Mulberries and Rhino Ferries at Normandy

Joining me in this this episode is Dr. Frank Blazich Jr. Frank spoke with me last year about the pontoons used to support Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and here he continues this story to talk about the Rhino Ferries and Mulberries at Normandy in June 1944. Link Inventors and Innovators: Naval Lighterage and Anglo-American Success in the Amphibious Invasions of German-Occupied Europe (https://tnm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/download/155/149) WW2TV - Project Tentacle: The Experimental Floating Airfield (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIA7Zdyg01c) Mother of Tanks website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/) Bonus Content on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks)

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Season two of the largest Combined, Joint, Multinational Military History effort focuses on American and Allied Forces in Europe and the Pacific through 1944. The 1943 series ended up with 108 episodes with contributions from across all US services, as well as contributions from our British and Canadian friends, and more.