Mémo : ports artificiels (anglais)

Name: Mémo : ports artificiels (anglais)
Brand: Ouest-France
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By Rémy Desquesnes

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The Landing Committee was founded in May 1945. At the beginning of the '50s, it chose the Arromanches site for the construction of the largest museum devoted to the June 1944 Allied landing. This choice, which made Arromanches a symbol of the Normandy landing throughout the world, was controversial - the Allied soldiers entered the city on the day after D-Day only, and they took it without fighting. But it confirms the Allied command tactics: ports and even small sheltered bays like Arromaches were heavily defended, so the landing had to take place on broader, more sparsely inhabited beaches. Conversely, as soon as the troops had set foot on the ground, major logistic support was needed. The tactical solution was the invention of artificial ports. The 'mulberry', (Arromanches and Omaha) was the illustration of this ingenious strategy. The model components of the port made by British manufacturers give the measure of this gigantic effort. More than 200 Phoenix caissons, enormous cement blocks weighing up to 6,000 tonnes each, were towed across the Channel. What really matters is the demonstration of the determination and engineering skills of the men involved. Winston Churchill understood the crucial importance of an artificial port for the liberation of Europe. Two years before the landing, on 30 May 1942, Churchill addressed this admirable note to Lord Mountbatten: "The quay to be used on the beach must float with high and low tides. The problem of anchoring them must be solved. Let me know the best solution. No objections to the subject, the problems will be enough." Thus the intelligence of the head of state, serving the heroism of the soldiers in action, has ensured our freedom.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 32
Release Date:: 1991-02-12
Publication Date:: 1991-02-12
Publisher:: Ouest-France
Languages:: Published: French, Original: French
ISBN10:: 2737306442

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