Asnelles
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Asnelles is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
View of the beach
The Town Hall
Panoramic view of Asnelles
The Lavoir (Public laundry)
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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…cannon which covered all the beach on the eastern side. On 10 June the Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) "ALG B-1" was operational at Asnelles-sur-Mer off Gold Beach, the first Allied airfield on the continent, operating Supermarine Spitfires. Immediately after the landing the construction of the Mulberry harbour…
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