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re: A seriously underrated aspect of D-Day and the Allied offensive in France

Posted on 6/6/19 at 3:13 pm to
Posted by jimbeam
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Posted on 6/6/19 at 3:13 pm to
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What the overhead photos didn't show was the the hedgerows in France were often very high, averaging 15 feet or so. Made for impossible visibilty, enemy hiding places, and difficult maneuvering.
No French refuges or people who has been to France could have told them they were tall?
This post was edited on 6/6/19 at 3:14 pm
Posted by Blizzard of Chizz
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 6/6/19 at 3:58 pm to
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No French refuges or people who has been to France could have told them they were tall?



It wasn’t just a matter of them being tall. Those hedgerows had been there hundreds of years. They were extremely dense and impossible to penetrate. It wasn’t until a soldier who was a farmer back home had the bright idea to weld pieces of scrap iron to a tank and essentially turn it into a bush hog that the allies were able to break out of the hedgerows.
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