Military Review English Edition July-August 2016 | Page 150

World War II Innovation

American soldiers and a Sherman tank equipped with hedgerow cutter bust through a hedgerow during the invasion of Normandy, France,
circa June 1944. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army)

Top: Bocage country on the Cotentin Peninsula in lower
Normandy, France. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
Right: U.S. soldiers fighting in the hedgerows. (Photo courtesy of
U.S. Army)