Reading Bunkers and Hedgerows After Visiting the Airborne Museum

Normandy terrain is not background; it is a tactical actor.

Landscape realities

• Hedgerows restrict vision and movement

• Narrow lanes create choke points

• Fortified nodes magnify defense

• Identify sightlines

• Identify choke points

• Identify communication routes

If you can explain one hedgerow lane as a tactical problem, you've moved from sightseeing to interpretation.