In 1942, the Allies realized that it would be far too difficult to conquer the deep water ports defended by the Germans on the French coast.

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But without these ports, the liberation of Europe is impossible. For Operation Overlord to be a success, the Allies will have to build two floating megastructures, the first planned off the coast of ArromancheslesBains, the other opposite Omaha beach. But no military genius has yet carried out a project of this magnitude.

00:00 Arromanches, the landing port
06:54 The creation of a specific service for military ports and Operation Jubilee
12:52 The design of prefabricated ports
24:27 The launch of the Mulberry port
36:41 DDay is here, the establishment of artificial ports
42:09 Are artificial ports really useful?

Director: Abdel Mostefa
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