Operation Creek
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Operation Creek
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Operation Creek, also known as Operation Longshanks, was a covert military operation undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War II on 9 March 1943. It involved a nighttime attack by members of the Calcutta Light Horse and the Calcutta Scottish against a German cargo ship, Ehrenfels, which had been transmitting information to U-boats from Mormugão Harbour in neutral Portugal's territory of Goa. The attack was successful, and Ehrenfels and three other Axis cargo ships were s
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1943 attack on German ship transmitting information to U-boats from Goa
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Creek
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2024-03-08T21:17:41Z
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