D-DAY LEADERSHIP

Traveling in the past in Normandy 1944…

An exceptional two-day Leadership training excursion

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Traveling Back in Time — Normandy, 1944

An Exceptional Two-Day Leadership Immersion

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Experience history where it was made.
This exclusive two-day leadership immersion in the Sainte-Mère-Église area offers a rare opportunity to step into June 1944 and extract timeless leadership lessons from the D-Day landings.

Guided by D-Day Memory Tour, whose deep knowledge of the terrain, battles, and command decisions is unmatched, you will explore Normandy through a lens that combines history, leadership, and reflection—far from mass tourism.

This is not a tour.
It is an experience.

 

What’s Included

• Guided visits to key American battlefields

• WWII Jeep excursions on little-known historic routes

• 2 nights accommodation in a historic manor or camp

• All meals included:

  • Day 1: Welcome dinner

  • Day 2: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

  • Day 3: Breakfast and lunch

• Leadership briefings and debriefings inspired by real battlefield decisions

 

DAY 1 — Arrival & Orientation

Evening arrival – Carentan Train Station

Our meeting point is Carentan train station, remarkably unchanged since 1944 and a silent witness to fierce fighting during the Normandy campaign.

After a short drive through the Cotentin countryside, we arrive at our authentic headquarters: a 12th-century manor, which will serve as our base of operations for the next two days.

You will settle into your room and enjoy some personal time before gathering for:

• A welcome aperitif

• Team introductions

• An operational briefing outlining the days ahead

France,and Normandy in particular, are renowned for their cuisine. You are invited to a refined, warm dinner in our historic dining room, setting the tone for the journey ahead.

The evening concludes quietly, allowing you to rest and prepare for a full immersion into June 1944.

 

DAY 2 — Leadership on the Battlefield

Morning – Sainte-Mère-Église

After a traditional French breakfast, you will receive the keys to your WWII Jeep—your vehicle for the remainder of the experience.

We depart for Sainte-Mère-Église, the first town liberated by American forces on June 6, 1944.

There, you will see the iconic paratrooper figure suspended from the church steeple—commemorating the story of John Steele of the 82nd Airborne, famously portrayed in The Longest Day.

We then gather at the Airborne Museum, dedicated to the airborne operations of the night of June 5–6, 1944.
This is where your first leadership session takes place:

What does leadership truly mean under pressure, uncertainty, and consequence?

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Midday – La Fière

We continue by Jeep to La Fière Manor, one of the most studied small-unit battlefields in U.S. military academies—often described as “the bloodiest small-unit struggle in the experience of American arms.”

Lunch is served on site.

Here, leadership is no longer theoretical. You will walk in the footsteps of figures such as:

• General James M. Gavin

• General Matthew Ridgway

• Private First Class Charles N. DeGlopper

Their decisions and individual initiative offer powerful parallels to modern organizational leadership, teamwork, and shared vision.

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Afternoon & Evening – Reflection

We return to headquarters by Jeep.

After free time, the second leadership debrief focuses on translating battlefield lessons into today’s professional environments:

• Decision-making under pressure

• Accountability and responsibility

• Initiative versus hierarchy

Dinner is served in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere, followed by informal discussion.

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DAY 3 — Utah Beach & Conclusion

Morning

• Breakfast at the manor

• Jeep departure toward Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

• Exploration of the Utah Beach sector

Lunch in the Sainte-Marie-du-Mont area.

Our final debrief focuses on synthesis:

• What stays with you?

• What changes when you return?

• How do you carry leadership forward?

 

Afternoon

Participants depart independently, carrying with them not just memories—but a renewed perspective shaped by history.

 

A Lasting Experience

This immersion is designed for those who seek meaning, not spectacle;
reflection, not consumption;
and leadership rooted in reality, forged in the fields of Normandy.

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