Arromanches

Arromanches is most famous for being the location of the main Mulberry Harbour. It also has a fine 360 degree cinema Visitor Centre on the top of the eastern St Come cliff and an equally fine museum in the centre of the town. This naturally focuses on the harbour and you are left with the firm impression of the vast scale of this undertaking - it was truly astounding and without it the liberation would not have been sustained.

220,000 soldiers landed there together with 39,000 vehicles and thousands of tons of equipment and stores - breathtaking numbers.