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Dorset D-Day rehearsals to be celebrated

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Exercise Smash was carried out in 1944 in Studland because it was deemed similar to the beaches of Normandy thanks to its long shores and sandy dunes. Thousands of men took part in the exercise and it’s here the British tested their amphibious tanks – the duplex-drive Valentine tank. The tanks were designed to be launched in the sea when big naval carriers couldn’t dock. On April 4, 1944, the exercise took a tragic turn when the tanks were launched too far out from the shore and, when the weather turned, they started taking on water. Seven of them sank, killing six soldiers.

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Bournemouth Echo

Dorset D-Day rehearsals to be celebrated

NEXT month will see the 80th anniversary of a dress rehearsal for the D-Day landings which took place in Studland Bay.

2 months ago·Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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