The objectives Aiming at Gold were to secure a beachhead , move Motion west to capture Conquering Arromanches and establish Building contact with the American forces Military_operation at Omaha , capture Bayeux and the small port at Port-en-Bessin , and to link Connect up with the Canadian forces Military_operation at Juno to the east .

Due to stiff resistance from the German 352nd Infantry Division , Bayeux was not captured Conquering until the next day .