Operation Dunhill
During World War II, Operation Dunhill was a Special Air Service operation which began on 3 August 1944. Five teams totalling 59 men, led by Captain Greville Bell,[1] were to liaise with the French Resistance and disrupt German activity in Rennes and Laval in advance of Operation Cobra, the American breakout from Normandy.[2][3]
In the event, four of the teams were relieved by the advancing Americans within twenty-four hours.
The fifth team reported on German movements and secured about 200 Allied airmen before they met with the ground forces on 24 August.
References
[edit]- ^ Ford, Roger (2004). "Dunhill". Fire from the forest: the SAS Brigade in France, 1944. Cassell. p. 153. ISBN 0304363367. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Dunhill | Operations & Codenames of WWII". codenames.info. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Len Owens". The Telegraph. 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
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