Arromanches - Anti-aicraft defence

Features

Location	France
Issuing company	Penny Roller
Type	Souvenir medallions › Elongated coins
Composition	Copper plated steel
Weight	3.89 g
Size	33 × 22 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Oval
Technique	Roller milled (5 euro cent coin)
Number	N# 329570

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Obverse

Representation of a German D.C.A. (Defence Against Aviation) with elements of the artificial harbour of Arromanches-les-Bains in the background, a French commune in the Calvados department, Normandy region. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ARROMANCHES
D-DAY 1944

Reverse

Smooth, even. Automatically translated

Edge

Plain

Comments

Mulberry Harbour is a prefabricated harbour built on the Normandy coast during the Second World War to supply the Allies in the days following the Normandy landings. In fact, two harbors were assembled off the beaches of Calvados, but only the one at Arromanches was operational, as the second one in front of Omaha Beach was destroyed by a storm on June 19, 1944. The construction of this port avoided the need for the Allies to take a deep-water port directly. The Mulberry harbor was made up of several large components prefabricated in England, transported and assembled on the Normandy coast. This artificial port was often credited with the success of the Battle of Normandy, and presented as a breakthrough in military logistics. However, historians now put its role into perspective, since until the port of Cherbourg was conquered, the majority of supplies were delivered by landing directly on the beaches, or by using the smaller ports on the Normandy coast. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mulberry Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Le port Mulberry (en anglais: Mulberry Harbour) est un port préfabriqué construit sur la côte normande pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour permettre l'approvisionnement des Alliés dans les jours qui suivirent le débarquement de Normandie. En fait, deux ports furent assemblés au large des plages du Calvados, mais seul celui d'Arromanches fut opérationnel, le second devant Omaha Beach ayant été détruit par une tempête le 19 juin 1944. La construction de ce port évitait aux Alliés de devoir prendre directement un port en eau profonde. Le port Mulberry était constitué de différents grands éléments préfabriqués en Angleterre, acheminés et assemblés sur la côte normande. Ce port artificiel a souvent été mis en avant comme ayant permis la réussite de la bataille de Normandie et présenté comme une trouvaille en matière de logistique militaire. Mais les historiens relativisent désormais un peu son rôle car jusqu'à la conquête du port de Cherbourg, la majorité de l'approvisionnement est réalisée par débarquement direct sur les plages ou par l'utilisation des petits ports de la côte normande. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Mulberry

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