15 Military Disasters That Were Quietly Covered Up
15 Military Disasters That Were Quietly Covered Up - History Collection
4. Operation Tiger (Slapton Sands Exercise Disaster, 1944)
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In April 1944, during a D-Day rehearsal at Slapton Sands, German torpedo boats ambushed and killed upwards of 749 Allied troops. The incident was classified until after the war, with survivors sworn...