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Gold Beach - British 2nd Army, 30th Corps
Beginning an hour later than the Utah and Omaha landings, Gold Beach was located at the centre of the invasion.
A rising tide and choppy water meant that mines and obstacles hadn’t been effectively cleared. Consequently, the British troops experience some difficulty getting ashore.
The Germans had heavily secured the seafront towns of La Riviere and Le Hamel. In addition, four heavy 155mm guns were also trained on the coast from 500m inland.
Heavy shelling from HMS Ajax took out the guns and quietened the German defence. By nightfall, 25,000 troops had landed and pushed the Nazis six miles inland. There were just 400 British casualties.
