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
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
Omaha Beach
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Omaha Beach was one of five Allied beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
Gold Beach
…Allied navies. The objectives at Gold were to secure a beachhead, move west to capture Arromanches and establish contact with the American forces at Omaha, capture Bayeux and the small port at Port-en-Bessin, and to link up with the Canadian forces at Juno to the east. Forces attacking Gold faced elements…
Into the Jaws of Death: Troops from the U.S. 1st Infantry Division landing on Omaha, as photographed by Robert F. Sargent
One of six tank turrets reused from the VK 30.01 (H) heavy tank project mounted on a Tobruk at Widerstandsnest 68, photographed in September 1944
Widerstandsnest 65 defending the E-1 draw at Omaha Beach
USS Arkansas engaging shore batteries off Omaha