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WWII On This Day: October 4

What happened on October 4 during World War II? This date brings together 1 event from 1944, with period photographs and links to the full operations documented across WW2 Theatres.

1944
A converted cable ship laying pipeline across the English Channel, 1944.
Pipeline laying in the Channel, 1944 ·
Operation PLUTO

The Cherbourg route is closed

All further BAMBI work was stopped and the available laying force was redirected to the Straits of Dover. Cherbourg and Port-en-Bessin were already receiving fuel by tanker, while the British armies advancing in Belgium required a route farther east.

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