The D-Day landing on Gold Beach : 6 June 1944 /

The D-Day landing on Gold Beach : 6 June 1944 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Holborn, Andrew, author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015. ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Bloomsbury studies in military history Bloomsbury studies in military history.
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy. Military campaigns France -- Normandy
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14138107

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ISBN:	9781441138170 144113817X 9781441173409 1441173404 9781474211000 1474211003 9781441183286 1441183280
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"The Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the French coast -- Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword -- constituted the largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold, and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the Normandy Campaign"--Provided by publisher
Other form:	Print version: Holborn, Andrew. D-Day landing on Gold Beach 9781441183286

Table of Contents:

1. Preparing the Way and Planning Overlord 1940-3
2. A Quiet Backwater of War?
3. Revised Plans, Neptune, Force G and K, and Airpower
4. 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
5. Preparing for Gold Beach: Britain November 1943-May 1944
6. D-Day: Morning
7. D-Day: Afternoon and Evening
8. Exploitation of the Landing, 7-15 June 1944
Conclusion
Appendix A: Outline of 50 Div and 7 Armd Div Units
Map 1: Gold Beach
Map 2: Gold Beach to Tilly-sur-Seulles
List of Veterans.