CHERBOURG’S CAPTURE TO REPLACE LOST MULBERRY HARBOR
Cherbourg, France • June 26, 1944 On June 19–22, 1944, a violent gale featuring 332‑knot/59‑km/h winds hit the 2 huge Mulberry artificial harbors that the Allies had built in England, towed across the English Channel under danger of wind, weather, and enemy air attack, and planted off the Normandy invasion beaches, one off Omaha, the other…