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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1684822" data-attributes="member: 3144">'Operation Tiger' the training exercise on Slapton Sands in Devon, England. Spring 1944. In late 1943, as part of the build-up to D-day, the British Government set up a training ground at Slapton Sands to be used by Force "U", the American forces tasked with landing on Utah Beach. Slapton Beach was selected for its similarity to Utah Beach: a gravel beach, followed by a strip of land and then a lake.The Photo:In the foreground on the sand are rolls of mesh 'Sommerfeld Tracking' (named after German expatriate engineer, Kurt Joachim Sommerfeld), used to strengthen weak and viscous surfaces. In the center of the frame is an American Sherman M-10 tank destroyer named "Bessie" equipped with special boxes that protected the engine from the ingress of water, also visible is a Caterpillar D-8 bulldozer, used by the allies in landings for clearing the beaches.The photo also shows two landing craft LCT class numbered 27 and 53. At the back, is a large tank landing ship LST-325, which subsequently was involved in transporting troops and equipment onto the Normandy beaches. After the war, she was sold to Greece and served in it's Navy until 1999. In 2000 LST 325 was bought back by the United States and now serves as a memorial to ships of this class in Evansville Indiana.'Operation Tiger'The first practice assaults took place on the morning of 27 April 1944. These proceeded successfully but early in the morning of 28 April, nine German S-boats that had left Cherbourg on patrol spotted a convoy of eight LSTs carrying vehicles and combat engineers of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade in Lyme Bay and then attacked. One transport (LST-507) caught fire and was abandoned. LST-531 sank shortly after being torpedoed while LST-289 was set on fire but eventually made it back to shore.USS LST-511 was damaged by friendly fire. Of the two ships assigned to protect the convoy, only one was present. British shore batteries defending Salcombe Harbour had seen silhouettes of the S-boats but had been instructed to hold fire so the Germans would not find that Salcombe was defended.When the remaining LSTs landed on Slapton Beach, the blunders continued and a further 308 men died from friendly fire. The British heavy cruiser HMS Hawkins shelled the beach with live ammunition, following an order made by General Dwight D Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, who felt that the men must be hardened by exposure to real battle conditions.Ten missing officers involved in the exercise had 'Bigot level' clearance for D-Day, meaning that they knew the invasion plans and could have compromised the invasion should they have been captured alive. As a result the invasion was nearly called off until the bodies of all ten victims were found.The total of 749 American killed and missing was 10 times the actual losses on UTAH BEACH on June 6 1944. Colourised by Paul Reynolds.<img src="https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1378772_615502265246236_34791883142474856_n.jpg?oh=0cd67bc4035fc6c4684d967530eef8aa&oe=54D52A4F" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

Verificación: Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982