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<p>Das <b>Exercise Tiger Memorial</b> befindet sich in <a href="Slapton" title="Slapton">Slapton</a> südwestlich von <a href="Dartmouth_(Devon)" title="Dartmouth (Devon)">Dartmouth</a> in der südwestenglischen Grafschaft <a href="Devon_(England)" title="Devon (England)">Devon</a>.
</p><p>Es erinnert an die 944 Toten, die am 28. April 1944 bei einem Angriff <a href="NS-Staat" title="NS-Staat">deutscher</a> <a href="Schnellboote_der_Reichs-_und_Kriegsmarine" title="Schnellboote der Reichs- und Kriegsmarine">Schnellboote</a> während der US-amerikanischen <a href="Exercise_Tiger_(1944)" title="Exercise Tiger (1944)">Übung Tiger</a> umkamen.
</p><p>Der Panzer vom Typ <a href="M4_Sherman" title="M4 Sherman">M4A1 Sherman</a> wurde auf Initiative von Ken Small 1974 aus der Bucht geborgen und 1984 aufgestellt.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Ken Small: <i>The Forgotten Dead – Why 946 American Servicemen Died Off The Coast Of Devon In 1944 – And The Man Who Discovered Their True Story.</i></li></ul>
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