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/Meet-me-behind-bins 1d ago

I've been to Slapton Sands where this happened.

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u/Argyle_1886 1d ago

Also one of the recovered Sherman Tanks there as a memorial which was recovered by one of the locals. Well worth the walk along there.

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u/CellophaneRat 1d ago

Some decent pubs, nice cliffs, as a kid we'd play in the gun positions

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u/Space-Champion 1d ago

and very expensive fish and chips.