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Mulberry Harbour uncovered (1 Viewer)
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Great article Rob, history never fades away...................
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fascinating! When you think of the technology, strategies, innovations and manufacturing that helped the allies win the war it is mind boggling......especially without the aid of computers (CAD/CAM)!
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This great harbour built in a few days or weeks would be a difficult work to make even today!( I saw a piece of it at Arromanches ).
It shows the great planning style of the allies, like the systematic heavy bombings before progressing( thousands of bombardiers first, then fighter planes to break the surviving troops),and the great work of the intelligence service...All was perfectly planified and perfectly applied.
This, and the great superority of materials left no chances to the germans( and the 85 per cent of the whermacht on the eastern front).
So the allied command was better than the german one in Normandy ( Hitler still in end of july was waiting for a main attack at Calais!!! And put on the line the minimum number of divisions to keep the front).
The allies strategy was superior , but the german troops were brave, brutal, even fanatic sometimes and could make a great tactical resistance.
It shows the great planning style of the allies, like the systematic heavy bombings before progressing( thousands of bombardiers first, then fighter planes to break the surviving troops),and the great work of the intelligence service...All was perfectly planified and perfectly applied.
This, and the great superority of materials left no chances to the germans( and the 85 per cent of the whermacht on the eastern front).
So the allied command was better than the german one in Normandy ( Hitler still in end of july was waiting for a main attack at Calais!!! And put on the line the minimum number of divisions to keep the front).
The allies strategy was superior , but the german troops were brave, brutal, even fanatic sometimes and could make a great tactical resistance.
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Didn’t the American mulberry get destroyed or severely damaged in a storm a few weeks after D-Day?
I don’t think they ever bothered to repair it either. Instead they just beached their landing vessels and disembarked troops, vehicles and supplies directly on to the beach.
I think this storm partially damaged the British Mulberry as well. The time it took to repair the “port” ended up delaying Operation Epsom a few days as the troops and supplies needed for the attack took longer to assemble than was originally planned.
I don’t think they ever bothered to repair it either. Instead they just beached their landing vessels and disembarked troops, vehicles and supplies directly on to the beach.
I think this storm partially damaged the British Mulberry as well. The time it took to repair the “port” ended up delaying Operation Epsom a few days as the troops and supplies needed for the attack took longer to assemble than was originally planned.
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Thanks for posting Rob. There was also an underwater pipeline for gasoline shipment from UK to France planned, but don't know if this was implemented. I have a book, Force Mulberry, published in 1951, still unread after purchasing over 3 decades ago. :rolleyes2: Describes the planning, construction, implemenation of the US port. Some great pics of the construction and deployment of the Phoenix, Rhino, Gooseberry breakwater, subchaser used as flagship for the port commander, and subsequent storm damage, etc. The port was assembled on D+8 and 8,500 tons per day were landed (on this particular unit) until the 20 June storm. There were 3 Mulberry's, one was damaged and abandoned. Chris