Liberation route Europe | Water en Vuur Ouwerkerk

3. Ouwerkerk

At Ouwerkerk are the Phoenix caissons, originally built for the Allied landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). These caissons were part of the artificial harbors, known as Mulberry harbors, and were later used in the dike repairs after the North Sea Flood of 1953.

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