In the autumn of 1943, the United States armed forces, with the cooperation of the British government, evacuated seven villages and took over 30 acres of Devon to set up a high security camp where thousands of young American recruits could be trained for the forthcoming invasion of Europe. Known as Exercise Tiger, the operation included manoeuvres and rehearsals on landing craft in the English Channel. On the night of April 28th 1944, the landing craft had inadequate escort of warships and seven German E-boats in the area ...
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In the autumn of 1943, the United States armed forces, with the cooperation of the British government, evacuated seven villages and took over 30 acres of Devon to set up a high security camp where thousands of young American recruits could be trained for the forthcoming invasion of Europe. Known as Exercise Tiger, the operation included manoeuvres and rehearsals on landing craft in the English Channel. On the night of April 28th 1944, the landing craft had inadequate escort of warships and seven German E-boats in the area moved in. At first, the Americans thought they were part of the exercise, but then they saw that their friends were being wounded and killed on several of the vessels, the order was given to abandon ship. Many of the soldiers who jumped, drowned soon after hitting the water. Through research and interviews with survivors, Lewis uncovers incompetence, cover-ups, hasty midnight burials and possible official misrepresentation in the events surrounding the debacle of Exercise Tiger, when hundreds of men died in a dress rehearsal for D-Day in April 1944.
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Very Good. 0907906125. Large paperback, ". the dramatic and moving story of one of the Second World War's hidden tragedies-the deaths of hundreds of American servicemen off the Devon and Dorset coasts in a D-Day exercise that went horrifyingly wrong, " the former owner's name is present on the half-title page, the glossy cover shows rubbing and has a corner-crease, the flaws are minor, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine; 308 pages.
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Good in card covers. World War II-Western Europe 'Tiger'-the disaster in the Channel in 1944. German E Boats attacked a group of American Landing Craft practicing maneuvers off Dorset in preparation for D-Day. Seven hundred and forty nine American Servicemen lost their lives. UL-XXXXXX. 308pp, illustrations.
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Good. Cover has light scratches/marks. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Textblock has tanning. Some pages have underlining but still in good readable condition. 320 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified.
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