Operation Rumford

Operation Rumford was a British Commando raid during the Second World War. It was carried out over the night of 25/26 August 1944, by the Belgian No. 4 Troop of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando who had returned to England in June and were selected to capture the French Isle of Yeu only to find during a reconnaissance that the Germans had already left.^[1]

References

↑ "Naval codewords". Naval History. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

British Commando raids of the Second World War

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British Commandos List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall

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