Robert Lochner (engineer) major element, the Mulberry Harbour. One of the major challenges facing the D-Day landings was to secure a European port for the delivery of essential supplies, but instead of capturing an existing port, the Allies decided on an audacious plan to build temporary harbours off the coast of Normandy. The big challenge in the rough seas of the English Channel was to create a breakwater to protect the concrete landings from the vicious waves and Robert Lochner was the man chosen by Churchill to lead a group of scientists known as The Wheezers And Dodgers to solve this challenge. The
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