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American troops finally started welding pointed, v-shaped?battering rams onto 
the front of tanks. Only then could the penetrate these incredible hedges.? 
It was tragic that they had to do this to these magnificent hedges, but it 
shows how impenetrable they were. Even a powerful tank couldn't penetrate 
them until it was modified.? They nearly stopped the invasion cold. 






-----Original Message-----
From: Food Forests <foodforests@mac.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tue, 12 May 2009 3:28 pm
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Hedge Ideas, strategic




"Normandy was the scene of furious fightings for several weeks after June 6, 
1944. After the battle of the beaches came what historians now commonly call 
the 
"hedgerows war" in reference to the nature of the land. The hedgerows, also 
known as the "battle of the bocage", began the day after D-Day and was over 
at 
the end of August 1944, when allied troops eventually released the biggest 
part 
of the current Basse-Normandie region. 

This study of the hedgerows war in Normandy showed the characteristic of 
combat 
in the hedgerows and the ascendancy of the defense tactics on the attack."

http://www.dday-overlord.com/eng/bocage_war.htm

-ff


      
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