Arromanches

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Arromanches est célèbre comme lieu de bataille durant le débarquement, notamment pour le port artificiel qui y fut installé. Ce port permit de débarquer 9 000 tonnes de matériel par jour.

C'est sur une plage d'Arromanches que, lors du débarquement de Normandie, les Alliés établirent un port artificiel provisoire afin de permettre le débarquement de matériel lourd, sans attendre la conquête de ports en eaux profondes, tels que le Havre ou Cherbourg.

The town lies along the stretch of coastline designated as Gold Beach during the D-Day landings , one of the beaches used by British troops in the Allied invasion. Arromanches was selected as one of the sites for two Mulberry Harbours built on the Normandy coast, the other one built further West at Omaha Beach. Sections of the Mulberry Harbour at Arromanches still remain today with huge concrete blocks sitting on the sand, and more can be seen further out at sea.

Today Arromanches is mainly a tourist town. Situated in a good location for visiting all of the battle sites and War Cemeteries, there is also a museum at Arromanches with information about Operation Overlord and in particular, the Mulberry harbours.