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Tag Archives: Mulberry

Eighty Years Ago, Mulberry Harbors Battle the Storm on the Beaches of Normandy

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Rick SpilmanJune 21, 2024

Eighty years ago this week, during the early days of the Allied invasion of Europe, the sea would prove to be as formidable an enemy as the Germans. A storm, the worst in 80 years, came close to wiping out … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged D-Day, France, Mulberry, Normandy, portable harbors

Off Arromanches, a Drone over the Mulberry

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Rick SpilmanDecember 11, 2016

Here is a lovely drone video by François Monier of what is left of Mulberry B just offshore near the French village of Arromanches. One of the reasons that the Germans were skeptical of an Allied invasion of Normandy was … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged Arromanches, drone, Mulberry

The Mulberries Battle the Storm — June 19, 1944

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Rick SpilmanJune 19, 2016

Seventy-two years ago today, during the early days of the Allied invasion of Europe, the sea would prove to be as formidable an enemy as the Germans. A storm, the worst in 80 years, came close to wiping out the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged D-Day, France, Mulberry, Normandy
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