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Combined Ops Memorial
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Information about the memorial
including its location in the grounds of the
National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
It will embrace all from the many Allied
nations who served in Combined Operations or
were trained by them in the art of amphibious
warfare. |
| Operation Overlord |
D Day, June 6 1944! Operation Overlord was the
culmination of years of planning and training by Combined Operation
planners along with others, notably the USA. |
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Mulberry
Harbours |
The Allies needed secure sheltered harbour facilities within
days of the Normandy landings to supply their advancing forces until ports like Cherbourg were
captured. How did they erect two harbours, each the size of Dover, in just a few days
in wartime, when Dover took 7 years to construct in peacetime? |
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P.L.U.T.O
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The Pipeline Under
the Ocean was designed to supply petrol from storage tanks in southern England
to the advancing Allied armies in France in the months following D-Day.
This page tells the story of the planning, development, testing and
installation of the pipelines and of the contribution of PLUTO to the war effort. |
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Normandy Poems |
5 thoughtful poems about
aspects of the Normandy landings. |
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The Gratitude
of a Nation [Churchill] |
An
expression of a Nation's gratitude for the role of Combined Operations
in planning and training for the amphibious aspects of D-Day written
to Mountbatten after Churchill stood on the beaches of Normandy on D +
6. |
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Bruneval,
France. (Biting) |
Operation Biting (27/2/42)
was a
daring Combined Operation raid on a German radar station at
Bruneval in northern France. The purpose was to obtain German radar components
for analysis by experts.
[Air] 1 Whitley Squadron. [Sea] Landing Craft &
Escorts. |
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St
Nazaire, France (Chariot) |
Operation Chariot (28/3/42) was an audacious Combined
Operation raid on the port of St Nazaire in German occupied France. Packed with
tons of high explosives a destroyer was rammed into the gates of the only dry
dock capable of servicing the German battleship Tirpitz. Such was the damage
that the dry dock was rendered unusable for the remainder of the war.
[Land] Nos.1,2,3,4,5,9 & 10 Commandos. [Sea]
HMS Campbelltown. |
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Dieppe,
France (Jubilee) |
Operation Jubilee (19/8/42), the Dieppe
Raid was very costly for Canadian forces but valuable lessons were learned in
planning future operations, including D-Day.
[Land]
Nos 3 & 4 Commando with 50 US Rangers, the Canadian 2nd Division. [Sea] 230 ships with 3000 men. [Air] 65 RAF Squadrons
(fighters, fighter/bombers and bombers). |
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'Omaha' Beach
(Aquatint) |
This page is about
Operation
Aquatint (12-13/9/42) a Small Scale Raiding Force's (SSRF) operation
which took place on part of 'Omaha' beach, which, unbeknown to anyone at
the time, would witness the largest amphibious invasion force in history
just 21 months later on June 6 1944. [Land] 12 Commandos of the Small Scale Raiding
Force (SSRF). [Sea] MTB 344 the Little Pisser under the command of Freddie
Bourne. |
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River
Gironde, France (Frankton) |
Operation Frankton (7/12/42), popularly known as the Cockleshell Heroes, tells
how a
handful of Royal Marines paddled their way up 70 miles of the Gironde
River to lay charges on enemy shipping.
[Land] 10 Royal Marines - "The Cockleshell
Heroes." [Sea] Sub. HMS Tuna. |
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Normandy,
France (Neptune & Overlord) |
Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings of June
1944, was the beginning of the end for Hitler and his army in Europe. The German
forces were under increasing pressure from all sides and the great effort by
Allied forces proved decisive. Many hard battles, now etched in the collective
memory of the nation, were fought along the route to the German heartland. 170,000 assault
troops, 5000 ships and 820 aircraft mainly from Canada, UK and the USA. |
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