#4: Exercise Tiger | The Deadly Dry-Run For D-Day

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For today's episode, we will be discussing Exercise Tiger, a WWII training exercise for D-Day that resulted in over 1000 deaths! What happened at Slapton Beach in 1944?

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Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Exercise-Tiger/

https://www.history.com/news/d-days-deadly-dress-rehearsal

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/exercise-tiger.html

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