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D-Day: Why Mines Didn’t Work

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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 counteroffensive. 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 Guardmanned 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, BasseNormandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. NLRPHOCOA7298, public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normand...

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 MelchseeFrutt, Switzerland, July 2007, by, CC BYSA 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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posted by Mondfischfz