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Called Exercise Tiger, a D-Day dress rehearsal proved fatal to around 700 Allied sailors and soldiers who died in a training exercise at a friendly British beach. Speedy German attack vessels called E-boats became aware of the maneuver and attacked the Allied flotilla, sinking several ships with torpedoes.
[Pictured: American troops on Slapton Sands in England during a training exercise.]
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