The Mulberry Harbour at Gold Beach : June 6, 1944 D-Day

While the Americans invaded Utah and Omaha Beaches, the British and Canadians focussed on Juno, Gold and Sword. The bad weather of D Day was possibly the most severe at Gold Beach. The British decided to carry all armor and munitions on landing craft rather than risk a launch of the D-D tanks into the rough water.

D Day landings

A Mulberry harbour was a portable temporary harbour developed by the British in World War 2 to facilitate rapid offloading of cargo onto the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy. Two of these prefabricated military harbors were towed in sections across the English channel from Britain with the invading army and assembled off the coast of Gold Beach as part of the D-Day invasion. The installation was originally designed to last for 100 days – remains survive today !