The Slapton Sands Tragedy: Training Under Fire

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Sign up to My Heritage for a 14-day free trial and 50% off: https://bit.ly/Historigraph2_MH To get early access to Historigraph videos and to support their creation, please support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historigraph On April 27th 1944, during a practice landing in preparation for D-Day, a group of German torpedo boats managed to launch a devastating surprise attack on a convoy of landing ships. In the space of an hour, they turned Exercise Tiger into a disaster that claimed more Allied lives than the real landing on Utah beach would six weeks later. 0:00 - Preparations for D-Day 2:19 - MyHeritage 3:46 - Exercise Tiger 6:50 - An Ambush More Deadly than Utah Beach Credits: Artwork by: https://twitter.com/ChrisbyFlanker Animation by CKD Productions Written, Directed and Produced by: https://twitter.com/addaway23 ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/historigraph ► Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIjLJ6XfEj5rtU2dtZkV9Q ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/historigraph ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historigraph/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historigraph ►Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historigraph Sources: Nigel Lewis, Exercise Tiger: The Dramatic True Story of a Hidden Tragedy of World War II Ken Small, The Forgotten Dead: The true story of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous rehearsal for D-Day Music Credits: "Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other music and SFX from Epidemic Sound