When the Tigers Broke Free
| "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 | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Harvest (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Songwriter | Roger Waters | |||
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"When the Tigers Broke Free" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters. 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.