| The British, Canadian and Free French Forces landed at Gold, Sword and Juno beaches. The British pre-built a huge harbor (known as a "Mulberry") and brought it down from England the first week of the invasion. This harbor was set up in the French city of Arromanche and played a crucial role in unloading men, tanks, trucks, jeeps, materiel and other equipment. The US set up a similar harbor at Omaha Beach but it was destroyed within the first few weeks by a storm.
There is a very nice D-Day museum at Arromanche and parts of the harbor still exist as seen in the picture above left. The Canadians played a major role in both D-Day and World War II in general. Other allied forces that took part in D-Day included soldiers, sailors and airmen from Poland, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Greece and Denmark.
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