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The Mulberry harbour at Arromanches was more protected, and although damaged by the storm, it remained usable. It came to be known as '''Port Winston'''. While the harbour at Omaha was destroyed sooner than expected, Port Winston saw heavy use for eight months, despite being designed to last only three months. In the 10 months after D-Day, it was used to land over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies providing much needed reinforcements in France.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mulberry Harbour|url=http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mulberry_harbour.htm |website=historylearningsite.co.uk |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> In response to this longer-than-planned use, the Phoenix breakwater was reinforced with the addition of specially strengthened caissons.{{sfn|Hughes|Momber|2000|pp=127–128}} The [[Royal Engineers]] had built a complete Mulberry Harbour out of 600,000 tons of concrete between 33 jetties, and had {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} of floating roadways to land men and vehicles on the beach. Port Winston is commonly upheld as one of the best examples of [[military engineer]]ing. Its remains are still visible today from the beaches at Arromanches.The Mulberry harbour at Arromanches was more protected, and although damaged by the storm, it remained usable. It came to be known as '''Port Winston'''. While the harbour at Omaha was destroyed sooner than expected, Port Winston saw heavy use for eight months, despite being designed to last only three months. In the 10 months after D-Day, it was used to land over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies providing much needed reinforcements in France.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mulberry Harbour|url=http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mulberry_harbour.htm |website=historylearningsite.co.uk |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> In response to this longer-than-planned use, the Phoenix breakwater was reinforced with the addition of specially strengthened caissons.{{sfn|Hughes|Momber|2000|pp=127–128}} The [[Royal Engineers]] had built a complete Mulberry Harbour out of 600,000 tons of concrete between 33 jetties, and had {{convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}} of floating roadways to land men and vehicles on the beach. Port Winston is commonly upheld as one of the best examples of [[military engineer]]ing. Its remains are still visible today from the beaches at Arromanches.
=== Deception ===
== Post-war analysis ==== Post-war analysis ==

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