These Minesweeping Boats Paved the Way for D-Day

[rangerrebew]

These Minesweeping Boats Paved the Way for D-Day

Harbor Defense Motor Launches, or HDMLs, were tiny wooden boats built to protect British ports against German submarines. Their job was to clear a path through a minefield that stretched across the English Channel. (2:12)

Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/these-minesweeping-boats-paved-the-way-for-d/#s774ggTiqlcy0DXR.99

[truth_seeker]

Very cool WWII history. How big of a deal was WWII for America??

America's population was about 160 million. During the was 16 million served in uniform, or approximately ten percent. Since they were almost all men, it means nearly one fifth of American men were in uniform.

The film "Dunkirk" depicts the English channel during the war.