Exercise Tiger went terribly wrong when Nazi e-boats attacked the convoys carrying U.S. troops
On April 28, 1944, American troops held a dress rehearsal for the invasion of Normandy at Slapton Sands in Devon, England. But the rehearsal known as Exercise Tiger went terribly wrong. The Nazis were alerted to the exercise by a lot of radio chatter. They sent their e-boats to attack the convoy carrying the Americans. When the carnage was over, nearly 800 American soldiers had lost their lives.
The tragedy of Exercise Tiger was kept secret for years.
The real McCoy – the invasion at Normandy – on June 6, 1944 resulted in the loss of roughly 29,000 American lives.
Let’s take a look at some other American battle losses.
During our Civil War, 3,155 Union soldiers die and 5,365 went missing at the Battle of Gettysburg. 3,903 Confederate soldiers died and 5,425 went missing.
More than 26,000 American soldiers died at Meuse-Argonne during WW1.
Almost 20,000 Americans lost their lives during WW2 at the Battle of the Bulge.
Roughly 6,800 U.S. Marines died on the sands of Iwo Jima.
During the Korean War, almost 3,000 Americans lost their lives in the battle of Chosin Reservoir.
The second Iraq War took the lives of 4,424 American troops, both killed in action and non-hostile.
We’ve been at war in Afghanistan for 17 years. Thus far roughly 2,400 U.S. troops have been killed there.
The combined American deaths in both the second Iraq War and the Afghanistan War just about equals the deaths of Americans in just one WW2 battle – The Battle of Iwo Jima.
The Generation X sissies and the gutless Millennials, who need to be warned “This report contains graphic scenes that some viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised,” haven’t the foggiest idea of what real battle casualties are like.
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We will never know what the true number of casualties in modern day war. Most combat is now accomplished with specialized units on clandestine operations. Operations that are classified and not for public knowledge. These specialized units are made up of many branches of the military and train constantly. The days of mass invasions are over. Now it's specific targeting by elite units and drones. The good news is that it's effective and reduces combat deaths. The bad news is that the soldiers that make up these specialized units carry a heavy mental and physical burden that may never heal.
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