Code Name Mulberry: the Planning Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbours - Softcover

Hartcup, Guy

 
9781848845589: Code Name Mulberry: the Planning Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbours
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1848845588 ISBN 13: 9781848845589
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military, 2011

Synopsis

The story of the Mulberry harbours must rank among the most remarkable to emerge from the Second World War. In terms of engineering achievement, it is surely one of the greatest of all time.Allied planners correctly anticipated that the Germans would deny, either by destruction or dogged defence, the vital Channel ports in the aftermath of D-Day. If the invading armies could not be kept resupplied, OVERLORD would fail. The only solution was to design, build, transport and install two massive artificial harbours.How this highly ambitious plan was implemented is told with clarity and authority in this superb book. The text, admirably free of unnecessary technical jargon, is well supported with photographs, diagrams and tables, which demonstrate vividly the scale of this great venture. The irony is that the real enemy turned out not to be the Germans but the elements. Code Name Mulberry is a first class account of all aspects of this extraordinary chapter in the history of the Second World War.

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Review

Guy Hartcup writes a new book here based on the technical means developed by the British during World War II. Through this book, he develops a scientific manner of the creation, installation, and the influence of artificial harbors, on the victorious ally in Western Europe. Many sketches and drawings embellish the text. The author explains the impact of weather conditions (tides, storms, bad weather...) on these two ports as one of the two ports as one of the two, american sector, did not resist the severe storm that hit the coast to mid-June 1944. - 39/45 Magazine

About the Author

Guy Hartcup was a published author of long standing and the leading authority on the MULBERRY story.

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Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1848845588
ISBN 13 
9781848845589
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
160

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