Day 10: Friday, June, 7th 2021 - Travel to Paris

Visit Bretteville-sur-LaizeCanadian War Cemetery

Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in this cemetery. The Battle of Verrières Ridge was a success but it did not come easy. The cemetery contains 2,958 soldiers, the majority Canadian.

Visit the Mont Ormel Memorial and Museum

Mont Ormel in France, dedicated to the battle of the Falaise pocket, the last episode in the battle of Normandy. It is sited on the summit of Hill 262, where the pocket was officially closed on 21 August 1944, with two sites – an open-air monument at the hill's summit (overlooking the vallée de la Dives and the plain where the last phases of the battle played out), which was inaugurated in 1965 on the battle's twentieth anniversary, and the museum itself, in the side of the hill, opened in 1994 on the battle's fiftieth anniversary.

Travel to Paris

Travel to Paris, the cosmopolitan City of Light. Over the centuries, Paris has grown to become the undisputed center of France, and one of the world’s most important cities both culturally and politically. Equally famed for its high fashion, awe-inspiring museums and elegant cuisine, Paris has also been a center of theater, literature and philosophy throughout the ages.