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© Stéphane Compoint
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Normandie - Calvados (14) - Arromanches les Bains : Site 4 : Gold Beach - Vestiges du port artificiel allie B (pour British) a Arromanches les Bains. Le port Mulberry fut construit pour permettre l'approvisionnement des armees alliees dans les jours qui suivirent le debarquement de Normandie. En fait, deux ports furent assembles au large des plages du Calvados, mais seul celui d'Arromanches sera operationnel, le second devant Omaha Beach etant detruit par une tempete le 19 juin 1944. La construction de ce port evitait aux Allies de devoir prendre directement un port en eau profonde. Le port Mulberry etait constitue de differents grands elements prefabriques en Angleterre, achemines et assembles sur la cote normande. Ce port artificiel a souvent ete mis en avant comme ayant permis la reussite de la bataille de Normandie et presente comme un exemple de genie logistique et militaire. Photos d'archives non disponible a la vente sur ce site mais uniquement presente pour situer le contexte historique. // France - Normandy - Calvados (14) - Arromanches les Bains: Site 4: Gold Beach - Remains of the artificial port Allie B (for British) in Arromanches les Bains. Mulberry Port was built to supply the Allied armies in the days following the Normandy landings. In fact, two ports were assembled off the beaches of Calvados, but only that of Arromanches was operational, the second in front of Omaha Beach being destroyed by a storm on June 19, 1944. The construction of this port avoided the Allies having to take direct a deep water port. Mulberry Port was made up of various large prefabricated elements in England, transported and assembled on the Normandy coast. This artificial port has often been highlighted as having enabled the success of the Battle of Normandy and presented as an example of logistical and military genius. Archive photos not available for sale on this site but only presented to provide historical context.
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