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British Commando operations during the Second World War

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Dieppe Raid
1942 landing operation in World War II
St Nazaire Raid
1942 marine operation during ww2
Les Casquets
small group of rocks, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is a British Crown Dependency
Operation Biting
1942 British Combined Operations raid during World War II
Operation Claymore
raid by British and Norwegian forces in the Lofoten Islands in 1941
Operation Archery
1941 British Combined Operations raid during World War II
Operation Postmaster
1942 British SOE mission in West Africa
Operation Agreement
1942 military operation
Operation Gauntlet
1941 conflict
Operation Flipper
British World War II commando raid with the goal of assassinating Erwin Rommel
Operation Abstention
conflict
Operation Frankton
1942 British raid in Bordeaux, France during WWII
Operation Anklet
1941 raid
Operation Chestnut
1943 battle
Operation Infatuate
Code name for a World War II Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944
Operation Musketoon
1942 World War II military operation
Operation Colossus
WW2 British military airborne operation
Operation Ambassador
operation carried out by British Commandos on Guernsey on 14–15 July 1940
Operation Narcissus
1943 battle
Invasion of Elba
WWII Italian military campaign
Operation Archway
1945 SAS operation during WW2
Operation Tombola
British military operation in Italy (1945)
Battle of the Litani River
1941 battle
HMS Princess Beatrix
1939 troopship
Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield
1942 military operation during World War II
Operation Collar
Operation Jaywick
sabotage operation against Japanese shipping in Singapore during World War Two
Operation Freshman
codename of a British operation during WWII
Battle of Hill 170
1945 battle of World War II
Operation Abercrombie
raid on Hardelot, France scheduled for 18–19 April, 1942, but delayed by bad weather until 21–22 April
Operation Amherst
1945 military operation
Operation Basalt
1942 small British raid conducted during World War II on the German occupied British Channel Island of Sark
Battle of Port-en-Bessin
1944 battle
Operation Albumen
series of sabotages against airfields on occupied Crete in 1942