Gold Beach

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D-Day landing beach World War II battlefield

Gold Beach was one of the five main Allied landing sectors in Normandy during the D-Day invasion of World War II, assigned primarily to British forces.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	D-Day landing beach → World War II battlefield →
airSupport	Royal Air Force →
attackingForces	British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → British 8th Armoured Brigade → No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando →
codeName	Gold →
countryDuringEvent	German-occupied France →
currentUse	commemorative site →
dateOfLanding	1944-06-06 →
defendingForces	German 716th Infantry Division → elements of German 352nd Infantry Division →
followedBy	advance toward Caen →
fortifications	Atlantic Wall positions → German coastal defenses →
hasMemorial	D-Day memorials and museums in Arromanches-les-Bains →
length	approximately 8 kilometers →
locatedIn	France → Normandy →
militaryOperationType	amphibious assault →
navalSupport	Royal Navy →
nearestTown	Arromanches-les-Bains → Courseulles-sur-Mer → Ver-sur-Mer →
notableFeature	proximity to artificial Mulberry harbour remains at Arromanches →
objective	capture Bayeux → link up with American forces landing at Omaha Beach → link up with Canadian forces landing at Juno Beach → secure beachhead between Arromanches and Ver-sur-Mer →
oneOf	five main Allied landing sectors in Normandy →
operatedBy	Allied forces →
partOf	Normandy landings → Operation Neptune → Operation Overlord → Western Front of World War II →
primaryAttackingForce	United Kingdom →
result	Allied victory →
sisterBeaches	Juno Beach → Omaha Beach → Sword Beach → Utah Beach →
strategicSignificance	secured central sector of Normandy invasion front →
theatreOfWar	European theatre of World War II →
timePeriod	World War II →
usedMulberryHarbour	Mulberry Harbour "B" at Arromanches →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
D-Day Museum of Arromanches → Ver-sur-Mer →	locatedOn
Omaha Beach →	adjacentTo
27th Armoured Brigade →	beachSectorSupported
Juno Beach →	borderedBy
Gold →	codenameFor
D-Day →	codenameOfLandings
Calvados department →	contains
716th Infantry Division →	frontSector
Courseulles-sur-Mer →	hasNearbySite
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeach
Operation Overlord →	involvedLandingBeaches
Normandy →	landingBeaches
Arromanches-les-Bains →	locatedNear
German 352nd Infantry Division →	notableEngagement
Sword Beach →	sisterBeach