Operation Flipper (also called the Rommel Raid) was a British commando raid during the Second World War, mainly by men from No. 11 (Scottish) Commando...
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Look up Flipper or flipper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flipper may refer to: Flipper (anatomy), a forelimb of an aquatic animal, useful for steering...
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Geoffrey Keyes (VC) (section Operation Flipper)
intended to disrupt enemy organisation before the start of Operation Crusader. Operation Flipper was led by Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Keyes with his superior...
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Flipper is an American television program broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of...
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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...
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Battalion Layforce. It took part in operations in Syria and then garrison duties in Cyprus. Its final raid was Operation Flipper, the attempt to capture the German...
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headquarters in Mantes. They reached US forces and safety on 12 August. Operation Flipper, an earlier attempt to kill Rommel in North Africa. Marshall, Charles...
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Long Range Desert Group (section Post 1943 operations)
the advance land party of Operation Flipper, which had planned to kill General Rommel. On 24 November, in support of Operation Crusader, the LRDG were ordered...
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Gavin (2014). LKill Rommel!: Operation Flipper 1941. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Synge, Richard (2015). Operation Idris: Inside the British Administration...
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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...
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joined No. 8 (Guards) Commando in the Middle East and participated in Operation Flipper. In 1941 Sutherland served with the 1 Special Boat Service before...
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landing craft. In November, No. 11 (Scottish) Commando took part in Operation Flipper. The objectives of the raid were: attack the German headquarters near...
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nomads in the desert, historical works such as Get Rommel, about Operation Flipper, the British attempt to assassinate Erwin Rommel in Libya in 1941...
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Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met...
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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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Operation Bigamy a.k.a. Operation Snowdrop was a raid during the Second World War by the Special Air Service in September 1942 under the command of Lieutenant...
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Operation Barricade was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. It was carried out by 11 men of No. 62 Commando over the night of 14/15 August...
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Pinball (redirect from Flipper (pinball))
points as possible by hitting these targets and making various shots with flippers before the ball is lost. Most pinball machines use one ball per turn, except...
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Tommy Macpherson (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
of a four-man team sent to reconnoitre beaches in preparation for Operation Flipper, an attempted raid on the headquarters of Erwin Rommel, the famous...
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Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British...
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Layforce (section Operations)
Operation Flipper, an attempt to raid Erwin Rommel's headquarters in Libya and kill the German commander. The raid was part of a larger operation involving...
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Clearwater Revival, in Berkeley, California (d. 1990) The British launched Operation Flipper, a commando raid on the headquarters of Erwin Rommel. The German 50th...
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Operation Roast was a military operation undertaken by British Commandos, at Comacchio lagoon in north-east Italy, during the Spring 1945 offensive in...
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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...
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Phocomelia (redirect from Flipper baby)
that involves malformations of human arms and legs which results in a flipper-like appendage. A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother's use of...
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Operation Battleaxe (15–17 June 1941) was a British Army offensive during the Second World War to raise the Siege of Tobruk and re-capture eastern Cyrenaica...
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Operation Sonnenblume (Unternehmen Sonnenblume, "Operation Sunflower") was the name given to the dispatch of German and Italian troops to North Africa...
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Dieppe Raid (redirect from Operation Jubilee)
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...
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Operation Biting, also known as the Bruneval Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid on a German coastal radar installation at Bruneval in northern...
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The following is a list of episodes for the 1995 TV series, Flipper. The series premiered on October 2, 1995 and concluded on July 1, 2000. Episode Guide...
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