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Hi the morning this is Chris Bucking Glasgow thank you for your

interesting engaging podcasts as always I've learnt finally why

Poss wins down what his name just until he dies the years and never knew

Just as a race between slaps and sands I wondered if you knew about the military disaster that

I felt there in World War Two and it was one of the training grounds for D-Day

It was selected because the beach was very similar to the surrounding terrain was very similar to Utah Beach

So 3000 inhabitants of the slaps and area were evacuated in the war

They wouldn't know why of course many of them have never even left the village before they were evacuated

In April 1944 there was a large scale exercise rehearsal for D-Day

but communication problems led to a number of friendly fire episodes

and some reason I don't know exactly why but there was an attack by German e-boats

which resulted in the death of at least 749 U.S. servicemen

So, but it is history and I doorstep to the race going past the other day

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