Escorted tours specialist Leger Holidays has added 17 new tours to its latest programme of battlefield tours.
The 76-page brochure is available to view online or in print and features more than 80 tours, departing between May 2022 and October 2023.
Escorted by specialist guides, the tours visit battlefields from both world wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War.
Leger Holidays says it is the UK’s leading provider of escorted battlefield tours and has launched the programme to coincide with Remembrance Day on November 11.
The new tours include The Silent Cities: The CWGC Story, in partnership with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, looking at the organisation’s history in Belgium and France, with specially arranged visits and talks exclusive to Leger Holidays. The five-day tour costs from £559.
A new four-day tour is Anne Frank in Amsterdam, telling the story of the Holocaust in the Netherlands and how it affected the Jewish population. It costs from £449.
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The tours last from four to 16 days and all include hotels with breakfast and coach travel from a local joining point.
Liam Race, Leger Shearings Group’s chief executive, said: “Since we first introduced battlefield tours in 1997, Leger Holidays has established an unrivalled reputation for both our military history tours and our expert guides, who are all highly knowledgeable, approachable and bring the history to life.
“A battlefield tour offers great insight into the past and allows us to take an in-depth look at how these tragic events unfolded, ensuring the legacy of those who sacrificed so much is never forgotten but remembered for generations to come.”
A 50% discount is available on selected tours for those aged eight to 17 when travelling with an adult.
Furthermore, Leger offers schools and colleges group tours to First and Second World War sites through Holt Tours, which has been part of the Leger brand since 2015.