June 7 1944, British commanders ordered the 47th Royal Marine Commandos to land ashore east of Arromanches the following task was to take Port-En-Bessin which was a little fishing harbor west of Arromanches in Normandy, it was situated between two landing zones, Omaha Beach (American sector) and Gold Beach ( British sector) then link-up with U.S. forces landed on Omaha Beach.
after various heavy firefights Port-En-Bessin finally fell to the British the next day June 8th 1944
