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Old 04-20-08, 05:52 PM   #6
Kpt, Otto
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I visited Torcross / Slapton sands some years ago. They have salvaged a Sherman DD amphibious tank and it is now the towns memorial to those who died.



When you are there you can see how long the beaches are and hence the reason for choosing Torcross as an excercise area for the D Day landings. There are several cliff faces and all sorts of obstacles.



The War office evacuated Torcross and many other villages around the area specifically for this excersize the largest upto that point that had ever been held and even today there are entire villages that have never been returned to their original occupants.

To have a few German attack boats show up there at night I can only imagine would have been absolute carnage.

When you are there it feels very calm pleasant. You would never have known it was the once scene of such a major exercise and carnage.
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