War Diaries Talk

screening of the works

  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    They certainly didn't want any snoopers in the vicinity.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    It seems like they are spending as much time and effort on the screening as on the actual project!

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  • David_Underdown by David_Underdown moderator

    Well they probably wanted to make sure it would be difficult for German reconnaissance planes to see what they were up to

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    I didn't look closely at the date or location when I posted my answer above, but they were involved in Operation Hush, the big secret effort to invade Belgium from the sea in the summer of 1917. So they were being very secretive.

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  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    That's why they do all those exercises: carrying bikes on a slope, pushing a cart on a slope, marching in the dunes at night ...

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