CHERBOURG was on D-Day and still is, a major port on the Channel coast of France. It was one of the major objectives for early in the D-Day campaign in order to solve the immense Allied supply problem. It was hoped that the capture of Cherbourg would remove the need to use the Mulberry harbour and the beaches. However, prior to the surrender on the 27th of June, the German engineers did a superb demolition job on the port and Cherbourg was not back to full capacity until late summer.
