Operation Chess
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title:
Operation Chess
text:
Operation Chess was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. It was carried out by 17 men of No. 12 Commando commanded by a Second Lieutenant Pinckney over the night of 27/28 July 1941. The target for the raid was Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. The raiding party were towed across the English Channel in two Landing Craft by a Motor Launch, which cast them off two miles from the Slack River near Ambleteuse. They remained ashore for one hour, no prisoners were taken. Cdr. Sir Geoffr
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British WWII commando raid
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chess
date created:
2010-06-09T21:01:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T22:51:34Z
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