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Events on Friday 28 April 1944 1
1944Exercise TigerGerman E-boats attack a D-Day rehearsalGerman torpedo boats attacked a convoy of landing ships during a rehearsal for the Utah Beach landing off Slapton Sands in Devon. More than 700 American servicemen were killed. The disaster was kept secret for fear of revealing the invasion plans.