Disaster Before D-Day: Exercise Tiger
The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare & were a major turning point towards Allied victory. But they weren’t without planning & practice & in late April 1944, one of these trials ende...
Dan Snow's History Hit · History Hit
June 3, 202141m 9s
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<p>The D-Day landings of June 6 1944 were the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare, and are famed as a major turning point towards Allied victory. But they weren’t without planning and practice. In late April 1944, the Allies launched one of their trial runs, Exercise Tiger, off Slapton Sands in Devon. The aim was a closely choreographed landing, the result was a disaster. In this episode from our sibling podcast <a href="https://podfollow.com/the-world-wars/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Warfare</em></a> hear Dr Harry Bennett from the University of Plymouth discussing the players in this trial run, and how it became the Battle of Lyme Bay.</p><br><p>Watch <a href="https://access.historyhit.com/videos/the-lincolnshire-buffalo-with-dan-snow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Lincolnshire Buffalo: With Dan Snow</em></a><em> </em>where Dan was given exclusive access to the WWII Buffalo LVT recently dug up in Crowland, Lincolnshire.</p>
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