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Determine whether that crop field is firm enough to support a tank driving over it. Or whether a helicopter can land on it without getting stuck. Or whether t
by sandworm101 5y ago
Determine whether that crop field is firm enough to support a tank driving over it. Or whether a helicopter can land on it without getting stuck. Or whether the crop is dry enough to catch fire. Or is the crop high enough to mask troop movements. And that is just the field. The nearby hedgerows, roads and other infrastructure is a big deal too.
- loonster 5y agoThe hedgerows of France! The allied forces greatly underestimated how difficult it will be to travel through them during WWII.
- sandworm101 5y agoBecause of American planners. The age of the oldest hedge in the US is measured in decades. Hedges in France are aged in centuries. American tanks thought they were driving though some bushes. They ran into oak trees.
- throwawaylinux 5y agoAre you sure about this, or just speculating?