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History Overview

Welcome to Galina's History & Battlefield Study Tours

Galina International offers a wide range of study tours directly relevant to your examination specification.

To find tours available from your location, click on your subject area & put the first letters of your school postcode in the box provided (left). Just enter the first letter if you have a single letter postcode (eg L or G).

To obtain more information or to discuss your requirements, complete the online Enquiry Form or contact us on Freephone 0800 801 560.

Our Study Tours

Our study tours include the following destinations:

First World War battlefields in Belgium & Northern France including Ypres, Loos, Messines & Passchendaele, the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Notre Dame de Lorette, Cambrai & the Hindenburg Line

France & Belgium including Agincourt, William the Conqueror's Normandy & Waterloo (Edexcel B) as well as comparative studies of Ypres & Dunkirk or the Somme & Normandy (AQA B)

Second World War battlefields in Northern France & the Netherlands including Dunkirk, Normandy & Arnhem

The Netherlands & Amsterdam including the Anne Frank House, the Jewish Quarter & the Dutch concentration camp at Vught

Germany & Berlin including the sites of Third Reich government buildings, the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust Memorial, Wannsee Villa, Olympic Stadium, Sachsenhausen, Soviet Memorial, former East Berlin & the Berlin Wall

Poland & Krakow including Auschwitz-Birkenau

Curriculum Relevance

AQA Specification B (Unit 3: Historical Enquiry ~ Britain at War)

Edexcel Specification A (Making of the Modern World, Unit 3a: Source Enquiry ~ War & British Society, 1903-28)

Edexcel Specification B (Schools History Project, Unit 1: Development Study ~ Changing Nature of Warfare)

OCR Specification B (Unit A971: Depth Study ~ Causes & Events of WWI)

SQA: Scottish History (Paper 2), European & World History (Paper 1)

KS3: Battlefield Tours

Comprehensive study pack & teachers' notes

Cross-Curricular Links

English: Poetry of the First World War

Religious Studies: Religion, War & Ethics in Ypres & Anne Frank & the Dutch Holocaust in Amsterdam

Curriculum Relevance is Our Business

On behalf of the boys, their parents, the school, the staff who attended & myself, please accept our sincere gratitude for providing such a well-organised & fascinating tour to the Somme & Vimy Ridge. If ever I am asked who I would recommend for a school trip, I will always think of Galina first

The History Department, St Benedict's School, Ealing

Excellent documentation. Courier superb – informed, confident & led us excellently. The driver was friendly & professional.

The English Department, King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon

The courier was fabulous! Everything was well detailed & informative. The coach was extremely comfortable & the drivers were friendly, polite & professional at all times.

The Geography Department, Willingsworth High School, Tipton, West Midlands

Always happy with quick response & support at all times. We did have a great time this year. We would like the same tour next year.

The Science Department, Leytonstone School, London

Excellent.

The RS Department, Hanham High School, Bristol

Everything went off smoothly & we are grateful for all your help and advice. Steve, the coach driver was, as usual, extremely helpful & efficient & staff & students really appreciated his advice & guidance. We hope that we shall be able to organise a similar tour next year & look forward to doing business with you again.

The French Department, Blyth Community College, Northumberland

We requested Tom as our driver; he was brilliant & accommodated our every request. Very satisfied; would definitely like to do it again.

The Mathematics Department, Highlands School, London