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Operation Huckaback

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On reaching Belvoir House, they found it had been broken into and abandoned. Further reconnaissance found that the Old Tower of Herm and the Château were also deserted. The raid did not find any signs of the German occupation troop or the island's population. The caretaker of Belvoir house was aware
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landed 200 yards (180 m) to the north-west of Selle Rocque on a shingle beach from MTB 344. After three unsuccessful attempts to scale the cliff, Porteous finally managed to climb up the bed of a stream and pulled the others up using toggle ropes.
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of people on the island, but locked the door. Leaflets were left for the Germans to find. The commandos departed and returned to England.
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The few civilians on the island were living near the harbour and were not aware of the raid taking place at the time.
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Huckaback was reinvented as a raid on Herm alone on the night of 27/28 February 1943. Ten men of the SSRF under
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The raid was originally planned for the night of 9/10 February 1943, as simultaneous raids on
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also known as the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) over the night of 27/28 February 1943.
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Messenger, Charles (1985). The Commandos: 1940–1946. London: Kimber.
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The Last Raid: The Commandos, Channel Islands and Final Nazi Raid
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Military history of the Channel Islands during World War II
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Index

Operation Huckabuck
British Commando
Second World War
No. 62 Commando
Herm
Jethou
Brecqhou
Channel Islands
No. 4 Commando
Captain
Patrick Anthony Porteous
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"Codewords"
ISBN
978-0750966375
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0718305531
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British Commando raids of the Second World War
Abstention
Agreement
Ambassador
Anklet
Archery
Aquatint
Aflame
Anglo
Amherst

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