The General Britain Tried to Bury – His "Crazy" Tanks SAVED D-Day (While One Beach Ignored Them)
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Загружено: 2026-03-10
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They tried to bury this brilliant general... but his "weird" tanks changed D-Day forever. Meet Major General Percy Hobart – the armored warfare genius Britain forced into retirement, then desperately recalled from the Home Guard to save the Normandy invasion.
In 1940, while the British Army was getting crushed in France using the exact flawed tactics Hobart had warned against for years, this 55-year-old Major General was drilling elderly volunteers with pitchforks as a corporal. Winston Churchill found out and exploded: "Get Hobart. Now."
What followed? The creation of "Hobart's Funnies" – the strangest, most effective specialized tanks of WWII:
Flail tanks that whipped mines into oblivion
Swimming Sherman DD tanks that "floated" ashore
Flame-throwing Crocodiles that roasted bunkers
Bridgelayers, fascine droppers, and more engineering marvels
These British inventions made Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches far less bloody than Omaha – where Americans suffered ~2,400 casualties partly because they mostly rejected the "gadgets." Eisenhower later admitted it was a mistake.
This is the untold story of the difficult genius who trained the legendary Desert Rats, pioneered modern tank tactics, and built the machines that helped win the longest day. Forgotten by history? Not anymore.
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