Two World Wars Revisited

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Two World Wars Revisited

Normandy to Belgium

June 4 - 12, 2015

JAY WINTER

Charles J. Stille Professor of History

at Yale University

TEMPLAR CASTLE, PONFERRADA

ARROMANCHES BEACH

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English Channel

Bay of Biscay

North Sea

Mediterranean

Sea

ITALY

SPAIN

GERMANY

FRANCE

PORTUGAL

DENMARK

NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM

IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND

Scilly Isles

ENGLAND

Amiens

Péronne

Ypres

Verdun

Bayeux

Caen

Belfast

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Derry

Barcelona

Bilbao

Santiago de Compostela

St. Michael’s Mount

Sark

Guernsey

Breton Isles

Dublin

Lisbon

Brussels

Paris

“Please join me next June as we travel from Normandy to Belgium in search of

the shared histories of these world-shaking campaigns.” — Jay Winter

MONUMENT TO THE ALLIED SOLDIERS

Dear Yale Traveler & Friend,

Were World War I and World War II

really separate conflicts?

Though they are traditionally taught that way, I believe it makes more sense to view the period from 1914 to 1945 as an era of “total war,” when the rise of modern, industrial firepower reshaped European politics and culture entirely. Please join me next June as we travel from Normandy to Belgium in search of the shared histories of these world- shaking campaigns.

We begin in Paris and then travel by

bus to Bayeux,

to stay at the Hotel Lion D’Or, host to Churchill, Eisenhower, and De Gaulle. Marvel at the magnificent Bayeux Tapestry, depicting that other “Norman invasion” of 1066. Commemorate the anniversary of the June 6 D-Day landings during a special ceremony, and lay a memorial wreath at the American cemetery above Omaha Beach.

Near Amiens,

we begin our tour of the sites of World War I, a topic on which I have spent most of my academic life. See the trenches left behind on the Somme battlefields, then travel east to view the ossuary that holds the remains of 130,000 unknown soldiers who died at Verdun, and visit the excellent, recently opened ‘In Flanders Fields’ Museum at Ypres, Belgium. We conclude in Brussels on an upbeat note, with an evening walking tour of the elegant Grand Place, followed by a festive farewell dinner.

My wife Caroline and I look forward

to sharing this time of tourism and

pilgrimage,

of sightseeing and commemoration. I encourage you to deepen your understanding of the post-1945 integration of Europe by walking the sites of the disintegration of Europe between 1914 and 1945. Look at the landscape of war and return different. That is what I have done for 50 years, and I hope that you can join me in this moving tour.

In addition to this history filled program,

there is the chance to deepen the experience by attending the Yale For Life program on campus, June 14-20, 2015, which I will help lead. I did so last year, and found the week after the tour as exciting as the tour itself.

Until Paris!

Jay Winter

Space on this exceptional program is limited. Please visit www.yaleedtravel.org /programs/normandy15 to register now, or call Yale Educational Travel at (203-432-1952).

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English Channel

Bay of Biscay

North Sea

Mediterranean

Sea

ITALY

SPAIN

GERMANY

FRANCE

PORTUGAL

DENMARK

NETHERLANDS

BELGIUM

IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND

Scilly Isles

ENGLAND

Amiens

Péronne

Ypres

Verdun

Bayeux

Caen

Belfast

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Derry

Barcelona

Bilbao

Santiago de Compostela

St. Michael’s Mount

Sark

Guernsey

Breton Isles

Dublin

Lisbon

Brussels

Paris

“Please join me next June as we travel from Normandy to Belgium in search of

the shared histories of these world-shaking campaigns.” — Jay Winter

Jay Winter is the Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University. He joined the Yale faculty in 2001 after many years of teaching modern history at Cambridge University in England where he was a Fellow of Pembroke College. He is the author of Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning: The Great War in European Cultural History, and with Jean-Louis Robert, he directed the collective which produced the two-volume study, Capital Cities at War: Paris, London, Berlin 1914-1919. He won the Emmy Award for best television series of the year as co-producer, writer, and chief historian of the BBC and PBS television series: “The Great War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century,” first broadcast in 1996 and shown in 27 countries. He looks forward to sharing his love of European history with Yale travelers on this program.

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JAY WINTER

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Visit a cemetery dedicated to German soldiers on the way to Sainte-Mère-Eglise, whose church figured prominently in the story of the Allied landing. Dinner is at leisure this evening.

AMIENS, FRANCE

Monday, June 8

Professor Winter will present a lecture before we drive through the scenic French countryside to Amiens for lunch and check-in at the Mercure. This afternoon visit three extraordinary World War I sites—the remaining trenches in the Newfoundland

DEPART U.S.A.

Thursday, June 4

Depart on an overnight flight to Paris.

PARIS / BAYEUX, FRANCE

Friday, June 5

Arrive in Paris this morning and transfer to Bayeux, where accommodations are at the charming Hotel Lion D’Or, visited by Roosevelt and Churchill during World War II. Enjoy an afternoon walking tour that includes the historic cathedral and the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most renowned works of art to survive from the Middle Ages. Gather for our welcome dinner at the hotel, with introductory remarks by Professor Winter.

CAEN, FRANCE

Saturday, June 6

On the anniversary of the D-Day landings, stop at France’s largest World War II cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers and attend a special commemoration ceremony in the region. In Caen, view the moving exhibits documenting the 1944 Battle of Normandy at the Memorial Museum. After lunch, visit the D-Day Museum in Arromanches, where the remains of the “Mulberry Harbors” used to off-load cargo during the Allied invasions are still visible. Dinner is at the hotel.

D-DAY BEACHES, FRANCE

Sunday, June 7

Following a lecture on D-Day by Professor Winter, take a picnic lunch to the coast, dotted with memorials and landing beaches. At Omaha Beach, walk through the moving American Military Cemetery, where we will lay a memorial wreath. There will also be time to stroll on the beach to see the monument to the Allied soldiers who stormed these shores. Continue to Pointe du Hoc, where U.S. Army Rangers scaled 100-foot-high cliffs to silence the enemy guns that threatened the D-Day operation.

Ph o to b y B ur to n p e

Bayeux Tapestry Cemetery of Commonwealth Soldiers

Ph o to b y A ne li ya B o gd an o va Downtown Caen

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Memorial Park on the Somme battlefield, the Lochnagar Crater, and the Thiepval Memorial designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. Return to Amiens, where dinner is at leisure.

PERONNE / VERDUN, FRANCE

Tuesday, June 9

After a lecture, drive to Péronne, a town taken by the Germans in 1914, to explore the Museum of the Great War. Its outstanding collection features carefully selected objects from both military and civilian daily life, offering visitors a faithful picture of World War I both at the front and behind the lines. Stop in Reims, in the heart of the Champagne region, for lunch at leisure before continuing to Verdun, site of some of the fiercest battles of the Great War. See the 17th-century citadel with its museum commemorating the 1916 German attack, and visit the Douaumont Ossuary, the national cemetery. The vaults of the ossuary alone contain the remains of 130,000 unidentified French and German soldiers who perished on the battlefield during the “Hell of Verdun”. Dinner tonight is at our nearby hotel, the Château de Monthairons.

VERDUN / YPRES (IEPER), BELGIUM

Wednesday, June 10

Following Professor Winter’s lecture on the legacy of the Great War, walk in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, the largest American military cemetery in Europe, with more than 14,000 graves. Drive through the area of the war’s Western Front, arriving in Ypres for lunch. This afternoon, visit the In Flanders Fields Museum at the famous Cloth Hall, with its exhibition highlighting the personal stories of ordinary citizens in West Flanders during World War I. You may wish to climb the adjacent bell tower for an amazing view of what was once a completely devastated region. We will also see the Menin Gate, a memorial to the missing at which the Last Post is still sounded each night. Continue to the Hotel Recours for an overnight stay.

LOOKING TO EXTEND YOUR WWI & II KNOWLEDGE?

June 14-20, 2015 come back to Yale for “Yale for Life: Revisiting 1914-1945, WWI Centennial and D-Day Anniversary” an immersive, life-changing week with world-class Yale professors and students. Information on this program will be added to the webpage at www.aya.yale.edu/ content/yale-life as it is finalized. Ph o to b y E ri c T G u n th er

YPRES / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Thursday, June 11

At Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth military cemetery in the world, see the impressive Cross of Sacrifice. A more intimate memorial is found at the German cemetery near Vladslo, where artist Käthe Kollwitz’s sculpture of grieving parents stands in memory to her 18-year-old son who died in the area. We will have box lunches en route to Brussels and the elegant five-star Hotel Amigo. An evening walk around the nearby Grand Place is followed by our farewell dinner at a popular local restaurant.

BRUSSELS / U.S.A.

Friday, June 12

Transfer to the airport for the flight home.

Douaumont Ossuary

Smiling angel, Reims Cathedral

Museum of the Great War

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Reader’s Corner

Want to learn more about World War I and World War II? Here are some selections to get you started. All trip participants receive

a list of suggested books recommended by the program faculty. D-Day June 6, 1944 by Stephen Ambrose

Ambrose's riveting popular account of the climactic battle of WWII. The First World War by John Keegan

Keegan, a well-known British military historian, paints in visceral detail the major campaigns and battles of the war in this popular history.

Michelin Green Guide Normandy by Michelin Travel Publications

A thorough introduction to Normandy and the Channel Islands in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions.

In Flanders Fields Museum. Photo by Zeisterre.

OPTIONAL

PARIS PRELUDE

June 2-5, 2015

Spend two nights in Paris to discover some of the city's artistic and historical highlights. View Monet’s famed Water Lilies series and the recently reopened Picasso Museum. At the golden-domed Hôtel des Invalides, visit the Army Museum, with its impressive collection related to the First and Second World Wars. Less well-known is the Albert Kahn Museum and Gardens, fascinating collection of films and photographs from missions around the world, financed by a banker and philanthropist in the early 20th century. Accommodations are at the deluxe Hôtel Pont Royal on the Left Bank.

Hôtel des Invalides dome, Paris

PROGR A M R ATE $6,995

(per person, double occupancy)

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $845

(limited availability)

R A T E I N C L U D E S

Ten nights hotel accommodations, as per itinerary

Buffet breakfast daily, five lunches, and four dinners with bottled water, coffee / tea, and wine

Sightseeing via private motorcoach as per itinerary

Entrance fees for all included visits Enrichment program of lectures and special events

Airport / hotel group transfers Taxes, service and porterage charges; gratuities to local guides and drivers

Pre-departure material and reading list

NOT INCLUDED IN RATE Airfare; passport fees; alcoholic beverages other than wine at lunches and dinners; personal items and expenses; airport transfers for those not on suggested flights; baggage in excess of one suitcase; trip insurance; any other items not specifically mentioned as included. OPTIONAL PARIS PRELUDE $1,680 per person. $595 single supplement. Includes two nights at the Hôtel Pont Royal, one lunch, and one reception. Sightseeing as noted.

ADDITIONAL TRAVEL

OPPORTUNITIES

Also with JAY WINTER:

Legendary Heroes, Lost Empires – Istanbul, Gallipoli & Turkey

September 24-October 2, 2015

A Yale Week in Dordogne

October 17-25, 2015

ROD MCINTOSH, Professor of Anthropology & Curator of the Peabody Museum

An Adventure in South Africa

October 22-November 5, 2015

PROFESSOR WALTER JETZ, Associate Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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TEMPLAR CASTLE, PONFERRADA

Gain a novel perspective on the histories of World War I and World War II with lectures from and discussions with Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University.

View the Bayeux Tapestry, a medieval masterwork depicting the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Commemorate the anniversary of the June 6 D-Day landings at a special ceremony in Caen, and place a memorial wreath at the American cemetery on Omaha Beach.

Explore extraordinary World War I sites,

including the trenches on the Somme battlefield and the Douaumont Ossuary, holding the remains of 130,000 unknown soldiers.

Visit In Flanders Fields, an excellent, recently opened museum in Ypres, Belgium, that recounts the stories of locals’ lives during World War I.

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AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY MONUMENT TO THE ALLIED SOLDIERS

Front cover: Arromanches Beach. Inside spread: Sainte-Mère-Eglise (bottom left). Photo by Elliesram13. Monument to the Allied Soldiers (top) Photo by Chuck Taft. Back cover: Monument to the Allied Soldiers (top). Photo by Gary Septon. American Military Cemetery. (bottom). Photo by Gloria De Luca.