Operation Frankton
Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD), part of Combined Operations inserted by HMS Tuna captained by Lieutenant-Commander Dick Raikes who, earlier, had been awarded the DSO for operations while in command of the submarine HMS Seawolf (47S).(The RMBPD would later form the Special Boat Service).
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Operation Frankton
Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD), part of Combined Operations inserted by HMS Tuna captained by Lieutenant-Commander Dick Raikes who, earlier, had been awarded the DSO for operations while in command of the submarine HMS Seawolf (47S).(The RMBPD would later form the Special Boat Service).
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L'operazione Frankton fu un'az ...... ia di fuga di Hasler e Sparks.
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Operacja Frankton – tajna oper ...... ji w dniach 7–12 grudnia 1942.
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Operation Frankton var en brit ...... The Cockleshell Heroes (1955).
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Operation Frankton was a comma ...... and two died from hypothermia.
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Operação Frankton foi uma das ...... rritório ocupado pelo inimigo.
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Opération Frankton Seconde Gue ...... ou exécutés par les Allemands.
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2 died from hypothermia
6 men captured & executed
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1942-12-12
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British victory
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12Patrol boats
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6M-class minesweepers
6canoes ('Cockle' mark 2)
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Germany
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Admiral Julius Bachmann
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Major Herbert Hasler
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Operation Frankton
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Bordeaux, France
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British victory
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L'operazione Frankton fu un'az ...... ia di fuga di Hasler e Sparks.
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Operacja Frankton – tajna oper ...... ji w dniach 7–12 grudnia 1942.
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Operation Frankton var en brit ...... The Cockleshell Heroes (1955).
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Operation Frankton was a comma ...... orm the Special Boat Service).
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Operação Frankton foi uma das ...... imperioso obstruir esta ação.
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Opération Frankton Seconde Gue ...... 'ouest Front d'Europe de l'est
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Operacja Frankton
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Operation Frankton
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Operation Frankton
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Operation Frankton
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Operazione Frankton
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Operação Frankton
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Opération Frankton
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Operation Frankton
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