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German torpedo boats attacked troop transports and landing craft of Operation Tiger, an amphibious landing exercise being conducted at Slapton Sands, in preparation for the invasion of France. More than one source gives the fatal casualty count as 749. Escort warships had been assigned to the convoys, and warnings about German naval activity had gone out, but problems with timing, poor communications and radio frequency confusion all contributed to the disaster. The degree of cover-up at the time and post-war has been debated. (MacDonald, Charles B. "Slapton Sands: The 'Cover-Up' That Never Was," Army 38, no. 6 (Jun. 1988): 64-67.) There is now a permanent memorial featuring a Sherman tank recovered from the sea at Slapton Sands.
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