Having accomplished the rescue, the boat runs into an enemy minefield during its return and is attacked by German air and sea forces.

'Will you go to the war front and walk through enemy minefields?'

While there, Hart patrolled, provided starshell illumination, and directed minesweeping vessels through the treacherous enemy minefields off the beaches.

In addition, the ships of the Sperrbrecher type would, early in the war, be used to clear suspected enemy minefields by simply sailing through them.

Their mission was to be a foot-mobile infiltration force, and these Marines trained for four weeks rehearsing how they would breach the enemy minefields set before them.

Porter concluded that they either marked locations of Confederate submarine batteries or indicated a safe pathway through enemy minefields.

However, they move into an enemy minefield and are shelled by 88s.

This unit's soldiers are so dedicated that in 1994 one it commanders rescued himself from an enemy minefield after half his right leg was blown-off.

He served under generals who openly affirmed that the quickest way of removing an enemy minefield was to send an infantry company to advance across it.

Young had been leading a night patrol on 23 July 1944, when he and his men found themselves in any enemy minefield.