Gold Beach

Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War.
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  • Beach
  • …lies at an elevation of 34 metres (112 feet)
  • Description: landing area during Operation Overlord

Places of Interest

Highlights include British Normandy Memorial and Église Saint-Martin de Ver-sur-Mer.
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The is a near the village of in Normandy, .
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is a church.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crépon and Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer.
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is a commune in the department in the region in northwestern .
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is a commune in the … is situated 2½ km southeast of Gold Beach.
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is a commune in the department in the region of north-western . is situated 3½ km west of Gold Beach.

Gold Beach

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Latitude
49.33333° or 49° 20′ north
Longitude
-0.53333° or 0° 32′ west
Open location code
8CXX8FM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
3231645
Wiki­data ID
Q745883

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Gold Beach” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gold-strand”
  • Arabic: “غولد بيتش (إنزال النورماندي)”
  • Arabic: “غولد بيتش”
  • Breton: “Gold Beach”
  • Catalan: “Gold Beach”
  • Cebuano: “Gold Beach (lapyahan)”
  • Cebuano: “Gold Beach”
  • Chinese: “黃金海灘”
  • Chinese: “黄金海滩”
  • Chinese: “黄金海灘”
  • Czech: “Gold Beach”
  • Danish: “Gold Beach”
  • Dutch: “Gold Beach”
  • French: “Gold Beach”
  • German: “Gold Beach und Longues”
  • German: “Gold Beach”
  • Hebrew: “חוף גולד”
  • Indonesian: “Pantai Gold”
  • Italian: “Gold Beach”
  • Japanese: “ゴールド・ビーチ”
  • Korean: “골드 해변”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gold Beach”
  • Norwegian: “Gold Beach”
  • Polish: “Plaża Gold”
  • Portuguese: “Praia de Gold”
  • Russian: “Голд-Бич”
  • Russian: “Пляж «Голд»”
  • Spanish: “Playa de Gold”
  • Swedish: “Gold Beach”
  • Tamil: “கோல்ட் கடற்கரை”
  • Thai: “หาดโกลด์”
  • Ukrainian: “Плацдарм «Голд»”
  • Vietnamese: “Bãi Gold”
  • Western Frisian: “Gold Beach”

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Localities in the Area

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