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Samantha Cowan
May 18, 20152 min read
Day 13 - The Great Escape in Zagan, Poland
May 13th, 2014 ___________________________________________________________________ This morning - the group crossed into Zagan to visit...
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Samantha Cowan
May 18, 20152 min read
Day 11- Exploring Colditz
May 11th, 2015 <<< We toured Colditz Castle today with a local, knowledgeable guide, Karin. We gained insight into the history of the...
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Samantha Cowan
May 17, 20153 min read
Day 10 - The Dambusters & the Mohne Valley
May 10th 2015 ___________________________________________________________________ Ruth Pearson, a traveller who would be continuing on to...
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Samantha Cowan
May 5, 20152 min read
Day 5: Bud Weeks turns rain into Sunshine by pulling off a remarkable feat
Today is Liberation Day - and all across the Netherlands, the Dutch are celebrating their freedom. After the liberation in 1945,...
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Samantha Cowan
May 5, 20158 min read
Day 4: Where to begin?
Day 3 was an overwhelming day for all of us to say the least - there were so many mixed emotions, filled with so many overwhelming...
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Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20152 min read
Day 3: Commemoration Services at the Canadian Military Cemetery of Groesbeek
CTV Video Coverage on the event. Yes - you can spot us in this video! http://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=605918 May 3rd also marked the...
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Samantha Cowan
May 3, 20154 min read
Day 2: 70th Liberation of the Netherlands Tour
Top picture: Our group all together, in front of Aubrey Cosens grave __________________________________________________________________...
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Samantha Cowan
May 1, 20153 min read
Follow our Veterans on the 70th Liberation of Holland while at home in Canada
When we first posted about the 70th Liberation of Holland in January, we were overwhelmed by the responses we recieved. Over 444 shares,...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 30, 20151 min read
Photographs of Day 3 with Bud Weeks
Recieved some more photographs, courtesy of Battlefield traveller Oksana Wells - thank you so much for providing us with these wonderful...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 29, 20151 min read
An honour to see: Such respect and gratitude. Bud Weeks and the rest of our Tour - Day 3
Today, the group explored Bloody Omaha focusing on 'Easy Red', ironically, one of the worst sectors of the disembarkment. The group...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 28, 20152 min read
And they're off! Yesterday marked the beginning of an extraordinary journey.
On Monday April 27th 2015, our Canadian travellers arrived in Paris to meet with our director Ian, to embark on the first part of our 3...
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Samantha Cowan
Apr 28, 20152 min read
Gord & Sandy: Why we've decided to come along on the 70th Anniversary Liberation Tour
During our very first phone conversation, you asked me how I found out about the Battlefield Tours. At the time I couldn't recall...
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