Arromanches-les-Bains is is home to part of Gold Beach, where the allies landed on D-Day. Before 1944, Arromanches was a quiet sea-side resort. On June 6,…
Gold beach at Arromanches. From the morning of June 7, 60 ships were scuttled to form the harbor. The 140 caissons protecting Port Winston were towed across the…
Remnants of the artificial harbor.
Remnants of the artificial harbor.
Cliffs on Gold beach.
Part of an unloading deck.
Part of an unloading deck.
Part of an unloading deck.
Boat used to storm the beach on D-Day.
Boat used to storm the beach on D-Day.
More than 200 of these guns had been used by the evening of D-Day. They are very accurate with a range of 13 km.