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- Operation_Frankton abstract "Operation Frankton was a commando raid on shipping in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in the Bay of Biscay during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD), part of Combined Operations.The plan was for six canoes to be taken to the area of the Gironde estuary by submarine. They would then paddle by night to Bordeaux. On arrival they would attack the docked cargo ships with limpet mines and then escape overland to Spain. Twelve men from no.1 section were selected for the raid; including the commanding officer, Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler, and the reserve Marine Colley the total of the team numbered thirteen. Two men survived the raid: Hasler, and his no.2 in the canoe, Bill Sparks. Of the other eight, six were executed by the Germans while two died from hypothermia.The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill believed the mission shortened the war by six months. The words of Lord Mountbatten, the commander of Combined Operations, are carved into a Purbeck stone at Royal Marines Poole (current headquarters of the SBS): Of the many brave and dashing raids carried out by the men of Combined Operations Command none was more courageous or imaginative than Operation Frankton.".
- Operation_Frankton combatant "Germany".
- Operation_Frankton commander Admiral.
- Operation_Frankton commander Major.
- Operation_Frankton date "1942-12-12".
- Operation_Frankton isPartOfMilitaryConflict Western_Front_(World_War_II).
- Operation_Frankton place Bordeaux.
- Operation_Frankton result "British victory".
- Operation_Frankton strength "12E Boats".
- Operation_Frankton strength "12Patrol boats".
- Operation_Frankton strength "13 men".
- Operation_Frankton strength "2Naval trawler".
- Operation_Frankton strength "6 M-ClassMine sweepers".
- Operation_Frankton strength "6canoes ('Cockle' mark 2)".
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- Operation_Frankton wikiPageRevisionID "652095751".
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