Mulberry Harbor is a British temporary coastal system used on the unequipped Normandy coast [1] to unload military equipment, personnel and supplies during Operation Overlord during World War II [2] . In the ten months that have passed since the landing, more than 2.5 million people were landed on the shores of Normandy with the help of these harbors, about 500 thousand pieces of equipment and more than 4 million tons of materials were delivered [3] .
Among military historians, there is still debate about which of the British engineers was the author of the Mulberry Harbor project; Among the applicants are Welsh engineer Hugh Hughes, Professor Bernal and Vice Admiral John Hughes Hallett.
Two prefabricated seaports, “Mulberry A” and “Mulberry B”, were transported sectionwise through the English Channel at the same time as the invasion began and were arranged on the French coast near the Omaha bridgehead near the town of Saint Laurent-sur-Mer and the Gold bridgehead near Arromanches-les-Bains respectively. [four]
Bibliography
- J. Evans, E. Palmer und R. Walter: A Harbor Goes to War: The Story of Mulberry and the Men Who Made It Happen, Brook House, 2000, ISBN 1-873547-30-7 .
- Guy Hartcup: Code name Mulberry: The planning, building, and operation of the Normandy harbors, Hippocrene Books, 1977, ISBN 0-88254-443-8 .
Notes
- ↑ Anthony Beaver. Landing in Normandy . - ABC-Atticus, 2014-12-10. - 586 p. - ISBN 9785389093591 .
- ↑ Mulberry harbors
- ↑ Chris Trueman The Mulberry Harbor www.historylearningsite.co.uk . Accessed April 25, 2008
- ↑ Behind the scenes of the Overlord . warspot.ru. Date of appeal October 10, 2018.