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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include British Normandy Memorial and Église Saint-Martin de Ver-sur-Mer.
British Normandy Memorial
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The British Normandy Memorial is a war memorial near the village of Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy, France. It was unveiled on 6 June 2021, the 77th anniversary of D-Day, and it is dedicated to soldiers who died under British command during the Normandy landings.
Église Saint-Martin de Ver-sur-Mer
Church
Photo: Pradigue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Martin de Ver-sur-Mer is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crépon and Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer.
Crépon
Village
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Crépon is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer
Village
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Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer is situated 2½ km southeast of Gold Beach.
Asnelles
Village
Photo: Pimprenel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Asnelles is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. Asnelles is situated 3½ km west of Gold Beach.
Gold Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: landing area during Operation Overlord
- Categories: code name and landform
- Location: Ver-sur-Mer, Arrondissement of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ver-sur-Mer and Le Bout de Bas.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Les Roches de Ver and Plateau du Calvados.
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