D-Day Disaster
- Episode aired Jul 27, 1998
Operation Tiger, the disastrous large-scale rehearsal on Slapton Sands in April 1944 for the D-Day invasion is analyzed. Attacks by German E-Boats and friendly fire incidents led to the deat... Read allOperation Tiger, the disastrous large-scale rehearsal on Slapton Sands in April 1944 for the D-Day invasion is analyzed. Attacks by German E-Boats and friendly fire incidents led to the deaths of nearly 750 American GI's in the deadly training exercise.Operation Tiger, the disastrous large-scale rehearsal on Slapton Sands in April 1944 for the D-Day invasion is analyzed. Attacks by German E-Boats and friendly fire incidents led to the deaths of nearly 750 American GI's in the deadly training exercise.