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August 8, 2021 38 mins
Thank you everyone for such a huge success in our first week! Keep the reviews and tweets coming, they help blow up our egos. For today's episode, we will be discussing Exercise Tiger, a WWII training exercise for D-Day that resulted in over 1000 deaths! What happened at Slapton Beach in 1944? This week's podcast promo is from our friend at Infinite Banter. You can find all their information at https://li.sten.to/mWTiZG9. Follow us on social media on Instagram and Twitter @redditonwiki. Follow us as well on major podcast platforms such as Apple, Spotify, and Podchaser. Don't forget to leave a 5-star review if you enjoy what you hear. All links here! https://linktr.ee/redditonwiki Consider being a Patron! The biggest benefit to you Wikimaniacs is that we have a combined Patreon! Signing up for only $5 will not only get you access to this show a week early and ad-free, but it will also get you a week early and ad-free episodes of Let's Start A Cult and The Dumb, Found Dead! A god damn it that's not all because you will also get access to John's new series Kaba, where he dives into cryptids, spooky stories, and creep folklore. So sign up today and help support yuh bois in starting something fun and exciting! Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_Tiger https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Exercise-Tiger/ https://www.history.com/news/d-days-deadly-dress-rehearsal https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/exercise-tiger.html Mentioned in this episode: Audible Sign up to get access to the largest collection of Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Audible Originals today! Click the link to get 1-month free or 3-months free for Prime Members! Audible True Classic Get shirts that actually fit and get 25% off using our code 'Reddit'! True Classic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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