Closeup View of the Mulberry

This was the closest concrete section to the shore. They stretched out for miles beyond our view. So many secrets had to be kept to make this invasion successful. How they kept the existence of all these gigantic concrete blocks and the accompanying metal bridges hidden from prying eyes is amazing to me. From Wikipedia: " 'Mulberry' and the names of all the beaches were words appearing in the Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle in the month prior to the invasion. The crossword compilers, Melville Jones and Leonard Dawe were questioned by MI5 who determined the appearance of the words was innocent, but after the turn of the century, a former student identified that Dawe frequently requested words from his students, many of whom were children in the same area as US military personnel." Over 300,000 men, 50,000 vehicles and 100,000 tons of supplies passed through this artificial harbor.