Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during World War II. The raid was carried...

Frankton may refer to: Frankton, South Australia English Frankton, Shropshire Frankton, Warwickshire Lower Frankton, Shropshire; a UK location Welsh Frankton...

World War II. He was the last survivor of the "Cockleshell Heroes" of Operation Frankton in 1942; a team of commandos who paddled 85 miles from the Bay of...

submarine HMS Tuna that launched the canoes during Operation Frankton in 1942. His part in the operation was portrayed in the 1955 war film The Cockleshell...

Trophy was presented by Lloyd's of London underwriters to commemorate Operation Frankton, the raid of the so-called 'Cockleshell Heroes', led by Major Hasler...

in Telemark. Operation Frankton (7–12 December 1942) – the "Cockleshell heroes" attack by canoe on shipping in Bordeaux, France. Operation Starkey (September...

also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal...

At the age of 28 in 1942, Major Hasler planned and personally led Operation Frankton, for which he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Order...

John Bach as Donald Davidson and Jason Donovan as 'Happy' Houston. Operation Frankton Hoehn 2011, pp. 7, 88, 90 National Archives of Australia, A3269, E2A...

Cordouan Lighthouse. In December 1942, during the Second World War, Operation Frankton took place with the goal of destroying ships moored at the docks in...

original Cockle Mark II kayak used by the Royal Marine Raiders on Operation Frankton, commonly known as the Cockleshell Heroes. The canoe is believed to...

The Frankton is a type of folding boat. The name is a reference to Operation Frankton. Martin Walford conceived the concept of the Frankton in the late...

in Griffen, Austria Died: Amos Rusie, 71, American baseball player Operation Frankton: A small unit of Royal Marines began raiding shipping in the French...

In December 1942, British Royal Marine commandos captured during Operation Frankton were executed under this order. After the captured Royal Marines were...

1941. Allied attempts to disrupt these operations initially had only a limited effect; as in Operation Frankton. From 1943 improved Allied air superiority...

see December 8.) 1942 – World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour. 1944 – An earthquake along...

region of New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Frankton, hence the station's former name Frankton Junction, its name for most of its existence. The...

Churchill Herbert Hasler Adolf Hitler Louis Mountbatten Roundell Palmer Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of...

Bordeaux", a reference to the torture of captured Royal Marines during Operation Frankton under the command of Major Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler. As Meyer ties...

Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment under Blondie Haslar carried out Operation Frankton and provided the basis for the post-war continuation of the SBS. The...

Gironde estuary and Bordeaux had already been a target for the Allies. Operation Frankton was a 1942 commando raid targeting important shipping in the port...

[page needed][page needed] The Cockle Mk II was used by the RMBPD in Operation Frankton, the attack on Bordeaux in late 1942. There is plenty of documentation...

and off the west coast of France, and most famously taking part in Operation Frankton. The raid on Bordeaux harbour was later dramatised in the 1955 film...

Abercrombie – Hardelot (21–22 April 1942), Dieppe (19 August 1942) and Operation Frankton – Gironde (7–12 December 1942). A raid on Sark on the night of 3/4...

Bordeaux, she was damaged by limpet mines placed by British commandos (Operation Frankton), and was no longer seaworthy. She was eventually scuttled as a blockship...

Commando Order by having British Royal Marines, captured after the Operation Frankton raid on a German naval base in Bordeaux, shot. In the Seekriegsleitung...

original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2010. Rees 2008, p. 25. "Operation Frankton". Royal Marines. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved...

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...

operated by the navy. The raid was allegedly planned in imitation of Operation Frankton, a British commando attack against German shipping in Bordeaux during...

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...