airboyd.tv United News Newsreel Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a World War II operation by British scientists, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France. The scheme was developed by Arthur Hartley, chief engineer with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Allied forces on the European continent required a tremendous amount of fuel. Pipelines were considered necessary to relieve dependence on oil tankers, which could be slowed by bad weather, were susceptible to German submarines, and were also needed in the Pacific War. Geoffrey William Lloyd, the Minister for Petroleum, met Admiral Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations, whose area this was, in 1942 and then the Chairman of Anglo-Iranian. Hartley’s idea of using adapted submarine telephone cable was adopted. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http www.combinedops.com
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04Dec
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11 Responses
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
WOW! A very remarkable idea and unprecedented event.
I have never heard of this extraordinary achievement.
Why was this not publicized before?
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Just Ingenious !! ..We `Need` Ideas Like This Today !!
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
@texasc4 what does Unicorn milk have to do with anything?
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
43 likes and 3 dislikes? Who wouldn’t like this… leftover Nazis?
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
My volume will not adjust. It is too low.
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
And to think Obama thinks Unicorn milk could do the job!
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Really cool. This is the first I ever heard of this!
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
The audio is really low. I have the speaker volume all the way up.
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Amazing! Thanks for the vid!
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
wow! si cool!
December 4th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
GREAT NOSTALGIC FOOTAGE!!!!!!!!