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    Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive...
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    Jedburgh (/ˈdʒɛdbərə/ JED-bər-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Deadard; Scots: Jeddart or Jethart) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the...
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    Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...
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  • and OSS successfully pooled their personnel and resources to mount Operation Jedburgh, providing large scale support to the French Resistance following...
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    Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the...
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  • Tommy Macpherson (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
    Peterborough. There he discovered he was to be part of Operation Jedburgh. Under this operation three-man units were to be dropped into occupied Europe...
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    Operation Goodwood was a British offensive during the Second World War, which took place between 18 and 20 July 1944 as part of the larger battle for...
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    Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings,...
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    landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second...
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    Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part...
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  • Roxburghshire. Jedburgh and District (ward) Jedburgh Grammar School Jedburgh Town Hall Jedburgh Library Jedburgh railway station The Kelso and Jedburgh railway...
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  • dormant until it receives orders or decides to act. In World War II, Operation Jedburgh teams were formed to lead unconventional warfare against German units...
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  • Cold War. The GCMA's origins lay in the British - U.S - French joint Operation Jedburgh in France in 1944. The North Vietnam Commandos (Commando Nord Viet-Nam)...
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  • Osprey Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0-85045-396-8. Beavan, Colin (2006). Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War. Viking. p. 147. ISBN 0-670-03762-1...
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    Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, was a British offensive in the Second World War between 26 and 30 June 1944, during the Battle...
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    Operation Lüttich (7–13 August 1944) was the codename of the Nazi German counter-attack during the Battle of Normandy, which occurred near U.S. positions...
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    New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2009. ISBN 978-0-374-22288-8. Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War. New York: Viking. 2006....
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    Operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8 to 9 July 1944, during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Operation Overlord...
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    Operation Tractable was the final attack conducted by Canadian and Polish troops, supported by a British tank brigade, during the Battle of Normandy during...
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    Force 136 (category Special Operations Executive)
    the Karens, and from late 1944 they mounted Operation Character, in execution similar to Operation Jedburgh in Nazi-occupied France, in which three-man...
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    Operation Jupiter was an offensive by VIII Corps of the British Second Army from 10 to 11 July 1944. The operation took place during the Battle of Normandy...
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  • apparatus, in particular cryptographic assets. See also Stella Polaris. Operation Jedburgh (1944) – SOE, OSS, and Free French-Belgian-Dutch exiles parachuted...
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    Operation Totalize (also spelled Operation Totalise in recent British sources) was an offensive launched by Allied troops in the First Canadian Army during...
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    Renseignements et d'Action (BCRA). Famous French Jedburghs include Jean Sassi and Paul Aussaresses. Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France...
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    Regiment United States portal Charles Douglas Jackson Dick Ellis Operation Jedburgh Operation Paperclip Paramarines Special Forces (United States Army) X-2...
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    Operation Atlantic (18–21 July 1944) was a Canadian offensive during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The offensive, launched in conjunction...
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    Operation Titanic was a series of military deceptions carried out by the Allied Nations during the Second World War. They formed part of tactical element...
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    men and vehicles and millions of tons of supplies necessary to sustain Operation Overlord. The harbours were made up of all the elements one would expect...
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    Operation Perch was a British offensive of the Second World War which took place from 7 to 14 June 1944, during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy...
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    Virginia Hall (category Special Operations Executive personnel)
    head north with the rest of the retreating German forces. Belatedly, a Jedburgh team of three men, called Jeremy, parachuted in on August 25 to undertake...
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