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Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east.
The British at Sword and Gold Beaches and the Canadians at Juno Beach would protect the US flank and attempt to establish airfields near Caen on the first day. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] (A sixth beach, code-named "Band", was considered to the east of the Orne). [ 35 ]
American assault troops injured while storming Omaha Beach. From D-Day to 21 August, the Allies landed 2,052,299 men in northern France. The cost of the Normandy campaign was high for both sides. [22] Between 6 June and the end of August, the American armies suffered 124,394 casualties, of whom 20,668 were killed, [c] and 10,128 were missing. [22]
At the end of D-Day, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was situated firmly on Objective Line Elm, short of their final D-Day objectives. [132] In the west, the 7th Brigade was anchored in Creully and Fresne-Camilly. [133] The 9th Brigade was positioned a mere 3 mi (4.8 km) from Caen, the farthest inland of any Allied units on D-Day. [134]
It lies parallel to the coast, about 700 m (2,300 ft) inland from Gold Beach. The centrepiece of the memorial is a bronze sculpture by David Williams-Ellis, with larger than life size statues of three soldiers coming ashore during the D-Day landings. [6] [7]
Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Gold Beach as part of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord.This force, code-named "Bombarding Force K", and commanded by Rear Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton of the Royal Navy, was a group of eighteen ships responsible for bombarding targets in support of the amphibious landings on Gold ...
Battle plans for the Normandy Invasion, the most famous D-Day. In the military, D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. [1] The best-known D-Day is during World War II, on June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate western Europe from Nazi Germany.
The battery at Longues-sur-Mer was situated between Omaha Beach and Gold Beach. [5] In the build up to D-Day, the battery was attacked several times by Allied aircraft. On the evening of 5/6 June 1944 the battery was attacked by bombers, severing the armoured communication system, but little damage was inflicted on the casemates.