These Minesweeping Boats Paved the Way for D-Day

Name: These Minesweeping Boats Paved the Way for D-Day
Uploaded: 2018-03-14
Duration: 132261
Description: 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.

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. (02:12)