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The Forgotten Dead
Ken Small
Mark Rogerson
其他書名
The true story of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous rehearsal for D-Day
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2018-06-28
主題
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
History / Military / Strategy
History / Military / United States
Biography & Autobiography / Military
Biography & Autobiography / General
History / Military / General
ISBN
1472834569
9781472834560
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YYxaDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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27 April 1944. Exercise Tiger. German E-boats intercept rehearsals for the D-Day landings...
On a dark night in 1944, a beautiful stretch of the Devon coast became the scene of desperate horror. Tales began to leak out of night-time explosions and seaborne activity. This was practice for Exercise Tiger, the main rehearsal for the Utah Beach landings.
This fiasco, in which nearly 1,000 soldiers died, was buried by officials until it was almost forgotten. That is, until Ken Small discovered the story, and decided to dedicate the rest of his life to honouring the brave young men who perished in the disastrous exercise. Pulling a Sherman tank from the seabed, Ken created a memorial to those who died and started to share their story, and his, with the world.
This updated edition of a bestselling classic is a gripping tale of wartime disaster and rescue in the words of the soldiers who were there, and of one man's curiosity that turned into a fight to ensure that they would never be forgotten.
