Exercise Fabius

Exercise Fabius was a formal exercise for the Allied Operation Neptune in World War II.^[1] The other was Exercise Tiger, which had occurred a week earlier.^[2]

The exercise was planned to start on 2 May 1944, but bad weather delayed it to the next day.^[1] It consisted of six separate exercises:^[1]

Fabius 1: elements of the 1st Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division (United States) practised amphibious landing at Slapton Sands.^[1]
Fabius 2: elements of the 50th Infantry Division practised landings at Hayling Island.^[1]
Fabius 3: elements of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division practised landings at Bracklesham Bay.^[1]
Fabius 4: elements of the 3rd Infantry Division and associated units practised landing at Littlehampton.^[1]
Fabius 5 and 6: practice for American and British forces working on buildup of forces and supplies on Allied beaches.^[1]

They formed the largest amphibious training exercise of the war.^[1] As the final exercise before Operation Neptune, it resembled closely the final operation and no major changes could be made to Operation Neptune.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Yung 2006, p. 153.
^ Yung 2006, p. 152.
^ Yung 2006, p. 154.

Bibliography

Yung, Christopher (2006). Gators of Neptune : naval amphibious planning for the Normandy invasion. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-997-2.

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[FOOTNOTEYung2006153-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Yung 2006, p. 153.

[FOOTNOTEYung2006152-2] Yung 2006, p. 152.

[FOOTNOTEYung2006154-3] Yung 2006, p. 154.

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