Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches (2013)

Battle for the Beaches

• Documentary
• History
• War

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.

Release date

April 17, 2013

Runtime

1h 30m

Language

English

Director

Tim Saunders

Status

Released