Sunday, October 02, 2016

Hell or high water

Nazi Germany planted over 2 million mines on the west coast of Denmark in WWII. When the war ended, and Germany defeated, it was the young soldiers who were ordered to clean the minefields. A heavy task for the lads and the local officers guarding them. Not perhaps quite the sensational international film boldly advertised and reviewed everywhere, but a thrilling thing enough.

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