D-Day Beaches after D-Day

Gotthard Heinrici · 31-03-2008, 03:12 PM

Arising from the other thread about D-Day beached and their names I noticed that Sapper made reference to the fact that Sword was abandoned due to the Guns at Le Havre making resupply untenable. How long were the other beaches in use for resupply? when did they stop being supply dumps and start being beaches again? Just wondering!

Owen · 31-03-2008, 03:58 PM

The D-Day beaches had to be used until a large port could be opened.
That was Antwerp in November '44.
Although Antwerp was liberated in September it couldn't be used until the Schedlt Estuary was cleared.

I wondered how long The Red Ball Express was operational for at it came to an end November 16th due as I say to Antwerp being opened.

The Mulberry Harbour at Arromaches was still being used 8 months later.

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Port Winston saw heavy use for 8 months—despite being designed to last only 3 months. In the 100 days after D-Day, it was used to land over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tonnes of supplies providing much needed reinforcements in France.

Mulberry harbour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

4th wilts · 31-03-2008, 04:09 PM

i undrstood red ball supplied u.s forces.red square supplied brit/com forces.4th wilts.

sapper · 31-03-2008, 05:00 PM

The red ball certainly went our way. I sometimes wonder if there is still a sign thrown in a ditch somewhere?
Sapper

dbf · 31-03-2008, 05:09 PM

Just checking to see if uploading worked ...?
Yep, got the hang of it, Owen

31-03-2008, 03:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,928	D-Day Beaches after D-Day Arising from the other thread about D-Day beached and their names I noticed that Sapper made reference to the fact that Sword was abandoned due to the Guns at Le Havre making resupply untenable. How long were the other beaches in use for resupply? when did they stop being supply dumps and start being beaches again? Just wondering! __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

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4th wilts Discharged Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: wessex Posts: 1,032	i undrstood red ball supplied u.s forces.red square supplied brit/com forces.4th wilts.

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