History of the Contest: In 2012 the Mine Warfare Association leadership approached the U.S. Naval Institute with the idea of sponsoring an essay contest exploring the subject of mine warfare....
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MINWARA MINE WARFARE UPDATE George Pollitt and Scott Truver Overview The Spring 2013 Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA) Conference normally held in Panama City, FL, was cancelled due to the sequestration...
October 10, 1944: Probing the Sigfried Line defenses; first encounter with the German S-Mine. Lt. George Wilson, 4th Division, after nine weeks of combat since St.-Lo: “By now I had...
“The coast of Kuwait resembled Normandy’s Omaha Beach on the eve of D-Day in World War II. On likely landing beaches Iraqi combat engineers had emplaced antiboat and antipersonnel mines,...
I imagine many of you have enjoyed the academy award winning film titled “The Bridge on the River Kwai”. For those who may not have seen it, it’s a story...
“We agree that the mine warfare conducted by American planes…..produced a very great strategical effect; it quickly reduced our war potential and hastened the end of the war.” “The mine...
Sea mines have been important in naval warfare throughout history and continue to be so today. They have caused major damage to naval forces, slowed or stopped naval actions and...
Over the period 14 May 1942 to 1 April 1944 German U-Boats planted a total of 338 mines in the approaches to Western Atlantic ports running from St. Johns, Newfoundland...
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