The tanks were meant to float for a short distance as not to alert the Germans. Five of the six tanks sunk because of the storm the night before. The storm made the sea level rise higher and higher and made humongous waves crash against the ship. The tanks were waterproof, but too much went in them and the tanks submerged, taking 25 out of the 30 troops with it. |
One of the six tanks survived as it came out of the water with the ship, the landing craft came in. George Mann was one of the people in it. His landing craft went in and hit a submerged tank. Because of this, the craft could not go as close to the shore as it was supposed to do. Mr.Mann and his friends were sent of the landing craft into a truck with water up to their waists. The truck drove into a shell crater and now, the water level was a George Mann's chin.