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Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/69025f6f7cdfb60d73642903#day-1-october-10thThe Italian Campaign: Sicily to Rome Tour covers the Allied effort in Italy during World War II. Sometimes referred to as “the Forgotten Campaign,” it was actually of terrific significance. As historians have noted, the campaign became a proving ground for Allied capabilities on sea, land, and in the air. Amphibious landings with Higgins crafts on the beaches of Italy provided crucial training for the Normandy invasion. Proceeding to fight and push the Germans north, the Allied forces in Italy created another front for Hitler, dividing his defense of the Reich.Winston Churchill called Italy, the “soft underbelly,” of Europe, but the 5th Army as commanded by General Mark Clark found the campaign for Italy anything but “soft.” As you travel from Sicily to Rome, you will learn how the war in Italy was literally and figuratively an uphill struggle pitched against one of the most competent commanders in the German war machine, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring. Along the way, you will also enjoy the culture of the country itself. The cuisine, art and scenery on this tour are unrivaled.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/68fa7ea79748a1b70c8a7844#day-1-october-17thThe Civil War: Mississippi River Campaign Tour visits the sites and battlefields fought along the Mississippi River, including Memphis, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Port Hudson and New Orleans. This tour was inspired by Stephen Ambrose’s books, Upton and the Army and A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie, as well as Struggle for Vicksburg, a short battlefield guide that Ambrose boasted sold more copies than any of his bestsellers.Ambrose revered the Mississippi River as the great artery of national commerce. He also recognized the primary significance of the rail lines as the links that tied the Confederacy together from east to west. Connecting the Gulf of Mexico to Kentucky, the rails were the sinews of the rebellion—and the cords of Union that Federal armies must control to win the war. In addition to studying the tactics of battle, the logistics of war and the clash of opposing forces, this tour is also designed to reveal something of the great American way of life that thrives below the Mason Dixon line.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/694995aae9e1e02c3837a708#day-1-october-28thVietnam evokes vivid images of jungles, helicopters, and distant battlefields, holding different meanings for each generation. For many Americans, French, and Vietnamese, it was a place where loved ones were forever changed or lost, a war witnessed nightly on television and now remembered through films and games. Today, Vietnam is a thriving country attracting travelers and digital nomads, yet the war remains a symbol of military overreach, public fatigue, and the limits of foreign intervention.As the first American conflict extensively broadcast from the front lines, Vietnam reshaped both warfare and media. U.S. involvement spanned nearly three decades, ending with the fall of Saigon in 1975. LTC John Vann captured its complexity, saying, 'We do not have twelve years of experience, but one year twelve times.'On this tour, set for November of 2026, you will explore this multifaceted war—from Hanoi through the key regions and battles—revealing the ever-changing nature of the conflict depending on where and when it was fought.Please join the interest list below to receive all updates; dates and prices will be announced mid December.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/694428d2e9e1e02c3832aec6#day-1-november-16thSail into Civil War history on our new Civil War: Southeast Coast Cruise, a unique journey that combines the luxury and ease of traveling aboard a cruise ship with the in-depth historical focus of a tour by Stephen Ambrose.As you sail from Charleston, South Carolina, to Jacksonville, Florida, you will delve into the Union’s coastal campaigns through both on-board lectures by our expert historian and exclusive shore excursions not offered by American Cruise Lines. Along the way, you will explore Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired; see where General William T. Sherman’s made his dramatic march into Savannah after the capture of Fort McAllister; and learn about the groundbreaking “Port Royal Experiment,” where formerly enslaved people took their first steps toward freedom and self-sufficiency. You will also visit some of the most historic and picturesque towns in the South.As you explore these critical events that reshaped the South, you’ll enjoy the amenities of a modern cruise, including gourmet dining, elegant accommodations, and stunning coastal views.

The Apache Wars of the Southwest Tour is an unforgettable journey through the scenic Southwest that follows in the footsteps of a cast of remarkable historical characters. Author, historian, and television-motion picture consultant John P. Langellier, Ph.D., will tell tales of Cochise, Geronimo, and others based on more than a half-century of dedicated study of these legendary figures and their awesome land.You will time-travel to former military garrisons such as El Presidio San Agustín del Tucson, Cochise’s nearly impenetrable stronghold, and the vast White Sands that once formed part of the homeland of the people now popularly referred to as the Apache. You will discover the diverse cultures found in the tumultuous borderlands running along today’s international boundary between Mexico and the United States. Haunting deserts and majestic mountains will serve as the dramatic backdrop for stories of conflict and ultimate reconciliation after generations of warriors gave way to peacemakers. As you return to those exciting days of yesteryear, you will contrast history versus Hollywood with screenings and discussions of classic film and TV.

Our exclusive Manhattan Project Tour takes you on a journey through the Manhattan Project National Historic Park System. You will follow the progress of the making of the atomic bomb from its early stages at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the B Reactor in Hanford, Washington, to the Los alamos National Laboratory where the bombs were designed and assembled, to the successful testing at the Trinity Site in New Mexico.Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the establishment of the Manhattan Project in 1942. The goal was two-fold: develop the atomic bomb for fear the Germans would have it first, and advance American victory in WWII. Military experts urged using the bomb because it would prevent the loss of perhaps hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers as well as millions of Japanese. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki hastened Japan’s surrender and forced an end to the war in the Pacific.The Manhattan Project involved the U.S. military and some of the world’s leading scientific minds. Ultimately, the project employed over 250,000 Americans who worked at universities, factories and laboratories across the nation. Their diligent work was hugely successful and American science and industry prevailed. Their work ushered in the nuclear age and forever changed the world.Your historian will take you through each phase of the project and local experts will share their insights and detailed knowledge about the development, actual testing and the devastating effects of the atom bomb.

The Mighty Eighth Air Force Tour commemorates the 80th anniversary of the start of the Combined Bomber Offensive. From 1943-45 tens of thousands of young men were involved in a deadly experiment. The airmen of RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF Eighth Air Force were thrown into the teeth of Axis air defenses to see if, for the first time in history, an enemy nation could be brought to its knees through strategic bombing. For 29 months, streams of Allied bombers pummeled occupied Europe. Three million tons of ordnance was dropped, and Germany’s greatest cities were left in rubble.Eighty years after the start of the combined bomber offensive, historians still argue about the effectiveness of this massive bombing campaign. What there can be no argument about, however, is the incredible bravery of the thousands of young airmen, more than 150,000 of whom made the supreme sacrifice. You will study this most important campaign of World War II in unparalleled detail, learning about the brave men of the Mighty Eighth, visiting the aircraft, and exploring the places where they made history.

Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours is excited to offer an exclusive new tour: Patton’s War in the Mediterranean: North Africa to Sicily.General George S. Patton’s combat campaigns in North Africa and Sicily set the stage for the fighting in Europe. On November 8, 1942, Patton’s forces landed in Morocco and fought for three days against the Vichy French. In February of 1942, Patton took command of the U.S. II Corps, which had been defeated at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia. In just twelve days, he reinvigorated the force and went on the offensive. Next, he led the Seventh Army into southern Sicily, raced north to Palermo, and then turned east. He drove for Messina, the key city in Sicily, launching three amphibious attacks along Sicily’s northern shore. The victories in North Africa and Sicily taught the American army how to fight and provided them valuable experience for the rest of the war.The Patton’s War in the Mediterranean Tour will explore these important battlefields. The tour will be led Patton expert Kevin M. Hymel, author of Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership, Volume I, November 1942 -July 1944, Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership, Volume 2: August–December 1944, and Patton’s Photographs: War as He Saw It.We will be announcing the tour details in the summer 2025. Please fill out an “I’m Interested” form to get updates on the tour and first access to booking.

The 6888th Legacy Tour sheds light on the extraordinary yet little-known story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. This remarkable story of the only African American Women’s Army Corps (WAC) unit to serve in Europe during World War II, has been made into a movie by Tyler Perry: The Six Triple Eight.As Allied forces waged brutal battles across Europe—pushing the German Army from the beaches of Normandy to the heart of Germany itself—millions of troops were far from home, enduring unimaginable hardships. Letters and packages from loved ones became a lifeline, providing comfort, morale, and a vital connection to home. However, by 1945, warehouses in Birmingham, England, overflowed with millions of undelivered pieces of mail, threatening to sever this critical connection.Into this chaos stepped the 6888th. With the war still raging and morale dwindling, this battalion of trailblazing women—faced with austere wartime conditions and relentless workloads—processed the massive backlog of mail in record time, restoring communication for over 7 million troops and government workers stationed in Europe. In just three months, they achieved the impossible, lifting spirits on the front lines and ensuring that soldiers fighting in deadly conditions received the letters that reminded them of what they were fighting for. Their work had an immeasurable impact on the morale of the troops, who carried these words of love and encouragement as they stormed the beaches of Normandy, pushed through France, and fought toward victory in Europe.On this tour, you will follow in the footsteps of the 6888th, tracing their historic mission from Birmingham, England, to Paris, France. You’ll visit the places where their story unfolded, from the warehouses where they broke records to the Normandy American Cemetery, where three of these remarkable women are laid to rest. Along the way, you will immerse yourself in the larger context of World War II history—exploring sites such as the Churchill War Rooms, Bletchley Park, and the invasion beaches of Omaha and Utah. By walking the same ground where the Normandy invasion unfolded, you will gain a deeper understanding of the brutal realities faced by the troops and the crucial role the 6888th played in sustaining their spirits during one of the most challenging chapters in history.

Scotland’s Northern Highlands are a place of mysterious beauty, where Scottish descendants will find a welcoming homeland, and where all travelers will find a unique and inspirational history. As you’ll learn from our Scotland Jacobite Rising Tour, the Highlands have not always been so inviting. In the wake of its defeat by the British army in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Northern Scotland was left with its lands ravaged and its population either annihilated or exiled.The seeds of the Rebellion were sown in 1603, with England’s first Stuart king, James I, at the time King James VI of Scotland. In 1688 his Catholic grandson, King James II, was deposed and fled to France. Nevertheless, the Stuarts held the throne until 1714, when the House of Hanover assumed the crown.By 1745, Prince Charles Edward—Bonnie Prince Charlie—was the third generation of Stuarts in exile. Counting on help from France and from Stuart loyalists—the Jacobites—Charles entered Scotland in July of 1745, with the aim of winning back the crown for his father.Jacobites earned surprising victories at Falkirk and Prestonpans, and, though seriously outnumbered, held off the British at Fort William and other sites. Their luck ran out at Culloden, where they were slaughtered in a savage fight.

The Ghost Army of WWII Tour tells the story of the unsung WWII heroes of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company Special, known as “the Ghost Army.” These deception troops saved thousands of lives and helped win the war, but their efforts were kept secret for 50 years. This “traveling road show of deception” used inflatable tanks, sound effects and illusion to fool the Germans more than 20 times from Normandy to the Rhine. U.S. Army analysis categorized the Ghost Army’s exploits this way: “Rarely, if ever, has there been a group of such a few men which had so great an influence on the outcome of a major military campaign.” They were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022.You will begin in England where the top secret unit trained and travel on to Normandy, Brittany, Belgium and Luxembourg to study the key deception operations that were a pivotal part of the Allied victory. Your historian for this tour will be Rick Beyer, who produced and directed the award-winning PBS documentary The Ghost Army, and co-wrote (with Liz Sayles) The Ghost Army of World War II.

Join us on our Pearl Harbor Anniversary Tour to honor the sacrifice and heroism of those who served and lost their lives in the attack on December 7, 1941.Led by a historian who is an expert on the War in the Pacific, as you visit Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Army Airfield and Ford Island you will gain a deeper understanding of one of the most pivotal events of WWII. A highlight will be attending the official Commemorative Ceremony held at Pearl Harbor National Memorial on the anniversary.With pointsettias in bloom and ideal temperatures, December is the perfect time to visit Honolulu.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/69038a8b7cdfb60d73668cf7#day-1-december-9thOur Battle of the Bulge Tour takes a detailed look at the American men and German soldiers who opposed them in the largest land battle in WWII. On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched their Ardennes Campaign, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. For 31 grueling days, American troops fought in bitter cold, heavy snow and icy water. In one of the most epic and decisive victories of the war, they held their foxholes under the threatening skies of a Teutonic winter.As Stephen Ambrose wrote of the Ardennes in Citizens Soldiers, many of the men on the thinly-held Belgian front lines were recently-arrived “replacements.” Only just out of training, untested, and poorly-equipped, they were sent to the front lines with instructions on how to avoid trench-foot and told to kill Germans. It was a cruel experience in which raw courage merged with terrific faith, training, skill and ingenuity to save the day.You will travel from Brussels to the Ardennes to visit Malmedy, Bastogne, Diekirch and more of the areas that defined this fierce struggle. As you follow in the path of these heroes and visit the battlefields, you will gain a new respect for the basic patriotism that defeated the Germans and won World War II for the Allies.

On the War in the Pacific: Operation Forager Tour you will travel to the islands where the battles raged on the land, air and sea. Operation Forager was the codename for the Allied campaign to secure the Mariana Islands—Saipan, Tinian, and Guam—in order to establish air strips and bases within striking distance of Japan by B-29 long-range bombers. Led by historians who are experts on the Pacific Theater, you will learn how this hard-fought campaign led to the Allied victory.You will travel to Guam, Saipan and Tinian, where you will explore the remote island beaches, caves and jungles that were the battlegrounds of the Pacific front. You will also visit key command centers and memorial sites, including the launching field for the Enola Gay and Bockscar. These B-29 bombers dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945, and forcing an end to the War in the Pacific.For information on an option to attend The Iwo Jima Reunion of Honor Anniversary Commemorations on the final day of the tour, email info@stephenambrosetours.com or call us at 504.821.9283.

On the War in the Pacific: Operation Forager Tour you will travel to the islands where the battles raged on the land, air and sea. Operation Forager was the codename for the Allied campaign to secure the Mariana Islands—Saipan, Tinian, and Guam—in order to establish air strips and bases within striking distance of Japan by B-29 long-range bombers. Led by historians who are experts on the Pacific Theater, you will learn how this hard-fought campaign led to the Allied victory.You will travel to Guam, Saipan and Tinian, where you will explore the remote island beaches, caves and jungles that were the battlegrounds of the Pacific front. You will also visit key command centers and memorial sites, including the launching field for the Enola Gay and Bockscar. These B-29 bombers dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hastening Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945, and forcing an end to the War in the Pacific.For information on an option to attend The Iwo Jima Reunion of Honor Anniversary Commemorations on the final day of the tour, email info@stephenambrosetours.com or call us at 504.821.9283.

Tour Itinerary: https://stephenambrosetours.wetravel.com/i/6a342a7c954fe38d1e73b66b#day-1-march-29thThe Battle of Okinawa: The End of Japan’s War Tour covers the final battles of World War II, providing you with an understanding of how this historic battle affected the soldiers, sailors, and Marines who fought it as well as the Okinawan civilians. You will travel to Japan to visit the places that made the conflict’s closing months infamous: Okinawa, Kagoshima, Hiroshima, and Tokyo. These places did not simply dominate the headlines of calendar year 1945 – they gave rise to the balance of power that defines the contemporary trans-Pacific.Your journey will begin with a comprehensive tour of Okinawa before traveling on to the Japanese “Home Islands” of Kyushu and Honshu, and its biggest city, Tokyo. Among the notable sites you will see is the storied Hacksaw Ridge, where the Army’s 77th Division encountered a treacherous escarpment heavily fortified with Japanese soldiers, and one conscientious objector earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving the lives of 75 men. You will also visit Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, providing you time to reflect on how the atomic bomb not only changed the city’s history, but the history of the entire world as well.

Tour Itinerary: https://stephenambrosetours.com/tour/ghost-soldiers-of-bataan-and-the-hellships-a-tour-of-the-philippines/Thirteen days in the Philippines, on the ground of the largest surrender in American history and the captivity that followed it.In April 2027, eighty-five years after the fall of Bataan, you can stand where it happened. This 13-day Philippines WWII tour takes you from Kilometer Zero at Mariveles along the Bataan Death March route. You’ll cross Manila Bay to the fortress island of Corregidor, stand beneath the Memorial Cross on Mount Samat, and walk the ground at Camp O’Donnell and the Cabanatuan POW camp made famous in Ghost Soldiers. The story ends where the war in the Philippines turned, on Red Beach at Leyte, where MacArthur waded ashore and kept his promise to return. Few Americans ever see these places, and fewer still see them in the order the men who fought here lived them.You won’t be seeing it alone or reading it off a plaque. The tour is led by an expert historian who has taken many Americans along this route. He brings the siege, the march, the camps and the hellships to life on the very ground where they happened, while a dedicated tour manager handles every detail. Between the battlefields you’ll stay four nights at the legendary Manila Hotel, where MacArthur lived before the war, and take a private look at his suite and archives. You’ll share dinners with fellow travelers who came for the same reason you did.For many of our guests, this journey is personal. It might be a father’s footsteps on Bataan, a grandfather’s name at the Manila American Cemetery, where a private wreath laying can be arranged, or simply a debt of remembrance that has waited too long. The Bataan anniversary comes only once, the dates are fixed, and places on this departure are limited. Join us in April 2027 for a trip you’ll carry with you for the rest of your life.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/6966b652fcbb65a765bf456c#day-1-may-8thThe Civil War: This Hallowed Ground Tour features a panorama of the major events that began and ended the Civil War, the defining event in American history. You will start with First Bull Run/Manassas and continue through Gettysburg to the finality of Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Along the way, you will learn why and how they fought, study the military campaigns and rival strategies that made the conflict so deadly, and view the battlefields where 750,000 Americans lost their lives, including volunteers, immigrants, ex-slaves and draftees.What motivated these men and the families who sent them off to fight? How did Confederate armies in the East win battles so often in the first two years of the war, even with fewer resources? How did the tide turn in favor of Federal forces after Gettysburg? And why did the Confederates finally surrender? As you trace the steps of the two armies, you will find inspiration in the skills, courage, and endurance displayed by the entire generation that lived through the Civil War and enhance your understanding of the bloody conflict that would forever change the direction of American history.

Tour Itinerary: https://stephenambrosetours.wetravel.com/i/695fd2fbb440de352ba83575#day-1-may-15thThe Allied War in Europe: The Final Days Tour covers the fall of the Third Reich and the end of World War II in Europe.On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany boasting that his new Reich would last a thousand years. Just over 12 years later in the smoking ruins of his capital city, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in the bunker below his chancellery building. Europe lay in ruins, 20 million were dead and the world had learned the true meaning of the word Holocaust.You will study the final days of the WWII in Europe as you travel from Remagen, to Dresden, Torgau, Potsdam and Berlin, following the route taken by the Allies as they fought their way into the heart of the Reich and eventual victory in Berlin. Along the way you will visit sites such the famous Ludendorff Bridge—the first bridge taken across the Rhine—as well as the location of the 1945 Big Three Conference at Potsdam, 1936 Olympic Stadium, Gatow Airfield and Luftwaffe Museum, German High Command bunker complex at Zossen, and the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.A four-day stay in Berlin will allow you to see many of the most famous WWII, Cold War and cultural sites in the city, including the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, site of the Reich’s Chancellery and the bunker where Hitler committed suicide, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Soviet War Memorial in Treptower, and Bernauer Strasse, where the most well-preserved section of the Berlin Wall still standing.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/69616893fc8542b4fa9d2acc#day-1-may-15thThis tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/696a9e19eb4faa70ba4bdb2d#day-1-may-22ndOur Revolutionary War Tour: Boston to Quebec explores the origins of the conflict, the battles that raged across the northern theater, and the key players in that drama. They involved Patriots, Loyalists, Redcoats and Native Americans. You’ll walk battlefields where ragtag rebel forces clashed with one of the most feared armies in the world. You’ll meet the famous, the infamous, and the villainous figures who played out the dramatic struggle to forge a new nation.Boston. The birthplace of the American Revolution. In this bustling port city, angry colonists risked their lives to protest taxation without representation and set out to mount an audacious rebellion. Dramatic events such as the Stamp Act Riots, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party moved America relentlessly closer to Revolution.Simmering conflict boiled over into open warfare in the spring of 1775, with skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, and ferocious fighting at Bunker Hill. Two weeks later, a 43-year-old Virginia planter named George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to take over the newly formed Continental Army.For the first two and half years of war, the rugged country between Boston and Quebec witnessed a dozen battles – including some of the bloodiest engagements of the Revolution. At last, the stunning American victory at Saratoga in 1777 brought about surrender of an entire British Army corps and the entry of France into the war on America’s side.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/696a7225eb4faa70ba4b69d0#day-1-may-22ndThe Italian Campaign: Sicily to Rome Tour covers the Allied effort in Italy during World War II. Sometimes referred to as “the Forgotten Campaign,” it was actually of terrific significance. As historians have noted, the campaign became a proving ground for Allied capabilities on sea, land, and in the air. Amphibious landings with Higgins crafts on the beaches of Italy provided crucial training for the Normandy invasion. Proceeding to fight and push the Germans north, the Allied forces in Italy created another front for Hitler, dividing his defense of the Reich.Winston Churchill called Italy, the “soft underbelly,” of Europe, but the 5th Army as commanded by General Mark Clark found the campaign for Italy anything but “soft.” As you travel from Sicily to Rome, you will learn how the war in Italy was literally and figuratively an uphill struggle pitched against one of the most competent commanders in the German war machine, Field Marshal Albert Kesselring. Along the way, you will also enjoy the culture of the country itself. The cuisine, art and scenery on this tour are unrivaled.

Itinerary: https://stephenambrosetours.wetravel.com/i/6a397ef4cea9dd9dce056e7aThis Band of Brothers® Tour offers an engaging and accessible introduction to the remarkable story of Easy Company and the European campaign of World War II. Drawing on the extensive research of our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, and the team behind the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour, this itinerary brings to life the experiences of the men whose wartime service inspired one of the most celebrated stories of the Second World War.Made famous by Stephen Ambrose's bestselling book Band of Brothers and the acclaimed HBO miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, fought in many of the war's most significant battles. Their journey from Normandy through the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and into Germany remains one of the most compelling stories of courage and sacrifice in military history.Beginning in Paris, this streamlined itinerary is two nights shorter than our standard Band of Brothers® Tour while still visiting many of the key locations associated with Easy Company's campaign across Europe. Along the way, you'll explore historic battlefields, memorials, and landmarks that help tell the story of these extraordinary soldiers and the events that shaped the outcome of the war.With a maximum group size of 38 guests and accommodations in comfortable 3-star hotels, this tour offers an excellent value for travelers seeking a meaningful Band of Brothers® experience.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/6967f0f2315182e9feed3074#day-1-may-31stOn our Operation Overlord Tour, you will follow the Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen from where they trained for D-Day in England, to where they fought in the Normandy Campaign during World War II. Our tour is based on thousands of hours of interviews that Stephen E. Ambrose and his support staff conducted with the veterans who made the landings on the invasion beaches of Omaha and Utah—and then survived to liberate Paris and beyond. In studying the battlefields with veterans and other scholars, Ambrose also spent hundreds of hours on the ground analyzing the terrain.The cumulative research started by Ambrose is the foundation for this tour, and every historian who leads it has conducted their own WWII research. All of them have traversed the same ground trod by our soldiers and veterans and Ambrose. Thanks to their canon of knowledge, we can proudly state that our D-Day tour offers an experience unmatched in its authenticity. You will hear tales of courage that will deepen your understanding of our troops’ survival skills—their American ingenuity, endurance, bravery and humor—and the unimaginable sacrifices that drove our fighting men to win WWII.

Tour itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/6967af93fc8542b4faa549dd#day-1-may-31stOur D-Day to the Rhine Tour commemorates the Allied invasion of Normandy that led to victory in Europe in WWII. Stephen E. Ambrose first designed our D-Day tour itinerary in 1978 when he began his intense study of the D-Day invasion, the Normandy Campaign and western front in WWII. As part of his research, Ambrose travelled with countless veterans to find the sites where they trained in the United Kingdom and the battlefields where they made history in Europe. His extensive study of the European Theater of Operations led to his bestselling books on the subject, D-Day: June 6, 1944, Citizen Soldiers and Band of Brothers, among others.Ambrose’s research produced the unrivaled experience that we offer on our D-Day to the Rhine Tour. His expertise was directly handed down to the next generation of historians who have continued to document the battlefield memories of hundreds of WWII veteran soldiers and officers at the very places where they fought. Their vast canon of knowledge is what makes our D-Day tour so authentic. Your historian will share these personal stories and their WWII expertise with you at every stop.

Our D-Day to the Rhine Tour commemorates the Allied invasion of Normandy that led to victory in Europe in WWII. Stephen E. Ambrose first designed our D-Day tour itinerary in 1978 when he began his intense study of the D-Day invasion, the Normandy Campaign and western front in WWII. As part of his research, Ambrose travelled with countless veterans to find the sites where they trained in the United Kingdom and the battlefields where they made history in Europe. His extensive study of the European Theater of Operations led to his bestselling books on the subject, D-Day: June 6, 1944, Citizen Soldiers and Band of Brothers, among others.Ambrose’s research produced the unrivaled experience that we offer on our D-Day to the Rhine Tour. His expertise was directly handed down to the next generation of historians who have continued to document the battlefield memories of hundreds of WWII veteran soldiers and officers at the very places where they fought. Their vast canon of knowledge is what makes our D-Day tour so authentic. Your historian will share these personal stories and their WWII expertise with you at every stop.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Tour Itinerary: https://www.wetravel.com/i/696515a7fc8542b4faa0422d#day-1-june-5thThis tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Join us on our new Revolutionary War: The Campaigns of George Washington Tour to learn how America’s Founding Father led the Continental Army to victory against the British Empire. From 1776 to 1781, George Washington commanded an army that operated between New York City and Philadelphia. While he won few battles and struggled against all odds to keep his men together, he managed to frustrate larger British forces as he searched for ultimate victory.As you travel from West Point to Philadelphia, you will follow Washington’s stirring battles, from the fight to hold New York City in 1776, through the Crossing of the Delaware and a series of battles in New Jersey, to Benedict Arnold’s betrayal in 1780, and Washington’s eventual march to victory in 1781. You will come to know an extraordinary General, who is learning his trade, and meet the army whose efforts helped to bring about the defeat of the British during the American Revolution.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

On the In Patton’s Footsteps Tour, you will visit the sites and battlefields significant to Patton’s Third Army. General George S. Patton believed in fulfilling the unforgivable minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run. He proved it in his race across France, his relief of the besieged town of Bastogne and his drive into Germany. As you travel from Normandy to Brittany, Mont-St-Michel, the battlegrounds of the Falais pocket, Bastogne and Luxembourg, you will learn how this maverick general helped win the war in Europe.Your tour leader will be Patton expert Kevin Hymel. Kevin is a historian for the U.S. Army and also served as a historian at the U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He is the author of three books on the general, Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership Vol. 1 and Vol 2 and Patton’s Photographs: War as He Saw It.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

On our Crazy Horse & Custer: War on the Great Plains Tour, you will travel through Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana, as you learn about these legendary figures. You’ll see where the buffalo and wild mustangs once roamed, the iron horse roared across the tracks, and frontier forts stood as sentinels to the progress of civilization to the West. Inspired by the months Stephen Ambrose spent traveling with his family out West as he researched and wrote his book, Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors, this tour traces their route. Traveling in a VW bus and pick-up truck, they studied the habits of the people, the land they lived on, and their history. They also grew deeply immersed in the lives of the two warriors on the Great Plains.2026 marks 150 years since the Battle of Little BigHorn where Custer was killed on June 25, 1876. Guests on the 2026 Crazy Horse & Custer Tour will have tickets to the reenactment of this battle on the 150th anniversary.

On our Lewis and Clark: Undaunted Courage Tour you will experience jaw-dropping vistas in every bend of the trail as you relive the dramatic story of Lewis and Clark. As part of Stephen Ambrose’s research for his best-selling book, Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West, the Ambrose family spent vacations traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail on foot, canoe, and horseback. Our Lewis and Clark Tour is based on his journey following the path of Lewis and Clark from Great Falls, Montana, to the Pacific Coast of Oregon. The authenticity of this Lewis and Clark Tour is unrivaled.

Follow in the footsteps of the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on our new Lewis and Clark Adventure Tour. Paralleling the Corps of Discovery’s expedition route, you will explore areas that remain much the same as when Lewis & Clark first explored the west: canoeing the famed White Cliffs of the Missouri River and hiking on the rugged and remote Lolo Trail.You will relive their story as told to you by our historian, an expert on the explorers. You will also be accompanied by an expert on the river and terrain, who will guide you to sites that were key to the expedition.You will begin the tour, canoeing on the Upper Missouri River in Montana, one of the most scenic and historically dense stretches of river in the American West, where you will paddle through canyon walls and see iconic landmarks like Hole in the Wall.In between canoeing and hiking, you will spend a night at the rustic and inviting Lochsa Lodge and enjoy hearty mountain fare as you prepare for the trail ahead.As you hike the high country of the Lolo Trail in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho, you will get a visceral sense of the hardships that the expedition endured as well as an appreciation for the stunning landscapes through which they traveled.Throughout your camping adventure you will sleep under the stars at some of the very camps of the explorers. The experience of canoeing, hiking, and learning with your fellow adventurers will ensure your journey will stay with you long after you’ve left Montana and Idaho behind.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Our D-Day to the Rhine Tour commemorates the Allied invasion of Normandy that led to victory in Europe in WWII. Stephen E. Ambrose first designed our D-Day tour itinerary in 1978 when he began his intense study of the D-Day invasion, the Normandy Campaign and western front in WWII. As part of his research, Ambrose travelled with countless veterans to find the sites where they trained in the United Kingdom and the battlefields where they made history in Europe. His extensive study of the European Theater of Operations led to his bestselling books on the subject, D-Day: June 6, 1944, Citizen Soldiers and Band of Brothers, among others.Ambrose’s research produced the unrivaled experience that we offer on our D-Day to the Rhine Tour. His expertise was directly handed down to the next generation of historians who have continued to document the battlefield memories of hundreds of WWII veteran soldiers and officers at the very places where they fought. Their vast canon of knowledge is what makes our D-Day tour so authentic. Your historian will share these personal stories and their WWII expertise with you at every stop.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

On August 7, 1942, the 1st Marine Division came ashore on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the first American offensive of the Pacific War. Eighty-five years later to the day, this eight-day Guadalcanal battlefield tour puts you on the island for the anniversary memorial ceremony at the Guadalcanal American Memorial and the Coastwatchers Memorial in Honiara. Around that day, you will walk the ground where the six-month campaign for Henderson Field was fought: Red Beach, Alligator Creek, Bloody Ridge, Mount Austen and the Gifu, and the landing beaches of Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo across Iron Bottom Sound.This is a ground-level tour of the Solomon Islands battlefields, led by local guides in air-conditioned vehicles, with access fees included at every site. You stay all seven nights at the Heritage Park Hotel on the Honiara waterfront, overlooking the water where dozens of American and Japanese ships were sunk in 1942. Touring days run about five hours, leaving afternoons free to rest, explore Honiara, or return to a site on your own. If you want to understand why Guadalcanal mattered, and to be there for the anniversary, this is the place and the week to do it.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This private tour is exclusively for the West Point Class of 1984, inviting graduates and their families to embark on an unparalleled journey through history.This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Scotland’s Northern Highlands are a place of mysterious beauty, where Scottish descendants will find a welcoming homeland, and where all travelers will find a unique and inspirational history. As you’ll learn from our Scotland Jacobite Rising Tour, the Highlands have not always been so inviting. In the wake of its defeat by the British army in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, Northern Scotland was left with its lands ravaged and its population either annihilated or exiled.The seeds of the Rebellion were sown in 1603, with England’s first Stuart king, James I, at the time King James VI of Scotland. In 1688 his Catholic grandson, King James II, was deposed and fled to France. Nevertheless, the Stuarts held the throne until 1714, when the House of Hanover assumed the crown.By 1745, Prince Charles Edward—Bonnie Prince Charlie—was the third generation of Stuarts in exile. Counting on help from France and from Stuart loyalists—the Jacobites—Charles entered Scotland in July of 1745, with the aim of winning back the crown for his father.Jacobites earned surprising victories at Falkirk and Prestonpans, and, though seriously outnumbered, held off the British at Fort William and other sites. Their luck ran out at Culloden, where they were slaughtered in a savage fight.

Tour Itinerary: https://stephenambrosetours.com/tour/up-the-slot-guadalcanal-and-the-solomon-islands-campaign/For six months in 1942 and 1943, the Solomon Islands were the hinge of the Pacific war. The American landing on Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942 was the first Allied ground offensive of the Pacific, and what followed was a campaign fought simultaneously in the air, on the water and in the jungle, a grinding contest of attrition that neither side had planned and that neither could afford to lose.This is a rare chance to see that battlefield the way the men who fought it did: from the deck of a ship. Seven nights aboard the Bilikiki carry you up the island chain the Americans called the Slot, anchoring each night in sheltered water, walking beaches and airstrips that are otherwise unreachable, and swimming over wrecks that have lain where they sank for more than eighty years. The cruise ends where it began, at Guadalcanal, for three days ashore on the ground that gave the campaign its name.Most of these sites see a handful of visitors a year. There are no ticket booths and no interpretive centers. What there is, is the ground itself, largely unchanged, and a historian to explain what happened on it.

The Market Garden to the Alps Tour follows in the footsteps of the Allies as they marched through Europe to victory over Nazi Germany. Operation Market Garden, launched in Holland in September 1944, was to be a major Allied thrust across the Rhine River into Germany with the ultimate goal of seizing Berlin. Market Garden was a bold move that failed. The Battle of the Bulge was the opposite of Market Garden. Americans fought the Germans for 31 grueling days in bitter cold, heavy snow and icy water in the largest land battle of WWII. It was one of the most epic and decisive victories of the war.You will travel from Amsterdam to the Ardennes, Bastogne, and Luxembourg as you learn about these key events in WWII history. You will then continue to Germany, where you will study the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich in Nuremberg, the scene of massive Nazi Party rallies in the 1930s, and later the war crime trials of the perpetrators of inhumanity across Europe. Finally, at Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s Alpine retreat in Bavaria, you will see where he and his henchmen lived in luxury while they built an evil empire on the backs and blood of millions of innocent people.This is an ideal tour for people who have traveled with us on our Operation Overlord Tour, and for those who have already experienced Normandy or are interested in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

Our D-Day to the Rhine Tour commemorates the Allied invasion of Normandy that led to victory in Europe in WWII. Stephen E. Ambrose first designed our D-Day tour itinerary in 1978 when he began his intense study of the D-Day invasion, the Normandy Campaign and western front in WWII. As part of his research, Ambrose travelled with countless veterans to find the sites where they trained in the United Kingdom and the battlefields where they made history in Europe. His extensive study of the European Theater of Operations led to his bestselling books on the subject, D-Day: June 6, 1944, Citizen Soldiers and Band of Brothers, among others.Ambrose’s research produced the unrivaled experience that we offer on our D-Day to the Rhine Tour. His expertise was directly handed down to the next generation of historians who have continued to document the battlefield memories of hundreds of WWII veteran soldiers and officers at the very places where they fought. Their vast canon of knowledge is what makes our D-Day tour so authentic. Your historian will share these personal stories and their WWII expertise with you at every stop.

The WWII Poland and Germany Tour covers the beginning and end of World War II. The first shots of the war rang out in Gdansk, Poland, on September 1, 1939. Five years later the Warsaw Uprising commenced on August 1, 1944, and lasted for 63 days as the Polish resistance Home Army fought valiantly to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. On May 8, 1945, the final surrender of Nazi Germany took place at Karlshorst.Your WWII tour of Poland and Germany begins in Gdansk, which is also the site of another historic push for freedom — the Solidarity movement led by electrician Lech Walesa. You will then wind your way to Berlin, where some of the fiercest battles of the war were fought, stopping along the way in Krakow, Warsaw, and Zagan. Auschwitz, Stalag Luft III of The Great Escape fame, and the Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory and Museum are among the notable sites you will visit.Guests who have traveled on this tour rave about the charm of these historic cities and towns, the warmth of the people, and the outstanding restaurants, many of which are located in beautiful buildings that date back to the last century. As always, you can expect an unimpeded history study.

On our Operation Overlord Tour, you will follow the Allied soldiers, sailors, and airmen from where they trained for D-Day in England, to where they fought in the Normandy Campaign during World War II. Our tour is based on thousands of hours of interviews that Stephen E. Ambrose and his support staff conducted with the veterans who made the landings on the invasion beaches of Omaha and Utah—and then survived to liberate Paris and beyond. In studying the battlefields with veterans and other scholars, Ambrose also spent hundreds of hours on the ground analyzing the terrain.The cumulative research started by Ambrose is the foundation for this tour, and every historian who leads it has conducted their own WWII research. All of them have traversed the same ground trod by our soldiers and veterans and Ambrose. Thanks to their canon of knowledge, we can proudly state that our D-Day tour offers an experience unmatched in its authenticity. You will hear tales of courage that will deepen your understanding of our troops’ survival skills—their American ingenuity, endurance, bravery and humor—and the unimaginable sacrifices that drove our fighting men to win WWII.

The Market Garden to the Alps Tour follows in the footsteps of the Allies as they marched through Europe to victory over Nazi Germany. Operation Market Garden, launched in Holland in September 1944, was to be a major Allied thrust across the Rhine River into Germany with the ultimate goal of seizing Berlin. Market Garden was a bold move that failed. The Battle of the Bulge was the opposite of Market Garden. Americans fought the Germans for 31 grueling days in bitter cold, heavy snow and icy water in the largest land battle of WWII. It was one of the most epic and decisive victories of the war.You will travel from Amsterdam to the Ardennes, Bastogne, and Luxembourg as you learn about these key events in WWII history. You will then continue to Germany, where you will study the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich in Nuremberg, the scene of massive Nazi Party rallies in the 1930s, and later the war crime trials of the perpetrators of inhumanity across Europe. Finally, at Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s Alpine retreat in Bavaria, you will see where he and his henchmen lived in luxury while they built an evil empire on the backs and blood of millions of innocent people.This is an ideal tour for people who have traveled with us on our Operation Overlord Tour, and for those who have already experienced Normandy or are interested in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge.

The Civil War: This Hallowed Ground Tour features a panorama of the major events that began and ended the Civil War, the defining event in American history. You will start with First Bull Run/Manassas and continue through Gettysburg to the finality of Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Along the way, you will learn why and how they fought, study the military campaigns and rival strategies that made the conflict so deadly, and view the battlefields where 750,000 Americans lost their lives, including volunteers, immigrants, ex-slaves and draftees.What motivated these men and the families who sent them off to fight? How did Confederate armies in the East win battles so often in the first two years of the war, even with fewer resources? How did the tide turn in favor of Federal forces after Gettysburg? And why did the Confederates finally surrender? As you trace the steps of the two armies, you will find inspiration in the skills, courage, and endurance displayed by the entire generation that lived through the Civil War and enhance your understanding of the bloody conflict that would forever change the direction of American history.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

The Civil War: This Hallowed Ground Tour features a panorama of the major events that began and ended the Civil War, the defining event in American history. You will start with First Bull Run/Manassas and continue through Gettysburg to the finality of Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Along the way, you will learn why and how they fought, study the military campaigns and rival strategies that made the conflict so deadly, and view the battlefields where 750,000 Americans lost their lives, including volunteers, immigrants, ex-slaves and draftees.What motivated these men and the families who sent them off to fight? How did Confederate armies in the East win battles so often in the first two years of the war, even with fewer resources? How did the tide turn in favor of Federal forces after Gettysburg? And why did the Confederates finally surrender? As you trace the steps of the two armies, you will find inspiration in the skills, courage, and endurance displayed by the entire generation that lived through the Civil War and enhance your understanding of the bloody conflict that would forever change the direction of American history.

Our Revolutionary War: Road to Yorktown Tour explores the final days of this epic American conflict, the battles that raged across the southern theater, and the key players in that drama. The southern campaign from Charleston, South Carolina, to Yorktown, Virginia, was the final, decisive struggle. From a massive British victory in March 1780, to the surrender of an entire British army at Yorktown in September 1781, the ultimate days of the American Rebellion tell a tale of ferocity, incisive strategy, and rash opportunism that ends in a stunning turnabout.On this Revolutionary War tour you will walk famous battlefields, such as Cowpens and Kings Mountain, as well as lesser-known but crucial spots like Ninety Six and Blackstock Plantation. You will learn about the British soldiers and Loyalists seeking to vanquish the rebels, as well as the Patriots who thwarted Britain’s last attempt to win the war. There were more engagements and skirmishes than in any other part of the country, that frequently involved local militias facing each other. From the swampy lowlands to the backcountry, bloody struggles resembling civil war pitted neighbor against neighbor, father against son.

On our World War I: Western Front Tour, you will explore the most significant sites along the old Western Front, seeing where history was made and discussing the Great War’s terrible consequences. From 1914-1918 millions of men fought each other across a brutal 475-mile long “No Man’s Land,” that stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss border. When the guns finally fell silent, 10 million soldiers were dead, century’s old monarchies were overthrown, the map of the Middle-East was redrawn, the United States had become a world power, and an angry and embittered Corporal Adolf Hitler returned to Bavaria determined to avenge the humiliation of defeat and return Germany to greatness.

This tour is the ultimate Band of Brothers® Tour, an experience unparalleled in its accuracy and insight. Our founder, Stephen E. Ambrose, wrote the book. We meticulously crafted the ORIGINAL Band of Brothers® Tour based on the recollections of the paratroopers themselves and the extensive research of Professor Ambrose and the editors of Military History Quarterly and World War II magazines.Immortalized by the Stephen Ambrose bestseller Band of Brothers and brought to millions more in the epic Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks HBO miniseries of the same name, the men of Easy Company were on an extraordinary journey during WWII. From D-Day to V-E Day, the paratroopers of E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participated in some of the war’s most critical battles and proved to truly be a company of heroes.You will follow the path of Easy Company from its training bases in Toccoa, Georgia, and England into combat in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and on to final victory at Berchtesgaden, Germany, Adolf Hitler’s Alpine retreat. You’ll stand where the men of Easy Company fought in some of the most climatic battles of World War II.

This exclusive Civil War Tour covers the Western Theater, where the war raged on the rivers, rails and mountains from Atlanta to Chattanooga and Nashville.In the Western Theatre of the American Civil War, over 200 miles of the Western & Atlantic RR pierced the South like a dagger, plunging into the Confederate heartland of Tennessee and Georgia. After the fall of Nashville in February 1862, the Union converted Tennessee’s capital city into a huge supply depot. Then, using Nashville as a base, Federal armies probed deeper into the South, following the rails over the magnificent and challenging landscape from Nashville, through Chattanooga, to Atlanta. The mountains and rivers over which the rails ran soon became crucial battlegrounds for control of the deep South.As you travel from Atlanta to Nashville, you will study the military campaigns and strategy of both sides, while delving into the minds of the leaders who were willing to sacrifice their lives and property for their countries.

The Civil War: Mississippi River Campaign Tour visits the sites and battlefields fought along the Mississippi River, including Memphis, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Port Hudson and New Orleans. This tour was inspired by Stephen Ambrose’s books, Upton and the Army and A Wisconsin Boy in Dixie, as well as Struggle for Vicksburg, a short battlefield guide that Ambrose boasted sold more copies than any of his bestsellers.Ambrose revered the Mississippi River as the great artery of national commerce. He also recognized the primary significance of the rail lines as the links that tied the Confederacy together from east to west. Connecting the Gulf of Mexico to Kentucky, the rails were the sinews of the rebellion—and the cords of Union that Federal armies must control to win the war. In addition to studying the tactics of battle, the logistics of war and the clash of opposing forces, this tour is also designed to reveal something of the great American way of life that thrives below the Mason Dixon line.

Vietnam evokes vivid images of jungles, helicopters, and distant battlefields, holding different meanings for each generation. For many Americans, French, and Vietnamese, it was a place where loved ones were forever changed or lost, a war witnessed nightly on television and now remembered through films and games. Today, Vietnam is a thriving country attracting travelers and digital nomads, yet the war remains a symbol of military overreach, public fatigue, and the limits of foreign intervention.As the first American conflict extensively broadcast from the front lines, Vietnam reshaped both warfare and media. U.S. involvement spanned nearly three decades, ending with the fall of Saigon in 1975. LTC John Vann captured its complexity, saying, 'We do not have twelve years of experience, but one year twelve times.'On this tour, set for November of 2026, you will explore this multifaceted war—from Hanoi through the key regions and battles—revealing the ever-changing nature of the conflict depending on where and when it was fought.Please join the interest list below to receive all updates; dates and prices will be announced mid December.