It’s D-Day and the Allies are about to invade Nazi-occupied France. For the landings to succeed, American troopers on Omaha Seaside must break by some formidable coastal defences – Hitler’s Atlantic Wall. Sherman tanks will are available very useful – and the Allies have give you a novel answer for getting them to the seashore. These tanks will swim. Everybody from Winston Churchill down thought swimming tanks have been an important concept… however have been they?
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