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| "When the Tigers Broke Free" | ||||
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| Single by Pink Floyd | ||||
| B-side | "Bring the Boys Back Home" | |||
| Released | 26 July 1982 | |||
| Recorded | November 1981 – March 1982 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic rock | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roger Waters | |||
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"When the Tigers Broke Free" is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters.[1][2] It describes the death of his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, on 18 February 1944, during the Battle of Anzio during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War.[3]
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