4000 ships,
together with several
thousand smaller craft, CHERBOURG TO BRUSSELS
crossed the Channel.
Massed airborne landings
have been successfully
effected behind the enemy FRANCE & BELGIUM
lines and landings on the 17TH – 26TH OCTOBER 2011
beaches are proceeding at
various points..
everything is proceeding
according to plan
”
PART OF A SPEECH BY
WINSTON CHURCHILL
TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
6 JUNE 1944
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I T I N E R A RY
17 OCTOBER MONDAY 21 OCTOBER FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER MONDAY
Meet at the hotel in Portsmouth. We will start today in St. Lo where bombers were used in a strategic We will begin this day en route to Bastogne by first stopping at Patton’s
Welcome introduction and tour briefing. tactical role. In addition to the aerial bombardment the town was shelled grave in Hamm at the US Military Luxembourg Cemetery.
Hotel Portsmouth Dockyard. constantly. The town was eventually captured by the US 29th Division on
the 18th July. Then to Coutances, where the 4th and 6th Armored Patton’s many achievements have been overshadowed in history by his
Divisions broke through the German lines. (Operation Cobra) miraculous response to the surprise German counter-offensive known as
18 OCTOBER TUESDAY the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. As we move towards Bastogne
As Patton looks to secure the Brittany Peninsula we will move on to we will describe the German offensive from the Ardennes. In doing this we
“OK, we go!” With those fateful words, General Dwight Eisenhower Avranches which would be the key crossroads for Patton’s “Breakout.” If will set up Patton’s actions to relieve Bastogne. Patton had anticipated
committed his command to the most storied and famous amphibious Patton’s 4th Armored Division could break through Avranches they the possible need to respond to the crisis and had begun planning a relief
operation of all times. would unhinge the German’s left flank. The Germans understood this expedition. That sense of the moment made possible his timely response
and fighting for this mountaintop town was fierce. While in town we will and earned his men fame in the annals of US military history.
Today we will visit first the Portsmouth D-Day Museum with its tapestry
see a memorial to Patton. We will then pay tribute to the soldiers buried
of the invasion. We will then drive to Southwick House and see where We will return to December of 1944 and follow the route of the 4th
at St James’s the Brittany American Cemetery.
Eisenhower made the decision for the Normandy Invasion. From this Armored into Bastogne. A tank battalion under Lt. Col. Creighton
headquarters in Portsmouth, Ike planned and prepared for the invasion Patton’s relentless and aggressive offensive efforts paid dividends as the Abrams (of Vietnam fame) was ordered to defend the 4th’s left flank but
of Europe. Germans were being pressed on numerous fronts simultaneously. Patton he demonstrated his leadership potential by exceeded his orders when he
would be rewarded and his breakthroughs led to an opportunity for a real pushed ahead to link up with the besieged 101st Airborne on December
Returning to Portsmouth after lunch, you will have the opportunity to
breakout and he capitalized on it. Success at Avranches allowed elements 26th.
visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (where you will be on your own)
of 3rd Army to spread across the French countryside.
with the Royal Naval Museum - there is Nelson’s flagship from Arriving in Bastogne we will study the siege of the town, visit the museum
Trafalgar—HMS Victory; Henry VIII’s flagship the Mary Rose and the Overnight Pontorson and impressive American Memorial and finally visit the Band of Brothers
mightiest warship of the nineteenth century—HMS Warrior. As our action at Foy & ‘Nuts’Corner.
hotel is within 10 minutes walking distance, we will plan to walk to and
from the Dockyard. 22 OCTOBER SATURDAY Overnight Bastogne
We start today with the battle of Mortain where the German Counter
19 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY Attack (Operation Luttich) attempted to stop Patton’s drive across France 25 OCTOBER TUESDAY
by cutting across his rear and restoring control of Avranches. The defense
An early start this morning as we will be on the 09.00 (3 hour ferry of Mortain by the 30th Division frustrated the Germans’intentions, with Today we follow the attack made by the 6th Panzer Army and in particular
crossing) to Cherbourg. (The early departure will prevent you from the main defences being on Hill 314 providing both a strategic and tactical 1st SS Panzer & ‘Kampfgruppe Peiper’.
having breakfast at the hotel, however the ferry has food and drink service overview. Loshiem. Here the first action took place when the Peiper’s leading
available) Like George Patton, 67 years earlier will arrive on the
The Falaise Pocket: the American breakthrough finally flanked the infantry the 9th Airborne Regiment came up against Lt Bouck’s recon
continent at Cherbourg. The town was a tough nut to crack and the allies
German forces that had bottled up the Allies following D-Day. With 3rd platoon of the 394th Regiment, 99th US Division. His thirty-five men
had to have a secure dock with wharves after the US“Mulberry”artificial
Army on the loose, German forces on the coast risked encirclement and will hold up the paratroopers for 20 hours, to continue his attack Peiper
harbour were destroyed by a channel storm a few days after the June 6th
destruction if they did not abandon their advanced positions. The allies is forced to take another longer route.
landing. Bradley assigned the task to his US 1st Army which was
spearheaded by the 9th Infantry Division. They cut off the peninsula and recognized the opportunity to encircle the Germans in an area known as Malmedy Massacre. On the 17th December as the German spearhead
laid siege capturing (27th June) Cherbourg prior to the activation of 3rd the Falaise Pocket. Allied forces moved to seam up the routes of egress as approached Baugnez and the crossroads, the US 285th Field Artillery
Army. the Germans attempted to escape through“the gap”that remained. We are Observation Battalion was also approaching. With only small arms to
going to examine the 3rd Army’s role in this effort to trap the Germans. defend themselves they were quickly overpowered. Pieper continued
Leaving Cherbourg we will drive to Nehou which was Patton’s initial HQ
We will then leave Mortain for Argentan where Patton attempted to close towards Ligneuville. About 120 prisoners were taken to a field nearby,
in France. We will stop at St Mere Eglise to visit the fine Airborne
“the gap.” While en route we will talk about the plan—a variation of a for reasons that remain unclear the Germans suddenly commenced firing,
Museum, then on to Brecourt Manor - made famous by E Company Band
double envelopment or “pincer”movement. Sadly, for Patton, this is the 88 bodies were recovered a month later.
of Brothers, 506 Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
spot where Bradley ordered him to halt to accommodate higher priorities Stavelot. It is here that Peiper’s’spearhead (now seeking fuel supplies)
Overnight Bayeux for logistical support. This afternoon we will head to Chambois where the meets serious resistance. On the 18th December he attacks & is held up by
Falaise Pocket was closed by elements of the 90th Division and the Polish units from the 291st Engineer battalion and a company from the 526th
Armored Division. The collapse of the Falaise pocket ended the
20 OCTOBER THURSDAY Normandy Campaign.
Armored Infantry Battalion under Major Paul Solis with three 57mm
antitank guns put a solid defense allowing time for other US units to
We commence today in the British zone of operation at Pegasus Bridge Overnight Chartres withdraw from the town. On the road to Francochamps, Solis and his
where just after midnight on the 6th June, three gliders landed, quickly men destroyed a major fuel depot before they withdrew.
taking the bridge they held it until later that day when they were relieved.
At La Gleize there is a museum worth visiting & outside there is a Tiger
We will then drive west along Sword Beach (British) then to Juno Beach
23 OCTOBER SUNDAY tank left behind during the German retreat
(Canadian) to Gold Beach (British) where we stop at Arromanches to look The advance of Patton’s army brought them to the ancient city of
at the remains of the Mulberry Harbour. This ‘harbour’ had been Overnight Brussels
Chartres, site of one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. Our ride
constructed in the UK and involved over four hundred towed components will take us to the city’s outer gate which the Germans attempted to destroy
weighing 1/1 /2 million tons. Late on the afternoon of D Day the first
‘Phoenix’(concrete hollow boxes) left the UK arriving on the morning of
to delay the 7th Armored Division from entering the city. There are many
myths surrounding the capture of the town and we will discuss them along
26 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY
the 9th. By the 18th 115 had been sunk in a 5 mile long arc. On the 19th with a short exposition on the importance of the city to both the Germans Return to London by Eurostar train service or by bus (your choice) to be
a severe storm destroyed the Omaha Mulberry, but even though this one was and Allies. in time to attend the start of the Churchill Centre Conference.
badly damaged by the end of 1944, 39.000 vehicles and 220,000 soldiers
had made dry landings. The destruction of German forces along the Normandy front set up a race
for the German border and Patton intended to win. The pace of his
After lunch we move on to Omaha Beach (where the heaviest casualties on advance strained his POL (petroleum, oil and lubricants) supply. Moving
D Day occurred). The initial objective for the 1st & 29th US Divisions, along an axis framed by Nancy to the south and Metz to the north he found For a registration form please contact:
many of the men from these Divisions who died on 6 June and subsequent a mix of German units thrown in his way. Patton relished the destruction
days until the end of the Normandy Campaign will be found in the US of enemy forces and his diary reflects a distinct pleasure in precisely
Mary Paxson, The Churchill Centre,
cemetery at St Laurent-sur-Mer. Sited above Omaha Beach and looking documenting the amount of enemy casualties. As Patton moved further 200 West Madison Street,
down to where some of the bloodiest actions took place, the cemetery east the nature of the terrain in the Lorraine region slowed but failed to
contains 9,286 personnel, including the Roosevelt brothers, Theodore & stop him. The 4th Armored Division served as his spearhead and they
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Quentin. pushed past Nancy in September. That cluster of engagements is known
today as the battle of Arracourt.
We end today at Pointe du Hoc, US intelligence had highlighted this Tel: 1 – 888 – WSC – 1874
battery (155mm) as the most formidable along the American beaches This battle ended the 4th Armored Division’s drive east—they were next
located so that it could not only engage surface vessels but fire onto both seen spearheading the drive on Bastogne during the battle of the Bulge.
Email: mpaxson@winstonchurchill.org
Omaha & Utah Beaches. The operation to take the battery was given to the
2nd US Rangers commanded by Lt Col James Rudder. Suffering many Patton’s 3rd Army had a decisive impact on the war in France and his move
casualties Rudder’s men eventually captured the battery only to find that across France is a case study in mechanized warfare. Registration forms are also
the guns had been removed. available on line at:
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