Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches

Battle for the Beaches

Gold Beach is the story of the highly successful assault by 50th Northumbrian Division and 231 Malta Bde on the central beach of the Allied D day landings. The beach was one of the 2 extra beaches that Montgomery had added to the COSSAC plan and the two veteran formations chosen were highly successful achieving nearly all their objectives despite some hard and bloody fighting. It was on this beach that WO2 Stan Hollis won the only VC of D Day.

2013

Documentary·History·War

1h 30min

Top Billed Cast

Andy Johnson
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Tim Saunders
Presenter
Tom Dormer
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Richard Hone
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Tim Stoneman
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Andrew Duff
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