British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

▣ Unit · 1944 – 1944

The British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division landed on Gold Beach on 6 June 1944, in the centre of the British sector. It overcame the coastal defences with the support of specialist armour and pushed inland towards Bayeux and the Caen road, making one of the deepest advances of the first day. The division took Bayeux on 7 June and then fought around Tilly-sur-Seulles against German armour, part of the prolonged battle for Caen. Through July it remained engaged east of the Odon and around the Bourguébus ridge, and in August it took part in the advance that helped close the Falaise pocket. Its experience on D-Day was one of the more successful of the assault divisions. The positions shown here are schematic headquarters-area locations illustrating the division's general movement inland from Gold Beach. By August its men were among the first British troops to reach the Seine, having fought continuously since the landing.

Sources

• Wikimedia Commons — Charnwood (SVG, by EyeSerene)
• Wikimedia Commons — Operations Greenwood and Pomegranate, Normandy, July 1944 (EN.svg)
• Wikimedia Commons — Operation Tractable (SVG, by EyeSerene)
• Wikipedia — 352nd Infantry Division (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Wikipedia — Falaise pocket (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Wikipedia — Normandy landings (CC BY-SA 3.0)
• Wikipedia — Operation Overlord (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Related

• Normandy landings

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