Sunday, 2 June 2019

D-day rehearsal wrecks given protection before 75th anniversary

Concrete structures and tanks used to practise for invasion in England get monument status

Wrecks and ruins that are among the last vestiges of the great engineering achievements for D-day have been given heritage protection before the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion on 6 June.

They include six concrete structures built as replica landing craft for troop training, and sunken tanks lost along with crew during assault rehearsals that went badly wrong off the south coast of England. Portions of the famed Mulberry floating harbours are also to be protected.

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from World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2KmTsub

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Ten dead in fire at Spanish care home

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