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