fire weapons, see Flamethrower (disambiguation). Operation Aflame was a planned combined operations raid by No. 12 Commando, part of the British army...
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destroyer USS Joseph Strauss finished the destruction of the ship. Left heavily aflame, dead in the water and listing to port, Sahand burned for several hours...
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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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No. 12 Commando (section Operations)
Commando took part in Operation Anklet, which was the only raid it undertook during its history where the entire unit took part. The operation was a diversionary...
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Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944 during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to...
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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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Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during the Second World War. The raid...
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Russia Aflame is a 1943 short Australian documentary directed by Charles Chauvel. The film opens before the Nazi attack on Russia in June 1941, and shows...
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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 Freshman was the codename given to a British airborne operation conducted in November 1942 during World War II. It was the first British airborne...
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During World War II, Operation Noah was a reconnaissance patrol by 41 Belgian members of the Special Air Service who operated in the Ardennes from 16...
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Norwegian heavy water sabotage (redirect from Operation Gunnerside)
The unsuccessful Operation Freshman was mounted the following month by British paratroopers, who were to rendezvous with the Operation Grouse Norwegians...
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During World War II, Operation Begonia was the airborne counterpart to the amphibious Operation Jonquil, conducted by British SAS and Eighth Army Airborne...
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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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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 Bulbasket was an operation by 'B' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS), behind the German lines in German occupied France, between June and...
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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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Invasion of Sumatra (redirect from Operation L)
Japanese, but the refinery was heavily damaged by machine gun fire and was aflame. Other surrounding smaller facilities had been damaged. Meanwhile, the escort...
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Operation Colossus was the codename given to the first airborne operation undertaken by the British military, which occurred on 10 February 1941 during...
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Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II using...
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Bielecki, Tadeusz; Szymański, Leszek; Szymanski, Leszek (1973). Warsaw aflame. Retrieved 10 October 2014. Seite 75 in https://www.amazon...
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Operation Archery, also known as the Måløy Raid, was a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy...
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Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the Allied Z Special Unit raided...
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the Arctic Circle, to Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Their operations ranged from small groups of men landing from the sea or by parachute to...
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(1941) — Feb. 10, commando raid on Tragino aqueduct near Calitri, Italy. Aflame (1942) — commando raid on Berck in France Aquatint (1942) — commando raid...
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Operation Gauntlet was an Allied Combined Operation from 25 August until 3 September 1941, during the Second World War. Canadian, British and the Norwegian...
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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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hand. Communist artillery fire rained in on the battlefield; tanks set aflame continued to fire. Tactical air strikes, gunship missions, and B-52 Arclight...
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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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Operations Wallace and Hardy I were two British Special Air Service operations during the Second World War that took place from 27 July to 19 September...
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