Canadian Engineers Built a Minefield Under Roads… German Tanks Realised They Were Doomed

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German Panzer columns in Italy were confident. Their elite sappers (Pioniere) swept the roads for mines and found... nothing. The roads were pristine, clear, and perfectly safe. But it was a trap. An invisible weapon, buried deep beneath the bedrock, that no detector on earth could find. This is the story of the "McNaughton Tube," or the Canadian Pipe Mine. Invented by Canadian General Andrew McNaughton, this ingenious device wasn't a mine on the road—it was a pipe packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, bored deep underneath it. When German tanks rolled over, Canadian sappers didn't just blow off a track. They detonated the pipe, deleting the entire road, creating an impassable 50-foot crater in a single, subterranean blast. It stopped entire Panzer divisions for days, creating a psychological "road-fear" that crippled the German advance. Join 'Canadian WW2 Tales' to learn how Canadian "plumbers" defeated German Panzers with a weapon they never saw coming. Subscribe for more hidden stories of Canada's vital role in the Second World War. #ww2 #canadianhistory #militaryengineering #documentary