The beach at Longues-sur-Mer
German artillery in the concrete bunkersWe left St Malo for Bayeux which was 150 km away. The trip seemed slow and ended up taking quite a long time. No particular reason. We made chilly stops at two of the D-Day Landing beaches at Bayeux – Longues-Sur-Mer and Arromanches.
Along the grassy edges not far up the beach at Longues-sur-Mer were these massive concrete bunkers with German guns still in them.
At Arromanches (named Port Winston after Winston Churchill) the allies made prefabricated marinas of concrete blocks which they sunk to form a semi-circular breakwater in which floating bridge spans were moored. The remains can still be seen a few hundred metres out to sea.
The artificial port, codenamed Mulberry was the most important port during the Battle for Caen as it enabled supplies to get through to the troops fighting in the Battle of Normandy.
Along the grassy edges not far up the beach at Longues-sur-Mer were these massive concrete bunkers with German guns still in them.
At Arromanches (named Port Winston after Winston Churchill) the allies made prefabricated marinas of concrete blocks which they sunk to form a semi-circular breakwater in which floating bridge spans were moored. The remains can still be seen a few hundred metres out to sea.
The artificial port, codenamed Mulberry was the most important port during the Battle for Caen as it enabled supplies to get through to the troops fighting in the Battle of Normandy.
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