Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of the rehearsals for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Held in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon, it proved fraught with difficulties. Coordination and co
American troops landing on Slapton Sands in England during rehearsals for the invasion of Normandy
Sherman DD tank at the Torcross memorial in South Devon.
E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft of the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large To
Exercise Tiger
…and communication problems resulted in friendly fire injuries during the exercise, and an Allied convoy preparing for the landing was attacked by E-boats of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, resulting in the deaths of at least 749 American servicemen. Because of the impending invasion of Normandy, the incident…
An E-boat flying the white flag, after surrender at the coastal forces base HMS Beehive, Felixstowe, May 1945
Italian MS 472, post-war configuration
This is one of the S-7-class boats, S-13. The Chinese Navy operated three boats of this class.