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    Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive...
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    Jedburgh (/ˈdʒɛdbərə/; Scottish Gaelic: Deadard; Scots: Jeddart or Jethart) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional...
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    Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western...
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    Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part...
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  • and OSS successfully pooled their personnel and resources to mount Operation Jedburgh, providing large scale support to the French Resistance following...
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    Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the...
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  • Tommy Macpherson (category British Special Operations Executive personnel)
    Peterborough. There he discovered he was to be part of Operation Jedburgh. Under this operation three-man units were to be dropped into occupied Europe...
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  • Osprey Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0-85045-396-8. Beavan, Colin (2006). Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War. Viking. p. 147. ISBN 0-670-03762-1...
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    Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings,...
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    part of the 6th Airlanding Brigade of the 6th Airborne Division during Operation Tonga in the opening minutes of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Under...
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    Operation Goodwood was a British offensive during the Second World War, which took place between 18 and 20 July 1944 as part of the larger battle for...
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    Operation Mallard was the codename for an airborne forces operation, which was conducted by the British Army on 6 June 1944, as part of the Normandy landings...
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    Operation Titanic was a series of military deceptions carried out by the Allied Nations during the Second World War. They formed part of tactical element...
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  • Cold War. The GCMA's origins lay in the British - U.S - French joint Operation Jedburgh in France in 1944. The North Vietnam Commandos (Commando Nord Viet-Nam)...
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    landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second...
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    Operation Gambit was a part of Operation Neptune, the landing phase of the invasion of northern France (Operation Overlord) during the Second World War...
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    Operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8 to 9 July 1944, during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Operation Overlord...
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    Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (category Operation Overlord cemeteries)
    center at the cemetery, relating the global significance and meaning of Operation Overlord. On June 6, 1944, the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration...
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  • Thumbnail for Operation Bluecoat
    Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical...
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    Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, was a British offensive in the Second World War between 26 and 30 June 1944, during the Battle...
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    Operation Perch was a British offensive of the Second World War which took place from 7 to 14 June 1944, during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy...
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    known as Operation Deadstick (which in fact was a specialized glider exercise), and in official documents as Operation Coup de Main) was an operation by airborne...
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    Operation Lüttich (7–13 August 1944) was the codename of the Nazi German counter-attack during the Battle of Normandy, which occurred near U.S. positions...
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    Operation Jupiter was an offensive by VIII Corps of the British Second Army from 10 to 11 July 1944. The operation took place during the Battle of Normandy...
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    American airborne landings in Normandy (category Operation Overlord)
    landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies...
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    Operation Atlantic (18–21 July 1944) was a Canadian offensive during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The offensive, launched in conjunction...
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    men and vehicles, and millions of tons of supplies necessary to sustain Operation Overlord. The harbours were made up of all the elements one would expect...
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    Gold Beach (category Operation Overlord)
    north of the River Orne in Operation Charnwood on 8–9 July. Two offensives during 18–21 July, Operation Atlantic and Operation Goodwood, captured the rest...
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    Normandy Liberation of Paris (France) Operation Bodyguard Operation Dragoon (France, UK, US) Operation Jedburgh (France, UK, US) June 6, 1944, order of...
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  • dormant until it receives orders or decides to act. In World War II, Operation Jedburgh teams were formed to lead unconventional warfare against German units...
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