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Operation Jericho – Mosquito Attack on Amiens Prison – 18th February 1944

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This month marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Jericho, a daring low-level raid involving nineteen Mosquitos of No. 140 Wing of the RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force, to free members of the French resistance and Allied intelligence officers being held in Amiens prison in northern France. Background In 1943 many members of the French resistance …

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Operation Carthage – The Shell House Raid – 21st March 1945

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By the end of 1944 the Danish resistance movement in Copenhagen was in danger of being wiped out by the Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo). Many of their leaders were arrested and a lot of material was filed in the Gestapo archives in the Shell House (Shellhus in Danish) which was located in Copenhagen. To address this …

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