U.S. pontoon ferry practices for landings in France. U.S.
U.S. pontoon ferry practices for landings in France. U.S. pontoonferries, like this one making a test cruise protected by a barrage balloon hovering overhead, played an important part during the Allied landings along the Normandy coast in northern France on June 6, 1944. Self-propelled by two outboard motors, the ferries took on men, heavy vehicles and supplies from bigger ships anchored off the French ...
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NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies