Channel firing
Subtitle: the tragedy of Exercise Tiger
By: Nigel Lewis.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1989
Place of publication: London, England; Markham, Ont., Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Slapton Sands, Battle of, England, 1944.; Exercise Tiger.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
Description: Through research and interviews with survivors, Lewis uncovers incompetence, cover-ups, hasty midnight burials and possible official misrepresentation in the events surrounding the debacle of Exercise Tiger, when hundreds of men died in a dress rehearsal for D-Day in April 1944.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-[297]) and index.