Following the Nazi surrender in May 1945, Denmark remained booby-trapped with millions of mines laid by German forces to prevent an Allied invasion.
: The clearing process was extremely lethal. It is estimated that 149 soldiers were killed and hundreds more wounded during the five-month operation. Historical records indicate approximately 20% of the deminers were killed or injured. subtitle Land.of.Mine.2015.720p.BluRay.x264.[YT...
The narrative focuses on a small group of German boys assigned to clear a specific beach under the command of a hardened Danish Sergeant, Carl Leopold Rasmussen (played by Roland Møller). The Rapid Clearance of Denmark's Minefields in 1945 Following the Nazi surrender in May 1945, Denmark
The film (2015), originally titled Under sandet ("Under the Sand"), is a Danish-German historical war drama directed by Martin Zandvliet. It explores a controversial and little-known chapter of post-World War II history: the forced labor of young German prisoners of war (POWs) to clear over 1.5 million landmines from the Danish coastline. Historical Background It explores a controversial and little-known chapter of
: Many of these "soldiers" were teenagers, some as young as 13 to 15, who were conscripted into the Volkssturm (National Militia) toward the end of the war. Film Plot and Themes
: To clear these fields, British and Danish commands recruited over 2,000 German POWs. To bypass the 1929 Geneva Convention, which prohibited forcing POWs to perform dangerous labor, the soldiers were officially classified as "voluntarily surrendered enemy personnel".