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19-08-2013, 09:31 AM

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fordboi

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Re: Greatest Inventors of the past 50yrs

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Originally Posted by Burnout

A bloke named Higgins designed the Landing Craft used in the D-Day Landings and in many other landing beaches in WWII, he built 20,000 of the things. Eisenhower claimed later, the D-Day landings would have failed without the Higgins Boats. They were largely made of wood.

Dont forget the pommie Percy Hobart and his floating tanks, he also made an impact with the D-Day landing.

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