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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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    command of the SSRF, and led 10 men of the SSRF and No. 12 Commando, on Operation Basalt, landing on the Channel island of Sark on the night of 3/4 October...
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  • Basalt is a common igneous rock. Basalt may also refer to: Basalt, Queensland, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Australia Basalt, Victoria, a...
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    No. 62 Commando (category Special Operations Executive)
    the SSRF carried out a raid on the Channel Island of Sark, codenamed Operation Basalt, with men from No. 12 Commando attached. After the raid a number of...
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  • Citroën Basalt is a subcompact crossover SUV developed for emerging markets such as India and South America. The design was previewed by the "Basalt Vision"...
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    Basalt fibers are produced from basalt rocks by melting them and converting the melt into fibers. Basalts are rocks of igneous origin. Basalt fibers are...
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    the new regime. British Commandos raided the island several times. Operation Basalt, during the night of 3–4 October 1942, captured a prisoner, and Hardtack...
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  • the island with the title Inselkommandant Sark. During his tenure, Operation Basalt took place, in which three prisoners were killed by British commandos...
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  • made an offensive raid on the German-occupied isle of Sark, called "Operation Basalt", to reconnoitre the island and to take prisoners.: 26  During the...
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    October of that year 12 men from No.s 12 and 62 Commandos took part in Operation Basalt, a raid on Sark that saw four Germans killed and one taken prisoner...
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    Retrieved 7 June 2019. Stacey 1956, pp. 396–297. Lee, Eric (2016). Operation Basalt the British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order. The History Press...
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    Vietnam by the US armed forces. "Small Arms Captured by SAA During Operation BASALT". 7 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved...
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    in 1885. A post office called Basalt has been in operation since 1888. The community was named for deposits of basalt near the original town site. According...
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    2018 Southern Syria offensive (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war in 2018)
    2018 Southern Syria offensive, code-named Operation Basalt (Arabic: عملية البازلت), was a military operation launched by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and...
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    detachments took part in the St Nazaire Raid and a raid on Sark known as Operation Basalt. In total the commando played a part in at least 15 raids between 1941...
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  • and women". Palquest.org. 1936. "Small Arms Captured by SAA During Operation BASALT". Silah Report. 7 August 2018. Lea, T. (Flight Lieutenant). "ROYAL...
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    Another British commando raid, this one intending to land on Sark, Operation Basalt, comprising 12 men arrived on 3–4 October 1942 by MTB with the objective...
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    German occupation of the Channel Islands (category Amphibious operations of World War II)
    In October 1942, there was a British Commando raid on Sark, named Operation Basalt.: 89  Three German soldiers were killed and one captured. Actions taken...
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    an AK-63. List of assault rifles "Small Arms Captured by SAA During Operation BASALT". 7 August 2018. "Iraq: Turning a blind eye: The arming of the Popular...
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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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    Wedgwood (redirect from Black basalt)
    several new ceramic bodies including the "dry-body" stonewares, "black basalt" (by 1769), caneware and jasperware (1770s), all designed to be sold unglazed...
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  • The Devil's Rock (category Operation Overlord films)
    with their hands tied behind their backs", which is a reference to Operation Basalt, a British Commando raid on Sark during which a German prisoner was...
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    P-500 Bazalt (redirect from P-500 Basalt)
    The P-500 Bazalt (Russian: П-500 «Базальт»; English: basalt) is a turbojet-powered, supersonic cruise missile used by the Soviet and Russian navies. Its...
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    Amoud Houran Division. On 18 June 2018, the Southern Front was hit by "Operation Basalt", a pro-government offensive in Daraa and Quneitra province. By 23...
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    Lunar Sample 15016, better known as the "Seatbelt Basalt", is a lunar sample discovered and collected on the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 in the Hadley-Apennine...
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  • calibreobscura.com. 1 April 2019. "Small Arms Captured by SAA During Operation BASALT". Silahreport.com. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2021. "Syrie:...
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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.This was done under the...
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  • Appleyard now in command of the SSRF was in charge of a raid on Sark Operation Basalt where four German prisoners who had been tied up were shot and killed...
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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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    Operation Kipling was a British special forces operation that took place during the Second World War in German-occupied France between 13 August and 26...
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