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D-Day: Why Mines Didn’t Work

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? 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: https://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 »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Wegmüller, Hans: Die Abwehr der Invasion: Die Konzeption des Oberbefehlshabers West 1940-1944, Rombach: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 1979 (Einzelschriften zur militärischen Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges 22). Steven J., Zaloga: Debunking an Omaha Beach Legend: The Use of „Armored Funnies“ on D-Day, in: The Journal of Military History 85 (2021), H. 1, p. 134–162. Beck, Alfred M. et al.: The Corps of Engineers: The War against Germany. United States Army in World War II. The Technical Services. Bd. CMH Pub 10-22, Center of Military History United States Army: Washington, D.C., USA, 1985. Harrison, Gordon A.: Cross-Channel Attack. United States Army in World War II. The European Theater of Operations., Center of Military History United States Army: Washington, D.C., USA, 1993. Schramm, Percy Ernst (Hg.): Kriegstagebuch des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht (Wehrmachtführungsstab) Band 7: 1944-1945. Teilband 1., Bechtermünz: Augsburg, Germany, 2002. Ose, Dieter: Entscheidung im Westen 1944: der Oberbefehlshaber West und die Abwehr der alliierten Invasion, Helios: Aachen, Germany, 2013. Jacobsen, H.A.: 1939-1945. Der Zweite Weltkrieg in Chronik und Dokumenten. Dritte durchgesehene und ergänzte Auflage. Wehr und Wissen Verlagsgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1960. Lieb, Peter: Unternehmen Overlord: Die Invasion in der Normandie und die Befreiung Westeuropas, C.H. Beck: München, Germany, 2014. Boog, Horst/Krebs, Gerhard/Vogel, Detlef: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg 7: Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive. Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943-1944/45. Bd. 7, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, Germany, 2001 (Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg 7). Messenger, Charles: The D-Day Atlas: Anatomy of the Normandy Campaign, First paperback edition 2014, Thames & Hudson: London, UK, 2014. Penrose, Jane (Hg.): The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians explore History’s Greatest Amphibious Assault, Paperback ed, Osprey: Oxford, UK, 2009. 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 #dday80 #dday #normandy #ukraine #ww2