Arromanches-les-Bains
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Arromanches-les-Bains is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.
Arromanches-les-Bains at low tide
Town hall.
Remains of the Mulberry harbour on the beach
Arromanches railway station around 1901
Operation Overlord
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Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was la
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…was installed. This artificial port allowed the disembarkation of 9,000 tons of materiel per day. It was on the beach of Arromanches that, during the Invasion of Normandy immediately after D-Day, the Allies established an artificial temporary harbour to allow the unloading of heavy equipment without waiting for the…
LSTs with barrage balloons deployed, unloading supplies on Omaha Beach for the breakout from Normandy
D-day assault routes into Normandy
Air plan for the Allied landing in Normandy
Remains of the concrete Mulberry harbour B (Gold) at Arromanches-les-Bains in Normandy, as seen out at sea and on the beach in 1990