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Exercise Tiger

1944 in EnglandBritish military exercisesFriendly fire incidents of World War IIMilitary history of DevonMilitary history of the United Kingdom during World War II
Naval battles of World War II involving the United StatesWestern European theatre of World War II
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Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon. Coordination and communication problems resulted in friendly fire injuries during the exercise, and an Allied convoy positioning itself for the landing was attacked by E-boats of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, resulting in the deaths of at least 749 American servicemen.Because of the impending invasion of Normandy, the incident was under the strictest secrecy at the time and was only minimally reported afterwards.

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