BigMik1 Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 I was just looking at a History Channel show on Great Military Blunders about nine German torpedo boats stumbling on an Operation Overlord training mission called "Operation Tiger". The German boats killed over 800 Allied troops that day. Ten of those men had info on the Normandy landings. I had not heard about this incident, I swear you learn something new everyday!! BigMik1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco QNS Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 In memoriam: Exercise Tiger, a disaster of WW2 - what did happen? 'Slapton Sands: The Cover-up That Never Was' By Charles B. MacDonald Tiger, the E-boat attack OPERATION TIGER - 27/28th of APR 1944 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Atreides Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 If memory serves, this was also the operation in which the Allied men put on their lifejackets upside down: A lot of men died of drowning because of that. Not sure though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdstrike Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 AFAIK, they weren't instructed in how to use them. Many put them around their hips like a belt. This way their lower body was floating and their upper body was under water. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldmeter Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 Another great disaster on Operation Tiger occured on the beaches of Slapton sands on the day prior to the e-boat attack. The American units who were acting as the defending force were given instructions to fire at the attacking troops. They were issued with live ammunition for their machine guns. The defending forces then proceeded to gun down the troops coming off the landing craft. A british officer observing the exercise looked on in dis-belief. When he said to the machine gunners that they were shooting their own men, the defenders relied that this is what they were told to do. Then later the RN shelled the beach with the soldiers still on it. I think all told 150 US troops were killed by the friendly fire. Mark 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMik1 Posted June 5, 2004 Author Share Posted June 5, 2004 Thanks for the info my fellow grogs. Alot happened during that time leading up to Operation Overlord. God Bless those men. BigMik1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Paco QNS, The E-boat attack link comes back with a Server Error. Please advise. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Paco QNS, The E-boat attack link comes back with a Server Error. Please advise. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco QNS Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Yes. It is unavailable now. It had a table of casualties per unit, that´s was more interesting in it. I add this other Operation Tiger Pages, Slapton Community Webs It includes in News - Exercise Tiger a couple of oral testimonies. Regards, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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