Operation Bulbasket
Operation Bulbasket was an operation by 'B' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS), behind the German lines in German occupied France, between June and August 1944. The operation was located to the east of Poitiers in the Vienne department of south west France; its objective was to block the Paris to Bordeaux railway line near Poitiers and to hamper German reinforcements heading towards the Normandy beachheads, especially the 2nd SS Panzer Division – Das Reich.
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Operation Bulbasket
Operation Bulbasket was an operation by 'B' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS), behind the German lines in German occupied France, between June and August 1944. The operation was located to the east of Poitiers in the Vienne department of south west France; its objective was to block the Paris to Bordeaux railway line near Poitiers and to hamper German reinforcements heading towards the Normandy beachheads, especially the 2nd SS Panzer Division – Das Reich.
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L’opération Bulbasket est mené ...... lés en forêt de Saint-Sauvant.
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Operation Bulbasket was an ope ...... while in their hospital beds.
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1 American Army Air Forces pilot captured and executed
34 Special Air Service men captured and executed
7 French Resistance fighters captured and executed
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Nazi Germany
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1944-07-24
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Partial British success
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40 men from 'B' Squadron, 1stSpecial Air Service
9French Resistancefighters
A small team from theSpecial Operations Executive
Elements of the17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
Elements of the2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
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L’opération Bulbasket est mené ...... nvois, dépôts, ouvrages d’art.
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Operation Bulbasket was an ope ...... S Panzer Division – Das Reich.
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Operation Bulbasket
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Opération Bulbasket
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Operation Bulbasket
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