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1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 min. 55 sec.) ; 258487788 bytes |
| Summary |
How did a rehearsal for D-Day on a sleepy stretch of British coast turn into a bloodbath resulting in the death of hundreds of Allied soldiers? 'Exercise Tiger' was the Allies' worst training disaster of the 20th century - a combination of allied incompetence and enemy infiltration that was hushed up until 1984. Survivor and eye-witness accounts, top-secret documents, film archive and findings from underwater excavations help to reveal the secrecy and conflicting evidence that persists to this day. This documentary tells the truth about Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for D-Day on the Devon coast in April 1944 that turned into a bloodbath when the US landing craft were ambushed by German E-boats. (From the Netherlands, in English) (Documentary) PG CC **Premiere** |
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Broadcast 2014-06-06 at 21:35:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Bombing and gunnery ranges.
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Seafaring life.
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Soldiers -- Training.
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War memorials.
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World War (1939-1945)
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Military operations, Naval.
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United States.
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England -- Devon.
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France -- Normandy.
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Streaming video
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Richards, Matt, director
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Boulter, Russell, host
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Bass, Richard, contributor
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Bennett, Harry, contributor
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Bronk, Alfred, contributor
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Frank, Tim, contributor
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Hicks, Floyd, contributor
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Rodman, Dale, contributor
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Stacey, Michael, contributor
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Strathcona, Euan, contributor
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Thatcher, Earl, contributor
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