Southampton - Gateway to the World

Discover the story of merchant shipping and port life in Southampton. Our archive contains over 10,000 photographs, maps, sound clips, documents, games and other objects. Use the Search box (top right of every page) to find items.

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Find out about the scale of preperations for Operation Overlord in Southampton and what was achieved at the port in the months before and after D-Day