The 8th Armoured Brigade was an armoured brigade of the British Army formed in August 1941, during the Second World War and active until 1956. The brigade was formed by the renaming of 6th Cavalry Bri
Crusader tanks moving forward, Western Desert, 26 November 1941.
Tunisia Campaign
Routes taken by the D-Day invasion
Sherman VC Firefly of 24th Lancers near Saint-Léger, 11 June 1944
Gold Beach
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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. G
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…While the staffs were involved in the planning of the invasion, the men took part in intensive training exercises. Gold Beach was the Allied codename for the centre invasion beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. It lay between Omaha Beach and Juno Beach…
Men of No. 47 Commando landing on Gold near La Rivière
Allied invasion plans and German preparations in Normandy
British troops wade ashore during Exercise Fabius, 6 May 1944.
A gun emplacement at Longues-sur-Mer battery, photographed in 2008