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Why didn't mines stop the Allies in Normandy? Last year I did a video on why mines caused major problems for the Ukrainian counter-offensive. So, why didn’t German mines cause significant problems to the Normandy landings and/or beyond?
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Images used:
Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent: NAIL Control Number: A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. NLR-PHOCO-A-7298, public domain: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings#/media/File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg
John Alfred Hampton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Utah beach defences with mine, 1944. (Teller mine), Historical Division, War Department (USA), Public domain
Ikiwaner: Braunvieh race cow in Melchsee-Frutt, Switzerland, July 2007, by, CC BY-SA 3.0
00:00 Intro
00:20 Beach vs Land
02:06 Salt Water
02:51 Normandy vs Atlantikwall
03:21 Length Coastal Area
04:41 But not all suited for Landing!
06:31 Cows
07:53 Allied Counter Measures
08:00 Air & Fire Superiority
09:53 Planning & Preparation
12:40 Mines caused Problems
13:13 Differences to Ukraine
14:15 Conclusion
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