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href="/wiki/Operation_Archery" title="Operation Archery"><i>Archery</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fritham" title="Operation Fritham"><i>Fritham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gearbox" title="Operation Gearbox"><i>Gearbox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gearbox_II" title="Operation Gearbox II"><i>Gearbox II</i></a></li></ul> <p><b>1942</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketoon" title="Operation Musketoon"><i>Musketoon</i></a></li></ul> <p><b>1943</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cartoon" title="Operation Cartoon"><i>Cartoon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Checkmate_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Checkmate (commando raid)"><i>Checkmate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Leader" title="Operation Leader"><i>Leader</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Martin" title="Operation Martin"><i>Martin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_North_Cape" title="Battle of the North Cape">North Cape</a></li></ul> <p><b>1944</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Guidance" title="Operation Guidance"><i>Guidance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Almenrausch" title="Operation Almenrausch"><i>Almenrausch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blumenpfl%C3%BCcken" title="Operation Blumenpflücken"><i>Blumenpflücken</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Finnmark" title="Liberation of Finnmark">Finnmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Provident" title="Operation Provident"><i>Provident</i></a></li></ul> <p><b>1945</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Woodlark" title="Operation Woodlark"><i>Woodlark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_28_January_1945" title="Action of 28 January 1945">28 January 1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Friday_(1945)" title="Black Friday (1945)"><i>Black Friday</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_U-864" title="Sinking of U-864">9 February 1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operasjon_Rype" title="Operasjon Rype"><i>Rype</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haglebu" title="Battle of Haglebu">Haglebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn_West" title="Bjørn West">Bjørn West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Judgement_(1945)" title="Operation Judgement (1945)"><i>Judgement</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Doomsday" title="Operation Doomsday"><i>Doomsday</i></a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Associated articles</b> </p> <ul><li>Heavy water (1942–1944) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage" title="Norwegian heavy water sabotage"><i>Sabotage</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Freshman" title="Operation Freshman"><i>Freshman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage#Operation_Gunnerside" title="Norwegian heavy water sabotage"><i>Gunnerside</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SF_Hydro#Sinking" title="SF Hydro"><i>SF Hydro</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Allied_attacks_on_the_German_battleship_Tirpitz" title="List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz">Attacks on <i>Tirpitz</i></a> (1942–1944) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Title" title="Operation Title"><i>Title</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Source" title="Operation Source"><i>Source</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tungsten" title="Operation Tungsten"><i>Tungsten</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mascot" title="Operation Mascot"><i>Mascot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood_(naval)" title="Operation Goodwood (naval)"><i>Goodwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Paravane" title="Operation Paravane"><i>Paravane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Obviate" title="Operation Obviate"><i>Obviate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Catechism" title="Operation Catechism"><i>Catechism</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Tirpitz</i> operations (1942–1944) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sportpalast" title="Operation Sportpalast"><i>Sportpalast</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_R%C3%B6sselsprung_(1942)" title="Operation Rösselsprung (1942)"><i>Rösselsprung</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Zitronella" title="Operation Zitronella"><i>Zitronella</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a>–<a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Benedict" title="Operation Benedict"><i>Benedict</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo" class="mw-redirect" title="Raid on Kirkenes and Petsamo"><i>Kirkenes, Petsamo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Orator" title="Operation Orator"><i>Orator</i></a></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="British occupation of the Faroe Islands"><i>Valentine</i></a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>Norway</b><br /><b>1941</b></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Claymore" title="Operation Claymore"><i>Claymore</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Anklet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kitbag" title="Operation Kitbag"><i>Kitbag</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Archery" title="Operation Archery"><i>Archery</i></a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>1942</b></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketoon" title="Operation Musketoon"><i>Musketoon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bittern" title="Operation Bittern"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamshavn_Line_sabotage" title="Thamshavn Line sabotage"><i>Thamshavn</i>, 1942–1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_heavy_water_sabotage" title="Norwegian heavy water sabotage"><i>Sabotage</i>, 1942–1944</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Freshman" title="Operation Freshman"><i>Freshman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SF_Hydro" title="SF Hydro"><i>SF Hydro</i></a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>1943</b></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cartoon" title="Operation Cartoon"><i>Cartoon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chaffinch" title="Operation Chaffinch"><i>Chaffinch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Brandy" title="Operation Brandy"><i>Brandy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crackers" title="Operation Crackers"><i>Crackers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundabout" title="Operation Roundabout"><i>Roundabout</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mardonius" title="Operation Mardonius"><i>Mardonius</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Checkmate_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Checkmate (commando raid)"><i>Checkmate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Source" title="Operation Source"><i>Source</i></a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b>1945</b></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Woodlark" title="Operation Woodlark"><i>Woodlark</i></a></li></ul> <dl><dt><b><a href="/wiki/Svalbard" title="Svalbard">Svalbard</a></b></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gauntlet" title="Operation Gauntlet"><i>Gauntlet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fritham" title="Operation Fritham"><i>Fritham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gearbox" title="Operation Gearbox"><i>Gearbox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gearbox_II" title="Operation Gearbox II"><i>Gearbox</i> II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p><b>Operation Anklet</b> was the <a href="/wiki/Codename" class="mw-redirect" title="Codename">codename</a> given to a <a href="/wiki/British_Commando" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commando">British Commando</a> raid during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. The raid on the <a href="/wiki/Lofoten_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Lofoten Islands">Lofoten Islands</a> was carried out in December 1941, by 300 men from <a href="/wiki/No._12_Commando" title="No. 12 Commando">No. 12 Commando</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Independent_Company_1" title="Norwegian Independent Company 1">Norwegian Independent Company 1</a>. The landing party was supported by 22 ships from three navies. </p><p>At the same time, another raid was taking place in <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A5gs%C3%B8y" title="Vågsøy">Vågsøy</a>. This raid was <a href="/wiki/Operation_Archery" title="Operation Archery">Operation Archery</a>, on 27 December 1941, and Operation Anklet was seen as a diversionary raid for this bigger raid, intended to draw away the German naval and air forces.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> had been evacuated from <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dynamo" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Dynamo">Dunkirk</a> in 1940, the then British <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> called for a force to be assembled and equipped to inflict casualties on the Germans and bolster British morale. Churchill told the joint Chiefs of Staff to propose measures for an offensive against German-occupied Europe, and stated: "they must be prepared with specially trained troops of the hunter class who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast."<sup id="cite_ref-has47_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-has47-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One staff officer, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Colonel">Lieutenant-Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Clarke" title="Dudley Clarke">Dudley Clarke</a>, had already submitted such a proposal to <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Dill" title="John Dill">John Dill</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Imperial_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Imperial General Staff">Chief of the Imperial General Staff</a>. Dill, aware of Churchill's intentions, approved Clarke's proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-has47_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-has47-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Commandos came under the operational control of the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Operations_Headquarters" title="Combined Operations Headquarters">Combined Operations Headquarters</a>. The man initially selected as the commander was <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Keyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Roger Keyes">Sir Roger Keyes</a>, a veteran of the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Zeebrugge_Raid" title="Zeebrugge Raid">Zeebrugge Raid</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1940, the call went out for volunteers from among the serving Army soldiers within certain formations still in Britain, and men of the disbanding Divisional <a href="/wiki/Independent_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Companies">Independent Companies</a> originally raised from <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> Divisions who had seen service in Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lofoten Islands form part of the north western Norwegian coastline about 100 mi (160 km) inside the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Circle" title="Arctic Circle">Arctic Circle</a>. Operation Anklet would be the second raid on the islands. The first, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Claymore" title="Operation Claymore">Operation Claymore</a>, had taken place in March 1941, and the third raid, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Archery" title="Operation Archery">Operation Archery</a>, would take place at the same time as Operation Anklet.<sup id="cite_ref-mess15_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mess15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The raid was organised by the <a href="/wiki/Combined_Operations_Headquarters" title="Combined Operations Headquarters">Combined Operations Headquarters</a>, and would only use naval and land assets, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> was not involved. But it would be the last raid undertaken without air support.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The naval force formed for Operation Anklet consisted of 22 ships from three navies. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> provided the most ships which included the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Arethusa_(26)" title="HMS Arethusa (26)">HMS <i>Arethusa</i></a>; six <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> (<a href="/wiki/HMS_Somali_(F33)" title="HMS Somali (F33)">HMS <i>Somali</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ashanti_(F51)" title="HMS Ashanti (F51)"><i>Ashanti</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bedouin" title="HMS Bedouin"><i>Bedouin</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eskimo_(F75)" title="HMS Eskimo (F75)"><i>Eskimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lamerton_(L88)" title="HMS Lamerton (L88)"><i>Lamerton</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Wheatland" title="HMS Wheatland"><i>Wheatland</i></a>); three <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minesweeper (ship)">minesweepers</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Speedwell_(J87)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Speedwell (J87) (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Speedwell</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Harrier_(1934)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Harrier (1934) (page does not exist)"><i>Harrier</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Halcyon_(J42)" title="HMS Halcyon (J42)"><i>Halcyon</i></a>); two <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing Ship Infantry">Landing Ship Infantry</a> (HMS <i>Prins Albert</i> and <i>Prinses Josephine Charlotte</i>); the <a href="/wiki/Submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Submarines">submarines</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tigris_(N63)" title="HMS Tigris (N63)">HMS <i>Tigris</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sealion_(72S)" title="HMS Sealion (72S)">HMS <i>Sealion</i></a>; and the survey ship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Scott_(J79)" title="HMS Scott (J79)">HMS <i>Scott</i></a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a> provided two fleet tankers (<a href="/wiki/RFA_Grey_Ranger" class="mw-redirect" title="RFA Grey Ranger">RFA <i>Grey Ranger</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/RFA_Black_Ranger" title="RFA Black Ranger"><i>Black Ranger</i></a>); the <a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">freighter</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Gudrun_Maersk" class="mw-redirect" title="Gudrun Maersk">Gudrun Maersk</a></i>; and the <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">Tugboat</a> <i>Jaunty</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ships_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ships-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Armed_Forces_in_exile" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Armed Forces in exile">exiled</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a> provided the <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">corvettes</a> <a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Andenes_(K01)" class="mw-redirect" title="HNoMS Andenes (K01)">HNoMS <i>Andenes</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=HNoMS_Eglantine_(K197)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HNoMS Eglantine (K197) (page does not exist)"><i>Eglantine</i></a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a> provided the destroyers <a href="/wiki/ORP_Krakowiak_(L115)" title="ORP Krakowiak (L115)">ORP <i>Krakowiak</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/ORP_Kujawiak_(L72)" title="ORP Kujawiak (L72)"><i>Kujawiak</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ships_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ships-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The landing force was supplied by 223 men of <a href="/wiki/No._12_Commando" title="No. 12 Commando">No. 12 Commando</a>, supported by 77 men of the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Independent_Company_1" title="Norwegian Independent Company 1">Norwegian Independent Company 1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The naval task force was assembled at three locations: <a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow">Scapa Flow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lerwick" title="Lerwick">Lerwick</a>. The task force, now known as Force J, left Scapa and Greenock for the Lofoten Islands on Monday 22 December, and those at Lerwick the following day. <i>En route</i> to join up with the main force, the infantry landing ship <i>Prinses Josephine Charlotte</i> developed engine trouble, and together with her destroyer escort <i>Wheatland</i> was sent back to Scapa, arriving on 24 December. <i>Wheatland</i> left Scapa alone on 25 December to catch up with the rest of Force J.<sup id="cite_ref-ships_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ships-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the task force approached the islands, the submarine <i>Sealion</i> was already in position to act as a navigational beacon for the attack, which was planned for 26 December. </p><p>When the task force arrived, the infantry landing ship <i>Prins Albert</i>, escorted by destroyer <i>Lamerton</i> and corvettes <i>Eglantine</i> and <i>Acanthus</i>, headed towards <a href="/wiki/Moskenes%C3%B8ya" title="Moskenesøya">Moskenesøya</a> to land the commandos.<sup id="cite_ref-ships_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ships-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the other ships conducted operations around the islands. The destroyer <i>Bedouin</i> destroyed a radio station at <a href="/wiki/Flakstad%C3%B8ya" title="Flakstadøya">Flakstadøya</a>, while the cruiser <i>Arethusa</i> and destroyers <i>Somali</i>, <i>Ashanti</i>, and <i>Eskimo</i> entered the <a href="/wiki/Vestfjorden_(Norway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vestfjorden (Norway)">Vestfjorden</a>. Here they captured the Norwegian coastal steamers <i>Kong Harald</i> and <i>Nordland</i> and <i>Ashanti</i> sank a German patrol boat.<sup id="cite_ref-ships_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ships-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 300-man landing force landed at 06:00 on <a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a>. The date had been selected by British planners, who expected the German garrison to be concentrating on the <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> festivities and would therefore be caught unprepared.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The landings were unopposed as the commandos, dressed in white camouflaged overalls, were landed on the western side of the island of <a href="/wiki/Moskenes%C3%B8ya" title="Moskenesøya">Moskenesøya</a>. They soon occupied the villages of <a href="/wiki/Reine" title="Reine">Reine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moskenes_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moskenes (village)">Moskenes</a>, capturing the small German garrison and a number of Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Quisling" title="Quisling">Quislings</a> at the radio station at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gl%C3%A5pen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glåpen (page does not exist)">Glåpen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reine_at_Reinefjorden,_2010_September.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="panoramic view of the town and mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Reine_at_Reinefjorden%2C_2010_September.jpg/600px-Reine_at_Reinefjorden%2C_2010_September.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Reine_at_Reinefjorden%2C_2010_September.jpg/900px-Reine_at_Reinefjorden%2C_2010_September.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Reine_at_Reinefjorden%2C_2010_September.jpg/1200px-Reine_at_Reinefjorden%2C_2010_September.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6030" data-file-height="2095" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Reine" title="Reine">Reine</a> one of the villages occupied in the raid</figcaption></figure> <p>The raiding force was attacked on 27 December 1941 by a German seaplane that bombed the cruiser <i>Arethusa</i>. Although it was not hit, it did suffer some damage that would require 14 weeks in dock to repair.<sup id="cite_ref-ships_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ships-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With no air support of their own, the commander of the raid, <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Dalrymple-Hamilton" title="Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton">Hamilton</a>, having occupied the Norwegian villages for two days, decided to pull out and head back to Scapa, where they arrived on 1 January 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Operation Anklet, two radio transmitters were destroyed, several small German boats were captured or sunk, and a small number of Germans and Quislings were made <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war">prisoners of war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The navy also captured an <a href="/wiki/Enigma_machine" title="Enigma machine">Enigma coding machine</a>, with its associated wheels and settings, from the patrol ship they had sunk.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also returned with over 200 Norwegians who volunteered to serve in the <a href="/wiki/Free_Norwegian_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free Norwegian Forces">Free Norwegian Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The raid was successful, with no casualties to the Allied force. At least one lesson seemed to have been learnt, as it was the last raid undertaken without air support.<sup id="cite_ref-coop_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coop-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the war, there were 12 commando raids directed against Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-mess15_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mess15-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The German response was to increase the number of troops they stationed there. By 1944, the German garrison in Norway had increased to 370,000 men.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A British infantry division in 1944 had 18,347 men.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The 10 independent companies were raised from volunteers in second line Territorial Army divisions in April 1940. They were intended for <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Guerrilla">guerrilla</a> style operations in Norway following the German invasion. Each of the 10 companies initially consisted of 21 officers and 268 <a href="/wiki/Other_ranks_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Other ranks (UK)">other ranks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Messenger, p.47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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in the vicinity of Vaagso island"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-has47-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-has47_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-has47_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Haskew, p.47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chappell, p.6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Moreman, p.13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mess15-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-mess15_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-mess15_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Messenger, p.15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-coop-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coop_8-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.combinedops.com/lofoten_2.htm">"Lofoten Islands 2nd Raid 26/27 December 1941"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HMS+Wheatland&rft.pub=Naval+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naval-history.net%2FxGM-Chrono-10DE-Wheatland.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nuav.net/commando.html#Anklet">"Operation Anklet"</a>. Commando operations in Norway<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Operation+Anklet&rft.pub=Commando+operations+in+Norway&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nuav.net%2Fcommando.html%23Anklet&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chappell, p.14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brayley & Chappell, p.17</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrayleyChappell2001" class="citation book cs1">Brayley, Martin; Chappell, Mike (2001). <i>British Army 1939–45 (1): North-West Europe</i>. Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-052-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-052-8"><bdi>1-84176-052-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Army+1939%E2%80%9345+%281%29%3A+North-West+Europe&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=1-84176-052-8&rft.aulast=Brayley&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft.au=Chappell%2C+Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChappell1996" class="citation book cs1">Chappell, Mike (1996). <i>Army Commandos 1940–1945</i>. Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85532-579-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-85532-579-9"><bdi>1-85532-579-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Army+Commandos+1940%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-85532-579-9&rft.aulast=Chappell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaskew2007" class="citation book cs1">Haskew, Michael E (2007). <i>Encyclopaedia of Elite Forces in the Second World War</i>. Pen and Sword. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-577-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84415-577-4"><bdi>978-1-84415-577-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopaedia+of+Elite+Forces+in+the+Second+World+War&rft.pub=Pen+and+Sword&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-84415-577-4&rft.aulast=Haskew&rft.aufirst=Michael+E&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoslen1990" class="citation book cs1">Joslen, H. F. (1990). <i>Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939–1945</i>. Naval & Military Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84342-474-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84342-474-6"><bdi>1-84342-474-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Orders+of+Battle%2C+Second+World+War%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=Naval+%26+Military+Press&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=1-84342-474-6&rft.aulast=Joslen&rft.aufirst=H.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMessenger2004" class="citation book cs1">Messenger, Charles (2004). <i>The D Day Atlas</i>. <a href="/wiki/Thames_%26_Hudson" title="Thames & Hudson">Thames & Hudson</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-500-25123-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-500-25123-2"><bdi>978-0-500-25123-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+D+Day+Atlas&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-500-25123-2&rft.aulast=Messenger&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoreman2006" class="citation book cs1">Moreman, Timothy Robert (2006). <i>British Commandos 1940–46</i>. Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-986-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-986-X"><bdi>1-84176-986-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Commandos+1940%E2%80%9346&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-84176-986-X&rft.aulast=Moreman&rft.aufirst=Timothy+Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSebag-Montefiore2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Sebag-Montefiore" title="Hugh Sebag-Montefiore">Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh</a> (2001) [2000]. <i>Enigma: The Battle for the Code</i> (4th, pbk. Phoenix ed.). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-75381-130-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-75381-130-8"><bdi>0-75381-130-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Enigma%3A+The+Battle+for+the+Code&rft.place=London&rft.edition=4th%2C+pbk.+Phoenix&rft.pub=Weidenfeld+%26+Nicolson&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-75381-130-8&rft.aulast=Sebag-Montefiore&rft.aufirst=Hugh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Anklet" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Anklet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Abstention" title="Operation Abstention"><i>Abstention</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Agreement" title="Operation Agreement"><i>Agreement</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ambassador" title="Operation Ambassador"><i>Ambassador</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Anklet_(Commando_raid)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Anklet (Commando raid)"><i>Anklet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Archery" title="Operation Archery"><i>Archery</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Aquatint" title="Operation Aquatint"><i>Aquatint</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Aflame" title="Operation Aflame"><i>Aflame</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Anglo" title="Operation Anglo"><i>Anglo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Amherst" title="Operation Amherst"><i>Amherst</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Archway" title="Operation Archway"><i>Archway</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Abercrombie" title="Operation Abercrombie"><i>Abercrombie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Acid_Drop" title="Operation Acid Drop"><i>Acid Drop</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Albumen" title="Operation Albumen"><i>Albumen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Astrakan" title="Operation Astrakan"><i>Astrakan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Baobab" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Baobab"><i>Baobab</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Basalt" title="Operation Basalt"><i>Basalt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Biting" title="Operation Biting"><i>Biting</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bigamy" title="Operation Bigamy"><i>Bigamy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Batman" title="Operation Batman"><i>Batman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Begonia" title="Operation Begonia"><i>Begonia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bulbasket" title="Operation Bulbasket"><i>Bulbasket</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Brandy" title="Operation Brandy"><i>Brandy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Barricade" title="Operation Barricade"><i>Barricade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardia_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Bardia raid">Bardia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_170" title="Battle of Hill 170">Hill 170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bristle" title="Operation Bristle"><i>Bristle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Branford" title="Operation Branford"><i>Branford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Litani_River" title="Battle of the Litani River">Litani River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Candytuft" title="Operation Candytuft"><i>Candytuft</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chestnut" title="Operation Chestnut"><i>Chestnut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Claymore" title="Operation Claymore"><i>Claymore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cold_Comfort" title="Operation Cold Comfort"><i>Cold Comfort</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Collar_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Collar (commando raid)"><i>Collar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Colossus" title="Operation Colossus"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Cartoon" title="Operation Cartoon"><i>Cartoon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid" title="St Nazaire Raid"><i>Chariot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Canuck" title="Operation Canuck"><i>Canuck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Crackers" title="Operation Crackers"><i>Crackers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chess" title="Operation Chess"><i>Chess</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Checkmate_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Checkmate (commando raid)"><i>Checkmate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chopper_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Chopper (commando raid)"><i>Chopper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Driftwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Driftwood"><i>Driftwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dryad" title="Operation Dryad"><i>Dryad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Defoe" title="Operation Defoe"><i>Defoe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dunhill" title="Operation Dunhill"><i>Dunhill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Deep_Cut" title="Operation Deep Cut"><i>Deep Cut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Devon" title="Operation Devon"><i>Devon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Exporter" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Exporter"><i>Exporter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Flipper" title="Operation Flipper"><i>Flipper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Frankton" title="Operation Frankton"><i>Frankton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Freshman" title="Operation Freshman"><i>Freshman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fahrenheit" title="Operation Fahrenheit"><i>Fahrenheit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Forfar" title="Operation Forfar"><i>Forfar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Farrier" title="Operation Farrier"><i>Farrier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Foxrock" title="Operation Foxrock"><i>Foxrock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gaff" title="Operation Gaff"><i>Gaff</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gauntlet" title="Operation Gauntlet"><i>Gauntlet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Grouse_(Norway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Grouse (Norway)"><i>Grouse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gunnerside" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Gunnerside"><i>Gunnerside</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hardtack_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Hardtack (commando raid)"><i>Hardtack</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_Wallace_and_Hardy" title="Operations Wallace and Hardy"><i>Hardy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hawthorn" title="Operation Hawthorn"><i>Hawthorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Houndsworth" title="Operation Houndsworth"><i>Houndsworth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Huckaback" title="Operation Huckaback"><i>Huckaback</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Infatuate" title="Operation Infatuate"><i>Infatuate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jaywick" title="Operation Jaywick"><i>Jaywick</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid"><i>Jubilee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_J_V" title="Operation J V"><i>J V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Keystone" title="Operation Keystone"><i>Keystone</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kipling" title="Operation Kipling"><i>Kipling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kitbag" title="Operation Kitbag"><i>Kitbag</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Loyton" title="Operation Loyton"><i>Loyton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Maple_(Italy)" title="Operation Maple (Italy)"><i>Maple</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Manacle" title="Operation Manacle"><i>Manacle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketoon" title="Operation Musketoon"><i>Musketoon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Myrmidon" title="Operation Myrmidon"><i>Myrmidon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Narcissus" title="Operation Narcissus"><i>Narcissus</i></a></li> <li><i>Nelson</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Newton" title="Operation Newton"><i>Newton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nicety" title="Operation Nicety"><i>Nicety</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Noah_(commando_raid)" title="Operation Noah (commando raid)"><i>Noah</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Opossum" class="mw-redirect" title="Project Opossum"><i>Opossum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Postmaster" title="Operation Postmaster"><i>Postmaster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Partridge" title="Operation Partridge"><i>Partridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pistol" title="Operation Pistol"><i>Pistol</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rimau" title="Operation Rimau"><i>Rimau</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roast" title="Operation Roast"><i>Roast</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundabout" title="Operation Roundabout"><i>Roundabout</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rumford" title="Operation Rumford"><i>Rumford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Saxifrage" title="Operation Saxifrage"><i>Saxifrage</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Savanna" title="Operation Savanna"><i>Savanna</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Sidi_Haneish_Airfield" title="Raid on Sidi Haneish Airfield">Sidi Haneish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sunstar" title="Operation Sunstar"><i>Sunstar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Speedwell" title="Operation Speedwell"><i>Speedwell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tarbrush" title="Operation Tarbrush"><i>Tarbrush</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Thistledown" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Thistledown"><i>Thistledown</i></a></li> 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