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Normandy : Gold Beach; Inland from King (Battleground Europe) (Battleground Europe)

Normandy : Gold Beach; Inland from King (Battleground Europe) (Battleground Europe)

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(Paperback)-On June 6, 1944 the British objective of Gold Beach lay just to the east of the American target of Omaha Beach. Between Port-en-Bessin and Arromanches in the British sector lay the heaviest concentration of German artillery in Normandy, much of it sited to provide deadly enfilading fire on Omaha. Montgomery selected the British 50th Division for the Gold assault. Made up of sturdy North Country coal-miners and industrial workers, the division had served Montgomery well in North Africa, and some men had even served in the campaigns of 1940. Spearheaded by 47 Royal Marine Commando, the men of Durham, Yorkshire and Northumberland charged ashore, eventually securing their objectives and, aided by accurate Royal Naval shooting, silencing the guns that would have made the Omaha landing even more costly. Full details are given for the Gold sites as they are today, particularly valuable since this sector contains Arromanches, site of the main Normandy beaches museum and tourist center.
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    readers should be forewarned about the weakness of this book by a statement in the introduction that, this "is a collection of inter-linked snapshots of specific incidents on the route inland [from gold beach].

    The sixth chapter reverts to following the exploits of a few individuals in the 6th Green Howards - obviously the main source of information for this book - in a minor action around Tilly on 11 June 1944. The only part of this book that has any value is the chapter on the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944,with the epic ambush of the 7th Armored Division by Michael Wittman's Tiger tanks. While this battle is not really germane to either the Gold landings or the British 50th Division, it is much better told than the other chapters. In fact, the many excellent photographs and maps of the action allow the reader a much better appreciation of this famous action than provided in many other accounts. Unfortunately, the author slips back into his previous mode in the final chapter, which covers the capture of Lingevres on 14 June 1944. At that point, the book abruptly ends for no fathomable reason; why stop at D-Day plus 8?

    ...Readers expecting a detailed account of the British landing on D-Day at Gold Beach will be vastly disappointed by this collection of bric-a-brac. The quality of the Battleground Europe series var ... read more

Product Specs for Normandy : Gold Beach; Inland from King (Battleground Europe) (Battleground Europe)

Author: Chris Dunphie
Number Of Pages: 144
Category: Paperback
Brand: Pen and Sword
Dewey Decimal Number: 940
Label: Pen and Sword
Manufacturer: Pen and Sword
Product Group: Book
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Part Number: 1580970087
ASIN: 1580970087
ISBN: 1580970087
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