Operation Creek, also known as Operation Longshanks, was a covert military operation undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War...
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Calcutta Light Horse (section Operation Creek)
members of the Calcutta Scottish) in Operation Creek against the German merchant ship Ehrenfels [de]. The operation was organised by SOE's India Mission...
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the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor, is the true story of Operation Creek during the Second World War. In the covert mission, the Calcutta Light...
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Portugal during World War II (section Operation Felix)
Ocean. Once the British discovered this, the Special Operations Executive launched Operation Creek, using a group of part-time soldiers called the Calcutta...
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Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. was a full cycle mining company with acquisition, exploration, development, and operation in North America. The corporate...
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Ramstein Air Base (section Role and operations)
operational control. As part of operation "Creek Action", a command-wide effort to realign functions and streamline operations, HQ USAFE transferred the 26th...
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run the day-to-day operations.[citation needed] The company name comes from Roth's favorite film, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. Their most recent film...
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aboard the Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter and participated in Operation Creek Party. This operation provided critical in-flight refueling services for fighter...
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April 1885. During World War II, Mormugao Harbour was the site of Operation Creek, which resulted in the bombing of a German merchant ship, Ehrenfels...
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Calcutta Scottish (section Operations)
occasions. The regiment provided a detachment of four men for "Operation Creek", a SOE operation against Axis shipping in Goa in 1942. The lead unit was the...
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Rhein-Main Air Base (section Special operations)
the 7th Special Operations Squadron was moved from Ramstein to Rhein-Main as one of the units shuffled as part of Operation Creek Action. The 7406th's...
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Air Force moved most personnel out of Wiesbaden in 1975 as part of Operation Creek Swap, in which most Army facilities in Kaiserslautern were turned over...
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had been either decommissioned or returned to the US. As a result of Operation Creek Action, which was completed in 1973, several extensive 'shuffles' took...
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Rokel Creek. British forces were deployed to Sierra Leone in May 2000, initially for a non-combatant evacuation operation under the codename Operation Palliser...
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Lewis Pugh (British Army officer) (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
World War, he served with the Special Operations Executive in India and, on 9 March 1943, he led Operation Creek which was a covert attack by members of...
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Operation Meghdoot was the codename for the Indian Armed Forces operation to take full control of the Siachen Glacier in Ladakh. Executed on the morning...
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810080 The Saratoga and North Creek Railway was a heritage railway that began operation in July 2011. Passenger operations ceased on April 7, 2018, and...
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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V), until 2015, when it sold the mine to Newmont Mining Corporation. The mine is an open pit operation. The...
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a hundred-foot-long flume to collect materials from the creek bed more easily. The operation proved financially successful and brought in large sums of...
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Dubai Creek (Arabic: خور دبي, romanized: Khūr Dubay) has been described as a natural saltwater creek, tidal inlet, and watercourse or waterway in Dubai...
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Craig of the Creek is an American animated television series created by Matt Burnett and Ben Levin for Cartoon Network. The show's pilot episode premiered...
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Dry Creek Café & Boat Dock was a dive bar and boat dock located on Mount Bonnell Road in Austin, Texas. After 68 years in operation, the establishment...
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Operation Taco Gary's is an upcoming American comedy film written and directed by Michael Kvamme and starring Simon Rex. It is Kvamme’s feature directorial...
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Rust Creek is a 2018 American crime thriller film directed by Jen McGowan and written by Julie Lipson. It is based on an original story by Julie Lipson...
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Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse (stylized as BUGABOO CREEK STEAK HOUSE) was a Canadian-themed U.S. casual dining restaurant chain, serving American cuisine,...
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that are part of the Chichester Hub operation; the other is Cloud Break mine, located 50 km west of Christmas Creek. The other FMG mining hubs in the Pilbara...
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Porcupine Creek, and Parker Schnabel's attempts to mine his grandfather's property at Big Nugget Mine. At Porcupine creek, Dakota Fred focuses his operation around...
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Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020...
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1990. Sears acquired the property in 1989 and allowed Poplar Creek to remain in operation until 1994, and demolition began in July 1995. In 2006, the Sears...
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amphibious operations, making the base unique among bases of the United States and Allied Navies. The Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek is the largest...
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