Exercise Tiger: How the top secret D-Day rehearsal went tragically wrong
Автор: BFBS Forces News
Загружено: 2024-04-28
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In the early hours of 28 April 1944, 30,000 American service personnel were preparing to take part in a rehearsal for the Normandy Landings.
Slapton Sands in Devon was chosen as the landing area for Exercise Tiger as it closely resembled Utah beach, having a shingle beach.
But the mock landing was marred by real gunfire - and a very real enemy - that led to the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers and sailors.
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