Top secret Sherwood Forest oil fields
The One Show's Neil Oliver has been uncovering a little-known chapter in history.
In the Spring of 1943, 44 American oil drillers rolled into Sherwood on a top secret mission to extract thousands of barrels of oil from beneath the forest floor.
The Sherwood Forest oil helped turn the tide of the war in favour of Britain and her allies. It was used to fuel the vehicles and equipment for D-Day - the Allied invasion of Normandy that would eventually lead to the defeat of Germany. .
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