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The Forgotten Dead
The true story of Exercise Tiger, the disastrous rehearsal for D-Day
Taschenbuch von Ken Small (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Ken Small, Mark Rogerson
Zusammenfassung
There is a continued strong interest in this subject both in the local area and beyond.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements

1 The Forgotten Dead
2 Exercise Tiger
3 Attack!
4 A Slow, Cold Death
5 A Question of Blame
6 Early Days
7 How to Buy a Tank
8 The Recovery Begins
9 Ashore at Last
10 The Memorial Service
11 Relatives and Friends
12 The Missing Graves
13 The Next Crusade

AfterwordSurvivors' StoriesThe German PerspectiveA Note on the AuthorThe Roll of HonourIndex
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472834492
ISBN-10: 1472834496
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Small, Ken
Rogerson, Mark
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Ken Small (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2018
Gewicht: 0,26 kg
Artikel-ID: 111588202
Über den Autor
Ken Small, Mark Rogerson
Zusammenfassung
There is a continued strong interest in this subject both in the local area and beyond.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements

1 The Forgotten Dead
2 Exercise Tiger
3 Attack!
4 A Slow, Cold Death
5 A Question of Blame
6 Early Days
7 How to Buy a Tank
8 The Recovery Begins
9 Ashore at Last
10 The Memorial Service
11 Relatives and Friends
12 The Missing Graves
13 The Next Crusade

AfterwordSurvivors' StoriesThe German PerspectiveA Note on the AuthorThe Roll of HonourIndex
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Biographien
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472834492
ISBN-10: 1472834496
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Small, Ken
Rogerson, Mark
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 198 x 128 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Ken Small (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2018
Gewicht: 0,26 kg
Artikel-ID: 111588202
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