Exercise Fabius
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Exercise Fabius
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Exercise Fabius, or Operation Fabius, was a formal exercise for the Allied Operation Neptune in World War II. The other was Exercise Tiger, which had occurred a week earlier. The exercise was planned to start on 2 May 1944, but bad weather delayed it to the next day.
It consisted of six separate exercises:
- Fabius 1: elements of the 1st Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division practised amphibious landing at Slapton Sands.
- Fabius 2: elements of the 50th Infantry Division practised lan
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2009-12-17T18:58:07Z
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2024-08-30T15:08:44Z
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