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    Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during World War II. The raid was carried...
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  • Frankton may refer to: Frankton, South Australia English Frankton, Shropshire Frankton, Warwickshire Lower Frankton, Shropshire; a UK location Welsh Frankton...
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  • World War II. He was the last survivor of the "Cockleshell Heroes" of Operation Frankton in 1942; a team of commandos who paddled 85 miles from the Bay of...
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    submarine HMS Tuna that launched the canoes during Operation Frankton in 1942. His part in the operation was portrayed in the 1955 war film The Cockleshell...
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    in Telemark. Operation Frankton (7–12 December 1942) – the "Cockleshell heroes" attack by canoe on shipping in Bordeaux, France. Operation Starkey (September...
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  • Trophy was presented by Lloyd's of London underwriters to commemorate Operation Frankton, the raid of the so-called 'Cockleshell Heroes', led by Major Hasler...
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  • also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal...
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  • At the age of 28 in 1942, Major Hasler planned and personally led Operation Frankton, for which he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order...
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    John Bach as Donald Davidson and Jason Donovan as 'Happy' Houston. Operation Frankton Hoehn 2011, pp. 7, 88, 90 National Archives of Australia, A3269, E2A...
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    Cordouan Lighthouse. In December 1942, during the Second World War, Operation Frankton took place with the goal of destroying ships moored at the docks in...
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  • original Cockle Mark II kayak used by the Royal Marine Raiders on Operation Frankton, commonly known as the Cockleshell Heroes. The canoe is believed to...
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  • The Frankton is a type of folding boat. The name is a reference to Operation Frankton. Martin Walford conceived the concept of the Frankton in the late...
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  • in Griffen, Austria Died: Amos Rusie, 71, American baseball player Operation Frankton: A small unit of Royal Marines began raiding shipping in the French...
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  • In December 1942, British Royal Marine commandos captured during Operation Frankton were executed under this order. After the captured Royal Marines were...
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    1941. Allied attempts to disrupt these operations initially had only a limited effect; as in Operation Frankton. From 1943 improved Allied air superiority...
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  • see December 8.) 1942 – World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour. 1944 – An earthquake along...
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    region of New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Frankton, hence the station's former name Frankton Junction, its name for most of its existence. The...
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    Bordeaux", a reference to the torture of captured Royal Marines during Operation Frankton under the command of Major Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler. As Meyer ties...
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    Gironde estuary and Bordeaux had already been a target for the Allies. Operation Frankton was a 1942 commando raid targeting important shipping in the port...
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    Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment under Blondie Haslar carried out Operation Frankton and provided the basis for the post-war continuation of the SBS. The...
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  • [page needed][page needed] The Cockle Mk II was used by the RMBPD in Operation Frankton, the attack on Bordeaux in late 1942. There is plenty of documentation...
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    Churchill Herbert Hasler Adolf Hitler Louis Mountbatten Roundell Palmer Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of...
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    and off the west coast of France, and most famously taking part in Operation Frankton. The raid on Bordeaux harbour was later dramatised in the 1955 film...
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    Abercrombie – Hardelot (21–22 April 1942), Dieppe (19 August 1942) and Operation Frankton – Gironde (7–12 December 1942). A raid on Sark on the night of 3/4...
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  • operated by the navy. The raid was allegedly planned in imitation of Operation Frankton, a British commando attack against German shipping in Bordeaux during...
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    Bordeaux, she was damaged by limpet mines placed by British commandos (Operation Frankton), and was no longer seaworthy. She was eventually scuttled as a blockship...
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  • Commando Order by having British Royal Marines, captured after the Operation Frankton raid on a German naval base in Bordeaux, shot. In the Seekriegsleitung...
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  • 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...
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    original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Rees 2008, p. 25. "Operation Frankton". Royal Marines. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved...
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  • During World War II, Operation Begonia was the airborne counterpart to the amphibious Operation Jonquil, conducted by British SAS and Eighth Army Airborne...
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