{"product_id":"the-d-day-landing-on-gold-beach-6-june-1944-paperback","title":"The D-Day Landing on Gold Beach: 6 June 1944 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Holborn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Normandy landings of 6 June 1944, across five sectors of the French coast - Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - constituted the largest amphibious invasion in history. This study analyses in depth the preparations and implementation of the D-Day landing on Gold Beach by XXX Corps. Historians have tended to dismiss the landing on Gold Beach as straightforward but the evidence points to a different reality. Armour supported the infantry landing and prior bombing was intended to weaken German defences; however, the bulk of the bombing landed too far inland, and many craft foundered in difficult conditions at sea. It was the tenacity of the assault units and the flexibility of the follow up units which enabled the Gold landing to secure the right flank of the British Army in Normandy. Using detailed primary evidence from The National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, this volume provides a substantial assessment of the background to the landing on Gold, and analyses the events of D-Day in the wider context of the Normandy Campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Holborn is an independent scholar and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe 56th Infantry Brigade and D-Day \u003c\/i\u003e(2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719398428735,"sku":"9781350027824","price":112.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dcfdf4e51f52b40ea3c99e066390ee0e.webp?v=1765085488","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-d-day-landing-on-gold-beach-6-june-1944-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}