Slapton

Nisha McSweeney met his son.

[gentle music] The incident took place off the Devon Coast, near Slapton Sands.

Operation Tiger may have remained a forgotten moment in history if it wasn't for the amateur archeological sleuthing of a local man named Ken Small.

I'm meeting his son Dean to find out more.

Operation Tiger was carried out in April 1944.

It was one of a number of practice exercises involving troops from Britain, the US, and Canada, that all took place in preparation for the Normandy landings.

30,000 US troops were sent to Slapton Sands to rehearse their part in D-Day.

All of this stuff was completely covered up.

It is.

Um, I've just noticed that it's north of a little place called Slapton.

Ha.

Brilliant.