Editing Exercise Tiger (section)

{{Short description|D-Day rehearsal in 1944}}
{{About||the exercise in 1942|Exercise Tiger (1942)|various other military events|Operation Tiger (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:D-Day rehearsal cph.3c32795.jpg|thumb|American troops landing on Slapton Sands in England during rehearsals for the invasion of Normandy]]
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'''Exercise Tiger''', or '''Operation Tiger''' was one of a series of large-scale [[Operation Overlord#Rehearsals and security|rehearsals]] for the [[Operation Overlord|D-Day]] invasion of [[Normandy]]. Held in April 1944 on [[Slapton, Devon|Slapton Sands]] in [[Devon]], it proved fraught with difficulties. Coordination and communication problems resulted in [[friendly fire]] injuries during the exercise, and an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] convoy positioning itself for the [[Amphibious warfare|landing]] was attacked by [[E-boat]]s of [[Nazi Germany]]'s ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'', resulting in the deaths of at least 749 American servicemen.<ref name=MacDonald-1988>{{cite journal |last=MacDonald |first=Charles B. | author-link=Charles B. MacDonald |date=June 1988 |title=Slapton Sands: The 'Cover Up' That Never Was |via=[[Naval Historical Center]] |journal=Army |volume=38 |issue=6 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/slapton-sands-the-cover-up-that-never-was.html |pages=64–67}}</ref><ref name=Fenton-2004>{{cite news |last=Fenton |first=Ben |date=26 April 2004 |title=The disaster that could have scuppered Overlord |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1460267/The-disaster-that-could-have-scuppered-Overlord.html |access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>

Because of the impending invasion of Normandy, the incident was under the strictest secrecy at the time and was only minimally reported afterwards.