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70th Anniversary of D-Day
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day
June 5, 2014 at 3:52 pm
(June 5, 2014 at 3:45 pm)Cato Wrote:
(June 5, 2014 at 3:10 pm)A Theist Wrote: The Americans overcame those hedgerows by modifying their Sherman Tanks with hedge cutters welded together from scrap metal. Afterward they were able to punch through them with relative ease.

Rhinos! I believe that a lot the metal came from the Czech hedgehogs the Germans deployed on the beaches.

I believe you are correct.

The bocage was a tactical nightmare, and one that the allies ought to have been prepared for - duh, it wasn't exactly a big fucking secret. Fortunately, the boots on the ground had the ingenuity and materials needed to come up with a solution.
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70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 5, 2014 at 5:40 am
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Cato - June 5, 2014 at 6:07 am
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Cato - June 5, 2014 at 11:52 am
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Fidel_Castronaut - June 5, 2014 at 12:20 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Cato - June 5, 2014 at 1:44 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by DeistPaladin - June 6, 2014 at 1:29 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Minimalist - June 5, 2014 at 2:31 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by A Theist - June 5, 2014 at 3:10 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Jackalope - June 5, 2014 at 3:52 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by A Theist - June 5, 2014 at 6:01 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Nine - June 6, 2014 at 2:46 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Anomalocaris - June 6, 2014 at 3:14 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Brian37 - June 7, 2014 at 9:47 am
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Chas - June 7, 2014 at 12:31 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Minimalist - June 7, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Godschild - June 7, 2014 at 11:43 am
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Brian37 - June 7, 2014 at 11:54 am
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Godschild - June 7, 2014 at 5:44 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Nine - June 7, 2014 at 6:09 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Brian37 - June 8, 2014 at 9:43 am
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Godschild - June 8, 2014 at 7:04 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Chas - June 11, 2014 at 6:08 pm
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RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Wyrd of Gawd - June 10, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Minimalist - June 10, 2014 at 8:03 pm
RE: 70th Anniversary of D-Day - by Brian37 - June 12, 2014 at 7:46 am

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