- History (WWI & WWII)
WWI in the Somme and Pas-de-Calais
From Verdun to the Meuse and the Argonne, from the Chemin des Dames to the Somme battlefields, retrace the World War I front lines, understand and feel the intense and dramatic history of the “Great War”.
Full Day
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Description
Leave Paris at 8 am towards the North of France, see the Somme WWI Battlefields major sites: the Lochnagar Crater at La Boisselle, Pozière, Thiepval, Beaumont-Hamel sites and visit the Historial museum in Péronne or the Somme 1916 museum in Albert telling us all the details about the war of Trenches with showcases of objects and militaria (uniforms, weapons, bombs…)
The program can vary depending on the travelers’ nationalities:
With Australians we will stop and visit Villers-Bretonneux
We will take Canadians to Vimy ridgeReturn to Paris at around 7 pm.
WW I Battlefield
WW I Battlefield
Somme - Thiepval Ulster tower
Vimy ridge monument (detail)
australian memorial
Felix Valloton - Verdun - Army museum, Paris