Overlord, Cobra, and the Battle of the Bulge: Joint & Combined Operations Staff Ride

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This summer course and experiential learning program explores operations and strategy during the final sixteen months of the Second World War in Europe. Tracing the key strategic, operational, and tactical decisions from Normandy through the Battle of the Bulge, students will actively participate throughout the program through the course’s staff ride component. The summer course itself will proceed in three parts: pre-staff ride preparations and group integration, where students will begin work on their role assignments for the staff ride, completed preparatory reading, and spend time getting to know one another before the staff ride itself begins. The second portion will consist of the staff ride itself, beginning on June 23 in London and concluding in Belgium on July 2. The final portion of the trip will involve reflection and a writing assignment following the experiential learning component’s completion.