Inside Exercise Tiger, The D-Day Training Operation That Left More Than 700 American Troops Dead

All That's Interesting | 20.05.2026 08:00
The Battle of Normandy during World War II remains one of the most hallowed military efforts of the 20th century. Tens of thousands of Allied troops valiantly stormed five beaches in France as part of the effort to liberate western Europe from the Nazis and create a second front to defeat the Axis Powers. But D-Day was almost canceled after a training operation known as Exercise Tiger went awry.