description
Object description
recto, whole: a single word in the centre of the page. Two of the letters are replaced by numbers and printed in red. It
is all set in Gill Sans on an off-white background.
recto, image: no image
recto, text: 'B1G0T'
verso, whole: a block of centred grey type set on an off-white background with a title in bold beneath a number at the top of the
sheet.
verso, image: no image
verso, text: '8
Bigot
This was the codename for the top-secret clearance required to learn details of the invasion plans. Officers with this knowledge were
called "Bigoted".
In the early months of 1944, large scale rehearsals for the landings were carried out at Slapton Sands in Devon. On April 28, the rehearsal
for the Utah landing, codenamed "Tiger", was intercepted by seven German torpedo boats.
639 American soldiers were killed. This was kept secret at the time, and tragically three times the number who actually died on Utah on D-
Day.
Ten of these men were "Bigoted" officers. To be certain that the invasion plans remained secure, a vast underwater search successfully
retrieved their corpses. Had they been picked up alive by the Germans, vital secrets would have been lost. '
Physical description
no. 8 of 31 cards plus an introductory card in a black cardboard sleeve
50/50
