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D-Day: Secret scientists and engineers behind Normandy landings

“It’s really interesting that he returned to his home area where he was born and bred, and we see what is a massive experiment at Conwy Morfa,” said Dr Mari Wiliam, a lecturer in modern history at Bangor University.

“Over 1,000 people were working there as he was trying to develop some sort of prototype of what would become the Mulberry Harbour.”

Not all Hughes ideas worked, and in fact, when the project moved to Scotland to test other Mulberry models, they outshone some of his plans.

However, he remained a key figure within the Mulberry team throughout, until the two harbours built in the project were put into action in Normandy – one on Omaha Beach and the other on Gold Beach.


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