The British memorial overlooking Gold Beach is very touching.
It has inscriptions of those who died & the others who survived. Many of the "giants" have crocheted or knitted poppies at their feet.
The personal touches of poems & letters written by the soldiers are something to see. The Mulberry Harbour which you can see in the top photo & in close up lower down was a very large harbour made of concrete caissons that were towed across the channel & moored to form 2 harbours, one on Omaha/Utah and this one off Arromanches on Gold. These were completed in only a few days and millions of tons of supplies were landed. Later in June they were severely damaged in a massive storm.
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