
What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: Lepe Beach Site of the 'Mulberry' harbour construction and start of the 'PLUTO' fuel pipeline - both vital to the success of the 1944 Normandy landings Recorded plaque organisation: Transport Trust.
Mulberry "B" and Mulberry "A" were portable artificial harbors crucial for supplying Allied forces after the D-Day landings in World War II; Pluto was a submerged oil pipeline that provided fuel from the UK to the battlefields of France, both essential for sustaining the military operations post-invasion.
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Photo: Graham Tiller · CC BY 2.0