This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of the Slapton Sands tragedy. To this day the beaches of the South Hams have a quiet, half-forgotten air as if time has passed them by. And one of the reasons ...

Unsung American D-Day troops killed by Nazis in British waters as they rehearsed for the momentous landings have been remembered in a poignant art installation. Bootprints of 749 GIs have been laid ...

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 ...

As the crunch D-Day offensive loomed, American forces needed to ensure their best chance of cracking the Nazi stranglehold on Europe. So a huge dry run was planned on an English beach selected because ...

WASHINGTON CITY – The explosion pulsated through the ship carrying 25-year-old Quentin Nisson, a Washington City native who was at one time asleep before this rather unpleasant — and fear-inducing — ...

Hundreds of US servicemen who died off the coast of Devon during a World War Two training exercise have been remembered at its 71st anniversary memorial service. Exercise Tiger was staged at Slapton ...

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. The ...

American troops who were killed as they rehearsed for the D-Day landings have been honoured at the England beach where they died. Exercise Tiger saw hundreds of soldiers stationed at Slapton Sands in ...

Two American amphibian landing ships that were sunk in an ill-fated D-Day rehearsal, covered up for years by military leaders, are to be protected. More than 700 US troops were killed when they were ...

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 ...