 The objectives at Gold were to secure a beachhead , move west to capture Arromanches and establish contact with the American forces at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port @-@ en @-@ Bessin , and to link up with the Canadian forces at Juno to the east . Forces attacking Gold faced elements of the German 352nd Infantry Division and German 716th Infantry Division . About 2 @,@ 000 men were stationed in the immediate area . Improvements to fortifications along the Normandy coast had been undertaken under the leadership of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel beginning in October 1943 . 
 The objectives at Gold <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> to secure a beachhead , move west to capture Arromanches and establish contact with the American forces at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port @-@ en @-@ Bessin , and to link up with the Canadian forces at Juno to the east . Forces attacking Gold faced elements of the German 352nd Infantry Division and German 716th Infantry Division . About 2 @,@ 000 men <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> stationed in the immediate area . Improvements to fortifications along the Normandy coast <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> been undertaken under the leadership of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel beginning in October 1943 . 
The objectives at Gold was to secure a beachhead , move west to capture Arromanches and establish txt w/ the American forces at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port @-@ en @-@ Bessin , and to link up wiwidhe Canadian forces at Juno to the east . Forces attacking Gold faced elements of da German 352nd Infantry Division and German 716th Infantry Division . bout 2 @,@ 000 men was stationed in the immediate area . Improvements to fortifications along tdaNormandy coast done been undertaken under the leadership of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel beginning in October 1943 .