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Visit Braunton Burrows Matilda Tank, Braunton, England

Braunton Burrows played an important role during the Second World War. In 1943 Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Thompson was tasked with training the Americans for their assault on the heavily defended Normandy beaches. At the most northerly point Braunton Burrows there is the remains of a Matilda tank. Matilda’s where used by the British, but this one may have been donated for target practice.
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