Port of Le Havre complex designed by the famous French architect Jean Nouvel. Moreover, the future marina will be close to the railway station and the A29 motorway and former A15, facilitating its access. Le Havre also receives famous Jacques Vabre transatlantic. The port of Le Havre can accommodate all sizes of world cruise liners. Le Havre is one of the UNESCO cities. Due to its geographical location, on the Seine River mouth, at the entrance of the Channel, Le Havre is a gateway to Normandy and Paris. In 2010, Le Havre cruise port hosted 70 calls and 130,000 passengers and should, in 2011,
Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt fulfilled a prophecy made a week earlier—that "the battle of Normandy is rapidly developing into the Battle of Western France." Having decided to send part of Patton's force down the west bank of the Seine, the Allied commanders saw a coincident opportunity to seize a bridgehead on the east bank of the river as a springboard for future operations. The XV Corps thus drew a double mission—the 5th Armored Division was to attack down the west bank while the 79th Infantry Division established a bridgehead on the east bank. In his order issued on 20 August, General Montgomery cautioned: "This