Operation Goodwood was a series of British carrier air raids conducted against the German battleship Tirpitz at her anchorage in Kaafjord in occupied Norway...
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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 Caen...
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Holly Throsby Operation Goodwood, a World War II British military operation during the Battle of Normandy, July 1944 Operation Goodwood (naval), a series...
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Arctic naval operations of World War II were the World War II naval operations that took place in the Arctic Ocean, and can be considered part of the...
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anti-shipping operation off Norway Fronttheater (1943) – first aborted Arctic sortie by Scharnhorst, Prinz Eugen and destroyers Goodwood I, II, III and...
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Includes land and sea operations relating to north-west Europe, but excludes: purely naval operations in the adjoining waters (see: List of World War...
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Normandy landings (redirect from Operation Neptune)
Military History Neptune Operations Plan Naval details for Overlord at Naval-History.Net Allied veterans remember D-Day Naval History and Heritage Command...
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of the Germans by the British and Canadian attacks around Caen in Operation Goodwood, and thereby break through the German defenses that were penning in...
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German battleship Tirpitz (category Naval aviation operations and battles)
In late August the weather improved, allowing the Goodwood series of attacks. Operations Goodwood I and II were launched on 22 August; a carrier force...
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Hans von Luck (section Operation Goodwood)
tanks. On 18 July, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery launched Operation Goodwood; an operation aimed to wear down the German armoured forces in Normandy in...
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Battle for Caen (section Operation Goodwood)
of battle Operation Perch order of battle Battle of Villers-Bocage order of battle Order of battle for Operation Epsom Operation Goodwood order of battle...
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Operation Pluto (Pipeline Under the Ocean or Pipeline Underwater Transportation of Oil, also written Operation PLUTO) was an operation by British engineers...
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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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Mascot on 17 July and Operation Goodwood which was conducted between 22 and 29 August 1944. After the failure of Operation Goodwood, it was decided that...
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with no damage to the battleship resulting from Operation Mascot on 17 July and the Operation Goodwood series of attacks in August causing only superficial...
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were in operation on 6 June 1944 in support of Operation Neptune (the amphibious assault of Normandy). Elaborate naval deceptions (Operations Glimmer...
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against Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft in Operations Planet, Brawn, Tiger Claw, Mascot and Goodwood. In Operations Paravane, Obviate, and Catechism, Tirpitz's...
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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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List of World War II battles (redirect from Raiding operations during World War II)
Villers-Bocage Operation Epsom Operation Windsor Operation Charnwood Operation Jupiter Second Battle of the Odon Operation Goodwood Operation Atlantic Battle of Verrières...
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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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Lüttich (Operation Liège) a German counter-offensive against the Americans. From 18 to 20 July, the British Second Army conducted Operation Goodwood on the...
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Bernard Montgomery (section Operation Market Garden)
the results of Goodwood when calling the operation off. Eisenhower was under the impression that Goodwood was to be a break-out operation. Either there...
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Second Battle of the Odon (redirect from Operation Pomegranate)
the Battle of Normandy. Operations Greenline and Pomegranate were intended to draw German attention away from Operation Goodwood, an attack from the Orne...
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1944, where it was involved in Operation Epsom and Operation Goodwood. It would later play a supporting role in Operation Market Garden and finish the war...
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raids were conducted against Kaafjord between 22 and 29 August during Operation Goodwood, but these caused only light damage to the battleship. In late August...
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dominated German naval construction in the 1930s. Both ships had short service careers. Bismarck conducted only one operation, Operation Rheinübung, a sortie...
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in support of the Allied landings in Normandy. The operations formed the naval component of Operation Bodyguard, a wider series of tactical and strategic...
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armour Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord as part of VIII Corps. Its first major engagement was Operation Goodwood, the attack by three armoured...
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Orne River, was captured during Operation Charnwood. Between 18 July and 20 July, British forces launched Operation Goodwood to outflank the city to the east...
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Operation Caesar (Unternehmen Kaiser) was a secret mission carried out by Germany in the Second World War to supply Japan with advanced technology. The...
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