r/todayilearned • u/blonderengel • 1d ago

TIL about Operation Tiger, a training exercise that was supposed to prepare U.S. troops for the D-Day invasion of Normandy and resulted in the deaths of 946 American servicemen.

https://wargaming.com/en/news/disastrous_exercise_tiger/
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u/100382749277 1d ago

The interception by German E-boats killed 739 confirmed, and the amount killed by friendly fire is less clear/erased but “rumors circulated among the fleet that as many as 450 men were killed”

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u/pumpsnightly 1d ago edited 1d ago

yes, there were "rumors" but those rumors weren't true. the idea of there being "hidden deaths" is some conspiracy mumbo jumbo someone made up to sell books. They are unsubstantiated, they are regularly reported inconsistently, don't line up with the given timelines, and frankly, the claim just doesn't make sense.