User:McMuff/Operation Tunnel
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Operation Tunnel | |||||||
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Part of Second World War, Battle of the Atlantic | |||||||
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United Kingdom Canada Poland | Germany | ||||||
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Basil Jones Harry DeWolf |
Operation Tunnel was a series of Allied naval patrols along the coast of Brittany designed to intercept Axis shipping and weaken German naval forces in the lead up to Operation Overlord.