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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. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east.
The Hillman Fortress (French: Site fortifié Hillman, German: Widerstandsnest 17) was a German bunker complex and command post built during the Second World War and located near Colleville-Montgomery in Normandy, France.
American and Allied forces prepare for landing on Normandy beaches in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. ... 9:50 a.m.: U.S. destroyers move in close to Omaha Beach and begin shelling German targets.
[d] [179] The beach and nearby streets were clogged with traffic for most of the day, making it difficult to move inland. [180] Major German strongpoints with 75 mm guns, machine-gun nests, concrete fortifications, barbed wire, and mines were located at Courseulles-sur-Mer, St Aubin-sur-Mer, and Bernières-sur-Mer. [181]
On June 6, 1944, the largest seaborne invasion in history took place as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning the end of WWII.
The battery shelled Allied naval forces off both beaches on D-Day (6 June 1944), but was damaged by Allied shore bombardment the same day, then captured on 7 June 1944 by British ground forces, playing no further part in the Normandy campaign. The battery is the only one in Normandy to retain several of its original guns in situ.
Juno and or Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War.The beach spanned from Courseulles, a village just east of the British beach Gold, to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, and just west of the British beach Sword.
09.00 – Five German guns are located and destroyed using thermite grenades. Aerial view of Pointe du Hoc For the rest of the day the Rangers repel several German counter-attacks. During the evening, one patrol from the 5th Rangers that landed at Omaha beach make it through to join the Rangers at Pointe du Hoc. 7 June 1944