PLUTO, Secret Pipelines of WW II
Towed “Conundrums” spooled off steel pipe across the English Channel soon after D-Day.
Secret pipelines unwound from massive spools to reach French ports and transport vital oil across the English Channel after the June 6, 1944, D-Day landings.
Wartime planners knew that following the Normandy invasion, Allied forces would need vast quantities of petroleum to continue the advance into Europe.
The secret 1944 pipeline mission featured a popular Walt Disney character.
Allied leadership also knew that tankers trying to reach French ports would be vulnerable to Luftwaffe attacks. A secret plan looked to using new undersea pipeline technologies. (more…)
