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- Operation_Postmaster abstract "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 Guinea, during the Second World War. The mission was carried out by the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in January 1942. Their objective was to board the Italian and German ships in the harbour and sail them to Lagos. The SSRF under the command of Major Gus March-Phillipps left Britain in August 1941 and sailed the Brixham trawler, Maid Honor, to the Spanish colony.The British authorities in the area refused to support the raid, which they considered a breach of Spanish neutrality. Permission for the operation to go ahead eventually came from the Foreign Office in London. On 14 January 1942, while the ships' officers were attending a party arranged by an SOE agent, the commandos entered the port aboard two tugs, overpowered the ships' crews and sailed off with the ships, including the Italian merchant vessel Duchessa d'Aosta. The raid boosted SOE's reputation at a critical time and demonstrated its ability to plan and conduct secret operations no matter the political consequences.".
- Operation_Postmaster causalties "none".
- Operation_Postmaster commander Major.
- Operation_Postmaster commander Sea_captain.
- Operation_Postmaster date "1942-01-14".
- Operation_Postmaster isPartOfMilitaryConflict List_of_Special_Operations_Executive_operations.
- Operation_Postmaster place Bioko.
- Operation_Postmaster place Gulf_of_Guinea.
- Operation_Postmaster result "British victory".
- Operation_Postmaster strength "Bibundi ship's crew unknown".
- Operation_Postmaster strength "Duchessa d'Aosta ship's crew 46".
- Operation_Postmaster strength "Likomba ship's crew unknown".
- Operation_Postmaster strength "Small Scale Raiding Force11 men".
- Operation_Postmaster strength "Special Operations Executive4 men".
- Operation_Postmaster strength "local volunteers 17 men".
- Operation_Postmaster thumbnail Gulf_of_Guinea_(English).jpg?width=300.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageID "27374342".
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageLength "20136".
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageOutDegree "106".
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageRevisionID "702033715".
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- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Brixham.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines).
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bioko.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Category:Conflicts_in_1942.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Equatorial_Guinea.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Category:Special_Operations_Executive_operations.
- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_British_Commando_raids.
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- Operation_Postmaster wikiPageWikiLink Victoria_Cross.