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Dates
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Location (Codename)
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Notes
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4/7/40 |
Mers-el-Kebir
(Catapult) |
The neutralisation of a squadron of the
Vichy French fleet. |
|
3-4/3/41 |
Lofoten
Islands (Claymore) |
[Land} 3 & 4 Commandos. [Sea] HMS Queen Emma,
Princess Beatrix & 5 Destroyers. |
|
20-21/4/41 |
Bardia,
North Africa |
[Land] A
Battalion (ex No 7 Commando). [Sea] HMS Glengyle. |
|
9-10/6/41 |
Litani River,
Palestine |
[Land] C Battalion (ex 11 Commando).
[Sea] HMS
Glengyle. |
|
14/11/41 |
Rommel's HQ,
N
Africa (Flipper) |
[Land] Middle East Commando. L detachment, No 11 Commando
& G(R) Branch |
|
26-27/12/41 |
Lofoten Islands
2nd Raid (Anklet) |
[Land} 12 Commando. [Sea] HMS Arethusa & 8
destroyers in support. |
|
27/12/41 |
Vaagso, Norway
(Archery) |
[Land] 2
& 3 Commandos [Sea] HMS Prince Leopold & Prince Charles + HMS Kenya & 4 Destroyers. [Air] Bomber
Command & Coastal Command. |
|
27/2/42 |
Bruneval,
France. (Biting) |
[Air] 1 Whitley Squadron. [Sea] Landing Craft &
Escorts. |
|
28/3/42 |
St
Nazaire, France (Chariot) |
[Land] Nos.1,2,3,4,5,9 & 10 Commandos. [Sea]
HMS Campbelltown. |
|
5-7/5/42 |
Madagascar (Ironclad) |
[Land] No 5 Commando, |
|
19/8/42 |
Dieppe,
France (Jubilee) |
[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). |
12-13/9/42 |
'Sword' Beach
(Aquatint) |
[Land] 12 Commandos of the Small Scale Raiding
Force (SSRF). [Sea] MTB 344 the Little Pisser under the command of Freddie
Bourne. |
15-22/9/42 |
Glomfjord,
Norway (Musketoon) |
[Land] 2 Captains, 8 other ranks from No 2 Commando & 2 Corporals from
Norwegian Forces attached to SOE. [Sea] Free French Submarine Junon. |
|
8-12/11/42 |
North
Africa (Torch) |
Full listing of all services on
page |
|
7/12/42 |
River
Gironde, France (Frankton) |
[Land] 10 Royal Marines - "The Cockleshell
Heroes." [Sea] Sub. HMS Tuna. |
|
11/6/43 |
Pantelleria
(Corkscrew) |
[Land] Infantry [Sea] ? [Air] ? |
|
10/7/43 |
Sicily (Husky) |
[Land]
US 7th Army British 8th Army [Sea] 2760 ships of the RN and US Navy [Air] ? |
|
9/9/43 |
Salerno,
Italy (Avalanche) |
A brief account of the
advance from Sicily to Rome. More detailed accounts of the individual landings listed below will be added in due course. |
|
6/6/44 |
Normandy,
France (Neptune & Overlord) [large file] |
170,000 assault
troops, 5000 ships and 820 aircraft mainly from Canada, UK and the USA. |
|
17/6/44 |
Elba, Italy (Brassard) |
In this account of this French led invasion of Elba the emphasis is on the
role of the RN Commandos (Beach Commandos). |
|
1-8/11/44 |
Walcheren
(Infatuate) |
Infatuate 1[Land] 155th Infantry Brigade - 4th & 5th
Bn. KOSB, 7th/9th Bn The Royal Scots. Infatuate 2 4 Special Services Brigade - 41, 47 & 48 RM Commando with attached No 10
(Inter Allied) |
| |
To be written |
|
|
1941 |
Spitzbergen (Gauntlet) |
|
|
3/9/43 |
Reggio,
Italy |
|
|
11/9/43 |
Taranto, Italy |
|
|
22 Jan'44 |
Anzio, Italy (Shingle) |
|
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17/6/44 |
Elba, Italy |
|
|
15/8/44 |
Anvil, France |
|
|
19/8/44 |
Southern France
(Dragoon) |
|
|
3/1/45 |
Akyab, Arakan
Peninsula |
|
|
12/1/45 |
River
Myebon,
Arakon Peninsula |
|
|
21/1/45 |
Ramree, Arakan
Peninsula |
|
|
22/1/45 |
Kangaw, Arakan
Peninsula |
|
|
26 Jan'45 |
Cheduba, Arakan
Peninsula |
|
|
16/2/45 |
Ruywa, Arakan
Peninsula |
|
|
Apr 45 |
Comacchio,
Italy |
|
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2/5/'45 |
Rangoon. Burma |
|
|
Sep 1945 |
Malay Coast (Op Zipper) |
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