The 27 strong points of Gold beach

Описание: Gold beach had 27 stong points to defend against the 50th division on D-day.
This video explores the strong points along Gold Beach from the D-Day landings, discussing how there were about 27 fortified positions. We see some of these German bunker sites, some of which were never finished or abandoned, providing historical insights into the battle of normandy. Join us for a walking tour of these ww2 sites, giving viewers a sense of the historical sites today along these fortified beaches.

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00:00 Intro
00:38 WN32 Mare Fontaine battery
04:48 WN33
10:17 WN 45a Mont Fleury battery
13:15 WN 36
16:25 WN 37 Asnelles
20:15 WN 40 40a 40b Herrod's Well
24:25 WN 42 Arromanches radar station; 360° cinema
25:06 WN 44 Arromanches West
28:22 WN 48 Longues gun battery
37:14 The Longest day filmed at Longues
40:54 WN55 WN56 WN57 POrt en bessin RMC47 attack


D-day and Battle of Normandy sites visited or to be visited
Why D-Day
Pegasus bridge
Omaha beach
Sword beach
Pointe du Hoc
American airborne
Utah beach
Juno beach
Gold beach
British airborne
Saint Marie du Mont
Waverly Wray
Band of Brothers
Merville gun battery
La Fierre
General Falley
Longues gun battery
Arromanches and the Mulberries
82nd airborne
101st airborne
Donald Burgett
Michael Wittman - Villers Bocage - Gaumesnil
Totalise
Worthington Force
Falaise pocket
Taking St Lo
Operation Cobra
Graignes massacre
Joe Beryle
Ed Shames
Angoville au plain
Battle of Bloody gulch
The Malmann line
Taking Cherbourg
Maisy gun battery.
Abbey d'Ardenne and the Canadian 7th June advance
Hillman
Douvre radar station
Operation Epsom
Operation Charnwood
Operation Jupiter


Photo credits
US national archives
Bundes archives