Recovered WWII Sherman tank sunk during Exercise Tiger

Recovered WWII Sherman tank sunk during Exercise Tiger (StreetView)
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By kjfitz @ 2010-07-30 10:20:05
WWII memorial for Allied Soldiers killed during en:Exercise Tiger. The tank was raised from the sea bed in 1984.

Exercise Tiger was the code name for a full-scale rehearsal in 1944 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. During the exercise, an Allied convoy was attacked, resulting in the deaths of 749 American servicemen.
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