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Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal

Witness: World War 2 Collection by BBC

Apr 21, 202510:42Society & Culture

In April 1944, the Allies planned Exercise Tiger to practise their landing on France's Normandy beaches ahead of D-Day. During the rehearsal, a German fleet attacked, sinking two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen di...

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Exercise Tiger: Disastrous D-Day rehearsal is an episode from Witness: World War 2 Collection by BBC. In April 1944, the Allies planned Exercise Tiger to practise their landing on France's Normandy beaches ahead of D-Day. During the rehears...

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Published Apr 21, 2025, 10:42 long, audio available.