Operation Pluto. The first line to France was laid on 12 August 1944, leaving the mainland UK at Lepe, Hampshire, crossing the Isle of Wight and traveling over 130 kilometres 70 nmi from Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Wight across the English Channel to Cherbourg. Stock Image

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CHERBOURG, FRANCE - AUGUST 1944: Operation Pluto. The first line to France was laid on 12 August 1944, leaving the mainland UK at Lepe, Hampshire, crossing the Isle of Wight and traveling over 130 kilometres (70 nmi) from Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Wight across the English Channel to Cherbourg.

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