1 real historical location · Denmark
A Danish film based on the true story of German prisoners of war forced to clear over two million land mines from Danish beaches after the war ended. Boys, mostly, sent to clear the deadly legacy of their own nation's occupation — many dying in the process.
CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Denmark.
After Germany's surrender, young German POWs — many still teenagers — are forced to clear the 2.2 million mines buried in Denmark's beaches.
Denmark's post-war mine clearance by German POWs is one of the most morally controversial Allied decisions of the war's aftermath. The Geneva Convention prohibited using prisoners to clear mines; Denmark and Britain p...
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