2013
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1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
History
War
Production Companies
Battlefield History TV
Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches
Battle for the Beaches
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Tim Saunders
Producer: Andrew Duff
