BROOME, Richard Frank
HODGSON, Eric Stewart
BIRNEY, David Leslie
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
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French coast - Operation Bristle
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Madagascar - Operation Ironclad
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Combined operation by Allied forces to invade Madagascar. On 23 March '42, No 5 Commando set sail from Glasgow to participate in the Battle for Madagascar.
No 5 Commando landed near Diego Suarez (also known as Antsiranana) on the 5th May 1942.
The total campaign lasted 6 months but the bulk of the special work of Combined Operations and the Commandos was concentrated into a few days in early May 1942.
A full report of this operation can be found in London Gazettes [view....].
Hardelot - Operation Abercrombie
French Coast - Operation Myrmidon
‘Norway - Operation Anklet’
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300 men from No 12 Commando, and some from the Royal Norwegian Army, landed on the Lofoten Islands about 300 miles North of Vaagso. Since the first Lofoten raid in March such operations were seen as a useful tactic to confuse the enemy and consequently divert enemy forces for future defence.
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