Percy Hobart's Funnies: The man behind the unusual tanks of D-Day

Name: Percy Hobart's Funnies: The man behind the unusual tanks of D-Day
Uploaded: 2019-06-05T10:58:00.000Z
Duration: 1 min 27 s
Description: Major General Percy Hobart helped design modified tanks that played a vital role in the D-Day assault.

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Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the landings, the BBC spoke to veterans who used the vehicles.

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5 June 2019