More than 1,200 Allied soldiers were killed over two days off Slapton Sands in Devon, a disaster that was kept hidden by the authorities for decades. On April 27, 1944 over 400 of them were ...

He served for many years as a Royal Marine and he's a qualified marine ... This strip of shingle at the southern edge of Slapton Sands, separated by a slither of road from the freshwater lake ...

And one of the reasons behind that strangely nostalgic atmosphere is that the long sloping shingle beach at Slapton Sands was the scene of one of the most tragic single episodes in Devon's history.

Allied planners identified a coastal stretch known as Slapton Sands, on the Devon Coast of England, as suitably similar to the beaches of Normandy where the main assault units could stage training.

Article continues below Exercise Tiger on Slapton Sands, Devon, in April 1944 should have been a series of slick, bloodless drills. But a string of blunders meant hundreds of troops were killed in ...

The event marks the anniversary of Exercise Tiger at Slapton Sands on 28 April 1944. A total of 749 servicemen died when convoys training for the D-Day landings were attacked by German torpedo boats.

Hundreds of people descended upon Slapton Sands today to remember the American troops who were killed as they rehearsed for D-Day. The poignant tribute was unveiled at Slapton Sands by the charity ...

Dartmouth Coastguard Rescue Team were tasked to Slapton Sands to reports of the unexploded ordinance at Slapton Sands and shared remarkable footage of its detonation at around 4pm this afternoon.

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the deadly Exercise Tiger, in which 749 US troops were killed, an art installation called 'There But Not There' has been laid on the beach at Slapton Sands.