Time |
Event |
|
10.45 |
Event
Opens |
|
11.00 |
People
of the War Show
This display
runs similar to a fashion parade. The commentator accompanying
the show will talk of the uniforms, regiments and services
performed by many of the different branches of service during
the war. |
11.45 |
Draft
and Drill Show
Fall your kids in and have them looking lively as our Drill Sergeant runs them through the paces of basic training. |
|
12.30 |
Gunnery
Display
Our commentator
will cover the manufacture, history and use of these weapons,
both Allied and Axis and compare the advantages / disadvantages
of each in the field. For a fuller idea of how each weapon
looks and sounds, it will be fired. |
|
14.00 |
Firefighting
Display
A hands on demonstration of fire-fighting skills and equipment as used during the war to combat the spread of incendiary bombs. |
|
14.45 |
Vive
la Resistance!
Prior
to the battle display the battlefield is scouted and sabotaged
by members of the French Resistance followed by a brief exchange
of fire. This demonstrates many tactics used in the guerrilla
war against occupation in France and the sometimes heroic
and sometimes futile actions of the French. |
|
15.30 |
Victory
in Europe
As a climactic
close to the day a loud and explosive demonstration of the
combat of the Second World War as the Allies come to liberate
the railway. This shows the ordeal that the Second World War
soldier had to endure. |
|
