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The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach - 6 June 1944 (Hardcover)
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The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach - 6 June 1944 (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
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The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the
French coast - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - constituted the
largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in
depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on
Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the
landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to
a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and
prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the
bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered
in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault
units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the
Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in
Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National
Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a
substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold,
and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the
Normandy Campaign.
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