Mulberry harbour the armoured vehicles would be able to operate on the beach or become bogged down. The final survey, Operation Bellpush Charlie, occurred on the night of 30-31 January but limited information was gathered due to fog and because German lookouts heard the craft. Further sorties were abandoned. On the afternoon of 6 June 1944 (D-Day) over 400 towed component parts (weighing approximately 1.5 million tons) set sail to create the two Mulberry harbours. It included all the blockships (codenamed Corncobs) to create the outer breakwater (Gooseberries) and 146 concrete caissons (Phoenixes). At Arromanches, the first Phoenix was sunk at dawn
Order of battle for the American airborne landings in Normandy RAF Exeter Brig. Gen. Harold L. Clark at RAF Cottesmore Brig. Gen. Maurice M. Beach at RAF Greenham Common German chain of command Supreme Command West: Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt Army Group B: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Seventh Army: Generaloberst Friedrich Dollman (died 28 June) LXXXIV Corps: General der Artillerie Erich Marcks (KIA 12 June) Order of battle for the American airborne landings in Normandy The Order of battle for the American airborne landings in Normandy is a list of the units immediately available for combat on the Cotentin Peninsula between June 6, 1944, and June 15, 1944, during the American