1944Slapton Sands Tragedy: Training Exercise Disaster

The Slapton Sands tragedy: hundreds of American soldiers and...
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1944

🪦 Slapton Sands Tragedy: Training Exercise Disaster

The Slapton Sands tragedy: hundreds of American soldiers and sailors are killed over two days in a training exercise in preparation for D-Day at Slapton in Devon.
Slapton Sands Tragedy: Training Exercise Disaster (1944)
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