Operation Chopper (commando raid)

Operation Chopper was a British Commando raid by No. 1 Commando during the Second World War.

The raid, over the night of 27/28 September 1941, targeted Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay in France; a troop of No. 1 Commando spent a day ashore.^[1]

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British Commando raids of the Second World War

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