Gold Beach

Mindy and Corine: At the Gun Show.

Moving east from Omaha beach, we continued our tour at Gold Beach, where the British troops came ashore during the D-Day invasion. Perched on the blufs overlooking the sea are the remains of German artilary guns that were used to fire at incoming marine crafts. The bunkers that housed the canons are pretty impressive as they were built to withstand enemy fire and are still in pretty good shape. Nothing but solid concrete.

Across the field from the artilary canons.

After exploring the remains of the guns, we walked across the field to the bluffs overlooking the ocean where the German observation post that directed the fire from the canons is still standing in relatively the same condition as it was 60 years ago. Again, the building is made of solid concrete and the impact craters of rounds fired back in 1944 can still be seen along the outside.

A rear view of the German observation bunker.

Mindy and Corine check out the lower half of the bunker.

While Robert admired the view from the top of the cliffs.

Below the bluffs, just of the shores of Gold Beach, lies the remains of the artificial harbour constructed by the British to land both men and equipment in support of the invasion of France during the war. It is quite impressive to see the giant blocks in the water that have survived years of crashing surf.

Artificial harbour at Gold Beach.

Mindy on the east side of Gold Beach.