How Britain’s “Hobart’s Funnies” Turned D-Day Beaches into a Death Trap for Defenders
This video explores Britain’s “Hobart’s Funnies”—a bizarre and brilliant collection of modified tanks designed specifically to smash through Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. From flail tanks that detonated mines, to amphibious tanks that swam ashore under fire, these strange-looking vehicles turned fortified beaches into death traps for German defenders.
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