Дорогие люди, недавно меня заинтересовала история разминирования побережья Дании молодыми немецкими солдатами после Второй мировой войны. Я русский, 16 лет, и я пытался найти информацию об этом как в русском, так и в английском Google, но на самом деле я вообще ничего не нашел. Тем не менее, у меня есть сильное желание узнать об этом историческом событии побольше. Не могли бы вы дать мне контакты людей, которые могут быть осведомлены об этом больше или даже принимали участие в тех мероприятиях? Спасибо. translates as.. Dear people, I recently became interested in the history of the demining of the Danish coast by young German soldiers after the Second World War. I am Russian, 16 years old and I tried to find information about this in both Russian and English Google, but I really couldn't find anything at all. However, I have a strong desire to learn more about this historic event. Could you give me the contacts of people who may be more aware of this or even took part in those events? Thank.
Land of Mine - Wikipedia. Моя земля — Википедия TD https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2817&context=cisr-journal Уроки прошлого: быстрое разминирование Минные поля в 1945 году Minenkommando Dänemark - German mine clearing in Denmark 1945-47 - Feldgrau МИНЕНКОММАНДО ДАНЕМАРК - НЕМЕЦКАЯ МИННАЯ ОПЕРАЦИЯ 1945-1947 ГОДОВ Danger – Mines! | Special exhibition in Tirpitz | Vardemuseerne Западное побережье Ютландии 1944 В последние годы Второй мировой войны немецкие солдаты установили в Дании около 1,2 миллиона мин. Мины были частью крупного оборонительного проекта Гитлера, Атлантической стены, который должен был предотвратить высадку союзников в Западной Европе. Google search - demining of danish coast 1945 разминирование побережья Дании в 1945 году
I picked up details of this project from a Danish museum about 10 years ago which also illustratrated Danish resistance and the deporting of Danish police, who were suspected of not cooperating with the occupier and died in Neuengamme, Hamburg concentration camp A British Army major headed the project of clearing the west coast of mines. The pioneer force were German POWs and to be expected there were quite a number of casualties. I have photographed the major's report which is quite detailed....will have to search my digital files.
Many German POWs helped de-mine in Britain, but mostly were the labour force, steaming out ordnance, carrying defuzed items back to vehicles to transport them away, digging and shoring excavations, rigging lifting gear, operating high pressure water jets to expose ordnance from behind armoured screens, driving vehicles etc. Over a thousand worked in RE bomb disposal companies from 1945 (?) but certainly up to 1948. Some may have continued as civilian volunteers after their repatriation date and Bert Trautmann, later Man City' goalkeeper, may have been a civvie.
There's a thread or three on here. Can't find the things at the mo, but all the usual pics of Panzers stacked with planks etc. Unless I'm thinking of part of 'name that vehicle'... (Must get the fancy elastic search switched back on. Current stop-gap is hugely inferior.)
I watched Land of Mine on Saturday – available on iPlayer. Before the end credits it states that: After the war more than 2,000 German POWs were force to remove over 1.5 million landmines from the west coast of Denmark. Almost half of them died or were severely injured. Many of them were just young boys. A casualty rate approaching 50% vastly exceeds anything I had heard of before.
Previous debate on Danish coast minefields clearance refreshed. POW camp in Denmark run by British forces The link in Post #7 should be attractive to you Adam...beach clearance aided by military motive power https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2817&context=cisr-journal
Post-1945 the Allies - well, certainly the British - gave captured enemy soldiers the title ‘Surrendered Enemy Personnel’ as opposed to ‘Prisoner of War’ so that they could avoid the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and employ them on tasks such as munition clearance.
I know this is almost impossible, but are there any German veterans who took part in the demining and who are still alive. Maybe you are aware of anybody? (I totally understand that half of those young soldiers died back then. but still...)
Minenkommando Dänemark - German mine clearing in Denmark 1945-47 - Feldgrau This article is excellent and shows the film 'Land of Mine' to be utter nonsense. Which is what I thought while I was watching it.
