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All Stephen Ambrose Tours

We invite you to travel with us through the sacred battlefields of the Pacific, Europe and the Civil and Revolutionary Wars, and follow the path of America’s explorers and legendary figures in the Great American West.

Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours embodies four decades of experience on the path of history. We were founded by America’s premier historian and best-selling author, Stephen E. Ambrose, who combined his passion and knowledge to create WWII and American History tours unparalleled in their historical accuracy.

Today, we continue to preserve his legacy.

WWII Europe Tours

Travel through the sacred battlefields of Europe with our historians. Their years of WWII research and interviews with hundreds of WWII veterans at the places where they fought add a personal dimension to our tours.

WWII bunker on Normandy beach

D-Day to the Rhine

Length of Tour: 13 days | 12 nights
England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany
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Band of Brothers® Tour

Length of Tour: 14 days | 13 nights
England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria
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Eisenhower speaking to paratroopers before D-Day

Operation Overlord Tour

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
England, France
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WWII Pacific Tours

Travel to the locations where the battles raged on the land, air and sea in the Pacific Theater. You’ll explore the remote island beaches, caves and jungles that were the battlegrounds of the War in the Pacific as you learn abut the cultural complexities and strategies of the Americans and Japanese.

Pearl Harbor Arizona Memorial

Pearl Harbor Anniversary

Length of Tour: 6 days | 5 nights
Honolulu
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building in Japan still standing after the Atomic bomb

Battle of Okinawa: The End of Japan's War

Length of Tour: 11 days | 10 nights
Japan: Okinawa, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, Tokyo
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Ruins of Japanese Air Command building on Tinian

War in the Pacific: Operation Forager

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
Saipan, Tinian, Guam
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Civil War Tours

From Gettysburg in the North, to the battlefields along the Mississippi and the wars that raged in South, our Civil War Tours give a panorama of the major events that began and ended the Civil War.

Civil War cannon by Mississippi River

Civil War Tour: Mississippi River Campaign

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana
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Stonewall Jackson Monument

Civil War Tour: This Hallowed Ground

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
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Civil War: Southeast Coast Cruise

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
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American History Tours

Follow the path of explorers Lewis and Clark, walk the battlefields of the Revolutionary War, and time travel back to the days of Crazy Horse and Custer on our American History Tours.

fort ticonderoga

Revolutionary War: Boston to Quebec

Length of Tour: 10 days | 9 nights
Massachusetts, New York, Quebec City
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Missouri River by the Lewis and Clark Trail

Lewis and Clark Tour: Undaunted Courage

Length of Tour: 12 days | 11 nights
Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon
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Devils Tower National Monument

Crazy Horse & Custer Tour

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana
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Military History Tours

Visit the keys sites of WWI on our Western Front Tour and explore the battlefields, castles, forts and fields where the Jacobites fought and made their last stand on our Scotland Jacobite Rising Tour.

Scottish castle

Scotland Jacobite Rising

Length of Tour: 11 days | 10 nights
Scotland
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Lion's Mound WWI memorial

WWI Tour: Western Front

Length of Tour: 14 days | 13 nights
Belgium, France
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New Tours

We continue to carry on our founder Stephen Ambrose’s legacy to teach Americans about their nation’s heritage and her heroes through the development of new WWII and American History tours.

SOE: Churchill's Spies

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
England
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George Washington crossing the Delaware

Revolutionary War: The Campaigns of George Washington

Length of Tour: 9 days | 8 nights
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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Packer Meadow, Lolo Pass, Idaho

Lewis and Clark Adventure Tour

Length of Tour: 8 days | 7 nights
Montana, Idaho
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Private Tours

We have extensive experience designing and customizing private group tours for Alumni Associations, museums, high schools and other organizations that meet their specific needs.

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