Gold

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D-Day landing beach World War II military operation site

Gold was the codename for one of the five Allied landing beaches used by British forces during the D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf D-Day landing beach ⓘ
World War II military operation site ⓘ
airSupportFrom Royal Air Force ⓘ
assaultedBy British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ⓘ
British XXX Corps ⓘ
associatedWith Allied victory in Normandy ⓘ
liberation of Western Europe ⓘ
belligerentOpposed Nazi Germany ⓘ
coastType South Coast of England ⓘ
surface form: English Channel coast
codenameFor Gold Beach ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOnWhoseCoastLocated France ⓘ
currentUse commemorative historical site ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
dateOfLanding 1944-06-06 ⓘ
defendedBy German 352nd Infantry Division ⓘ
German 716th Infantry Division ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
followedBy inland advance toward Bayeux ⓘ
hasMemorialType military cemeteries ⓘ
war memorials ⓘ
hasObjective capture Bayeux ⓘ
link up with Juno Beach ⓘ
link up with Omaha Beach ⓘ
secure beachhead in Normandy ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
navalSupportFrom Royal Navy ⓘ
notableTownSector Arromanches-les-Bains ⓘ
La Rivière ⓘ
Ver-sur-Mer ⓘ
operationType amphibious landing ⓘ
partOf D-Day ⓘ
surface form: Normandy landings

Operation Overlord ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II
partOfGroup five main Allied landing beaches in Normandy ⓘ
sisterBeach Juno Beach ⓘ
Omaha Beach ⓘ
Sword Beach ⓘ
Utah Beach ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: British forces

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gold Beach → codeName → Gold ⓘ
Marco Polo Club → hasTier → Gold ⓘ