The Harbour Called Mulberry
RITISH engineers and thousands of men completed, on D-Day, July 6, 1944, one of their most amazing feats. Two pre-fabricated ‘harbours, each capable of handling supplies as easily as any good natural port, were towed across the Channel and put together under fire off the Normandy beaches. In 1942, Winston Churchill, realising the need for harbours to ensure the success of invasion, had given the following instruction: "Piers for use on the beaches; they must float up and down with the tide; the anchor problem must be mastered, Let me have the best solution worked out." Readers of The Listener will remember the account we printed of the story in August last year and the recordings which, sent by the BBC to the NZBS, were heard from the National stations, Now a model of "Mulberry" is on view in New Zealand. The exhibit was opened in Wellington by His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg, and will be displayed at various New Zealand ports by arrangement with the Harbours Association. ‘
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 381, 11 October 1946, Page 15
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174The Harbour Called Mulberry New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 381, 11 October 1946, Page 15
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