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The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach

By Andrew Holborn

The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach Social Sciences

The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
260
Release Date:
2017-03-23
Publication Date:
2017-03-23
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1350027820
ISBN13:
9781350027824
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
401 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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