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The British were the ones who landed on Gold and Sword Beach. The names of the beaches were based off of a type of fish which were Goldfish and Swordfish. Gold Beach was tucked in the middle of the invasion. It was in between Omaha Beach, ran by the Americans, and Juno Beach, ran by the Canadians. In preparation for the initial landings, there was a naval bombardment of the beach starting at 5:30 AM and following that were the amphibious assaults starting at 7:25 AM. Three of the four Axis weapon batteries were taken out by direct hits from the Naval bombardment. That battery that survived continued to do damage to the forces until 4:00 PM. There were two sectors codenamed Jig sector and king sector. The landing troops quickly got a foothold on the beach and started clearing the heavily fortified houses near the beach head.
Allied Casualties: 1,100
Axis Casualties: unknown
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The assault from the british onto Sword Beach began at around 3:00 AM with a Naval Bonbardment of the beach head. At 7:25 AM the first waves hit the beach at Queen Red and Queen White, the codenames for the sectors of the beach. Initially the landings were fairly harsh because of wrecked vehicles and mounting casualties. However, most of the British vehicles successfully landed on the beach and the engineers got rid of the obstacles. Because of that they quickly began to advance and got a foothold on the beach.
Allied Casualties: ~683
Axis Casualties: unknown infantry, ~50 Tanks, 4 Bombers and crew