st. The soldiers were to run across the mine field and as they were too light, the mines wouldn't be set off. The soldiers were light and ran over on foot, hence its name Operation Lightfoot. As the infantry attacked, the engineers had to clear a path for the tanks. Each stretch of land cleared of mines was 24 feet wide- just enough for a line of tanks in single file. Clearing mines was very dangerous, as one mine was connected with others via wires. If one mine was set off, many others would blow up as well and if one tank broke down, it held up all tanks that were behind it. There were also many traffic jams because of the one lane traffic they were forced to move in. When the tanks became jammed, they became easy targets for the German gunners. After two nights, the British were still unsuccessful and losing too many people so the operation was called off. Now, Australians forces attacked Rommel from the Mediterranean Sea so Rommel moved a lot of his t
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