“DONT ARGUE”
The ingenious portable piers used for the prefabricated artificial harbours that made the invasion of Normandy possible were hundreds of feet long and had to rise and fall with a 20-foot tide on a flat beach A perplexing engineering problem. Prime Minister Churchill sent operations chiefs a typical note:— “Piers must float up and down with the tide. . . . Let me have the best solution. Don’t argue the matter. The difficulties will argue for themselves.” (Associated Press).
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 2
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78“DONT ARGUE” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 2
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