The official death toll was 749 men - far more than were killed on the storming of Utah beach on the real D-Day - but some believe that the real body count was 1,000 or more. To this day the beaches ...

On this day 76 years ago, almost 800 men were killed in Devon during a Second World War training exercise that went horribly wrong. Troops training for the D-Day landings at Slapton Sands in the South ...

A bomb was found on a beach in Devon, sparking a huge emergency operation. The Royal Navy, HM Coastguard, and Police officers ...

Les Mlakar knew his uncle Albert was killed during World War II. But when his other uncles discussed it — which was rare, if ever — they only did so in Slovenian. For quite a long time, most Americans ...

Last time in this space I started the story of Exercise Tiger, a little-known training disaster in the English Channel which occurred 80 years ago this past weekend. The exercise was a dress rehearsal ...

Later this month, unmarked and unobserved by the vast majority of Americans, will pass the 80th Anniversary of one of World War II’s great misfortunes; a tragedy that was as profound as it was ...

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A missing man was discovered with life-threatening injuries in the area of Slapton Sands beach in the very early hours of Monday morning, July 28. The man, who is currently in hospital with very ...