Rant - looking for a travel trailer
I wish some manufacturer made the trailer I was looking for. I have 4 children, and I use a SUV to carry the family. And from all the threads I constantly see here, and on other sites, I'm not the on...
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Actually, within a few weeks the Mulberry at the American beach was destroyed in violent storm in the Channel. It was not replaced. Instead, the Americans just started unloading straight onto the beach. The Brits were amazed we could unload the same amount of supplies directly on the beach as they could via their Mulberry.
patperry2766 wrote:
Mulberry Harbours WWII
Totally unrelated to this exact topic, but follows the spirit of my post.
I watched a TV show yesterday regarding the invasion of Normandy. Because of the tides, they were unable to get the cargo ships close enough to the beach to unload cargo to support the troops during the invasion.
Winston Churchill requested that his engineers come up with a way to unload their ships from the safety of deeper waters. The engineers complained to him that it couldn't be done. He tersely replied that he wanted it done, period, end of story and the difficulties (details) would take care of themselves.
Knowing that failure was not an option, they devised a floating pier system with interlocking road sections that could tame the rough seas of the English Channel. These two harbors were significant in the unloading of men/materials to support the war effort and eventually helped lead to the overthrow of Hitler.
My point...don't take no for an answer and figure out a way to make it work.
