This happened 75 years ago.

[Fouro]

The D Day rehersal that cost 800 lives.
Click on html to read about the disaster.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27185893

Regards from,
Fouro.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Very interesting Fouro,

Regards,

Keith.

[happy daze john in oz]

No doubt there are many more such stories of events during the war that did not go as planned.

Maybe one day we may find out about them, but embarasment may prevent such for a few more years yet.

[Fouro]

It's the lesser-known D-Day, one launched two months after the Normandy landings on the other side of France, with French forces this time playing a premier role.
Click on to the html below to read about it.

https://www.thelocal.fr/20190815/fra...er-d-day-began

Regards from,
Fouro.

[Bill Morrison]

Hi Fouro. Here is one of those coincidences, just been watching rerun of The World At War on Ch.25 YESTERDAY. They landed to no opposition the Germans had already moved out.
Wynford Vaughan Thomas the war correspondent described it as surreal. " As we walked up the beach a Frenchman carrying a tray with Champagne and glasses approched and commented "I think you are rather late"" This gave rise to It being called The Champagne Campaign.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Fouro
That was on TV here a while back,. makes one wonder whether General Haigh of the first world war was still in charge.
Des