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946: The Amazing Story
of Adolphus Tips
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MICHAEL MORPURGO’S wonderful children’s book 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips tells the story of the people of the small south Devon village of Slapton who were forcibly evacuated from their homes in 1943 to allow US forces to rehearse the Normandy landings.
The 946 of the title refers to the number of soldiers killed when, by pure coincidence, a flotilla of nazi submarines were in the area and, through an almighty cock-up, were able to torpedo the unguarded landing craft taking part in the exercise.
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