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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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