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guns. The damaged engine came to a halt as the SAS men engaged the German troops in the rear of the train while the French civilians including the engine crew bailed out. As they approached their final destination they assaulted a German radar station and forced the German garrison to flee. Prisoners taken informed the SAS troopers that they believed the Jeeps to be the advance guard of
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out. Seventeen SAS troopers had been lost including one in a parachuting accident, two had been captured but both escaped. Jeep losses were the heaviest, 16 were lost in all, some down to mechanical failure and fatal damage by parachute drops. Throughout their entire time behind German lines they were supplied by the
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Germans mistook Farran's Squadron for the advance elements of the 3rd U.S. Army and thereby withdrew from Châtillon sooner than necessary, and his small force played a considerable part in disorganising the German forces in front of that army. In a December report SHAEF noted that the raid was
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capital, which was by then under Allied control. Two days later Farran divided his party into three groups, and ordered them to maintain a distance of thirty minutes to increase the chances of not being discovered, as well as avoiding all German resistance. The journey to
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Germans took fifty hostages thinking that this attack came from the Resistance. However the discovery of the body of one killed SAS trooper named William Holland, deliberately left by Farran, prevented their execution.
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1885:Abercrombie
1552:. Phoenix.
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1195:Belfort Gap
1009:Netherlands
853:Houndsworth
773:La Rochelle
2520:Categories
2411:Roundabout
2376:Postmaster
2215:Gunnerside
2166:Fahrenheit
1829:Ambassador
1815:Abstention
1430:Rousselet
1274:References
1072:Maquisards
1054:Operations
959:Background
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753:Saint-Malo
322:Pointblank
170:Roy Farran
74:1944-09-19
70:1944-08-19
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2425:Saxifrage
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2320:Musketoon
2257:Infatuate
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2096:Driftwood
2082:Checkmate
2005:Candytuft
1969:Barricade
1955:Bulbasket
1892:Acid Drop
1822:Agreement
1235:Aftermath
1022:With the
893:Aftermath
846:Bulbasket
795:Cherbourg
732:Tractable
645:Charnwood
560:Cherbourg
484:Logistics
290:Fortitude
283:Bodyguard
209:8 Wounded
2458:Tarbrush
2327:Myrmidon
2292:Keystone
2236:Hawthorn
2222:Hardtack
2201:Gauntlet
2159:Freshman
2152:Frankton
2138:Exporter
2124:Deep Cut
2068:Crackers
2040:Colossus
2019:Claymore
2012:Chestnut
1993:Branford
1980:Hill 170
1906:Astrakan
1850:Aquatint
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1032:Burgundy
1028:Normandy
980:and the
941:Burgundy
867:Jedburgh
790:La Caine
743:Chambois
738:Hill 262
717:Hill 140
711:Totalize
704:Bluecoat
683:Breakout
671:Goodwood
664:Atlantic
658:2nd Odon
582:Bréville
548:Carentan
543:Saint-LĂ´
533:Graignes
507:Mulberry
490:American
340:Tarbrush
297:Zeppelin
207:7 Killed
191:115 men
186:Strength
87:Burgundy
82:Location
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2472:Tombola
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2313:Manacle
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2187:Foxrock
2180:Farrier
2145:Flipper
2117:Dunhill
2089:Chopper
2054:Chariot
2047:Cartoon
1986:Bristle
1948:Begonia
1899:Albumen
1878:Archway
1871:Amherst
1843:Archery
1738:. MBI.
1229:Wallace
1218:Langres
1214:bowsers
1142:Hardy I
1099:Wallace
1095:Hardy I
1080:Langres
1048:Auxerre
1042:in the
1013:Germany
1005:Belgium
949:Belfort
881:Wallace
874:Dragoon
832:Titanic
825:Samwest
818:Dingson
748:Falaise
725:LĂĽttich
652:Jupiter
638:Windsor
624:Martlet
618:Douvres
553:Hill 30
502:British
415:Detroit
410:Chicago
385:Mallard
304:Titanic
272:Prelude
197:Unknown
181:Unknown
89:to the
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2355:Nicety
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1975:Bardia
1962:Brandy
1941:Batman
1934:Bigamy
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1920:Basalt
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697:Spring
457:Gambit
420:Elmira
405:Boston
400:Albany
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102:Result
95:France
91:Vosges
2404:Roast
2397:Rimau
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2229:Hardy
2131:Devon
2110:Defoe
2103:Dryad
2075:Chess
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1222:Dijon
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990:Jeeps
937:Loire
885:Hardy
768:Paris
758:Brest
690:Cobra
631:Epsom
588:Perch
565:Naval
512:Pluto
463:Sword
436:Omaha
366:Tonga
346:Tiger
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