During World War II, Operation Candytuft was a British raid by 2nd Special Air Service launched on 27 October 1943. Inserted by boat on Italy’s east coast...

Italy. Operation Candytuft, October 1943, raid on railway targets in Italy. Operation Maple Driftwood 1944, raid on railway targets in Italy. Operation Baobab...

parties from 2nd SAS with the Free French SAS Squadron as protection. Operation Candytuft was a raid by 2nd SAS on 27 October. Inserted by boat on Italy's...

Operation Postmaster was a British special operation conducted on the Spanish island of Fernando Po, now known as Bioko, off West Africa in the Gulf of...

out Operation Candytuft, a raid on the Italian cities of Ancona and Pescara. That same night four small Special Air Service teams executed Operation Saxifrage...

Operation Bulbasket was an operation by 'B' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS), behind the German lines in German occupied France, between June and...

capture or kill specific personnel. This contrasts to regular military operations where the end goal is to capture territory and advance. Raids are a quick...

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944 during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to...

Operation Archery, also known as the Måløy Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy...

Operation Freshman was the codename given to a British airborne operation conducted in November 1942 during World War II. It was the first British airborne...

Operation Maple was a series of World War II operations in Italy in support of the Anzio landings. It comprised operations by the British Special Air Service...

The unsuccessful Operation Freshman was mounted the following month by British paratroopers, who were to rendezvous with the Operation Grouse Norwegians...

Malta from HMS Argus Candytuft (1943) — SAS operation to destroy rail bridge between Pesaro and Fano Canuck (1945) — SAS operation to disrupt enemy communications...

Operation Aquatint was the codename for a failed raid by British Commandos on the coast of occupied France during the Second World War. The raid was undertaken...

49°25′48″N 2°21′54″W / 49.430°N 2.365°W / 49.430; -2.365 Operation Basalt was a small British raid conducted during World War II on Sark during the...

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...

Operation Ambassador was an operation carried out by British Commandos on 14–15 July 1940 within the context of the Second World War. It was the second...

Operation Savanna (or Operation Savannah) was the first insertion of SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France during World War II...

Operation Roast was a military operation undertaken by British Commandos, at Comacchio lagoon in north-east Italy, during the Spring 1945 offensive in...

During World War II, Operation Noah was a reconnaissance patrol by 41 Belgian members of the Special Air Service who operated in the Ardennes from 16...

Operation Agreement was a ground and amphibious operation carried out by British, Rhodesian and New Zealand forces on Axis-held Tobruk from 13 to 14 September...

Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France...

Operation Deep Cut was a raid by British Commandos during the Second World War. It was carried out by No. 1 Section of 5 Troop No. 1 Commando at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue...

Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Allied Z Special Unit raided...

Operation Amherst was a Free French and British attack designed to capture intact Dutch canals, bridges and airfields during World War II. It was led...

Operation Colossus was the codename given to the first airborne operation undertaken by the British military, which occurred on 10 February 1941 during...

Operations Wallace and Hardy I were two British Special Air Service operations during the Second World War that took place from 27 July to 19 September...

During World War II, Operation Begonia was the airborne counterpart to the amphibious Operation Jonquil, conducted by British SAS and Eighth Army Airborne...

commandos pulled out and re-joined with a Royal Navy ship. Operation Candytuft "Saxifrage | Operations & Codenames of WWII". codenames.info. Retrieved 6 September...

War, Operation Tombola was a major raid conducted by the 2 Special Air Service, under the command of SAS Major Roy Farran, and Special Operations Executive's...