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This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states. Operations are categorised ...
British World War II prisoners of war (3 C, 427 P) F. ... British Special Operations Executive personnel (195 P) W. World War II spies for the United Kingdom (74 P)
Includes land and sea operations relating to north-west Europe, but excludes: purely naval operations in the adjoining waters (see: List of World War II military operations - Atlantic Ocean) operations in Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Iceland and Greenland (see: Military operations in Scandinavia and Iceland during World ...
Note: Military matters of national and international importance to the United Kingdom in World War II. Sub-categories contain articles about theatres of operation, campaigns and battles, each armed service, sites and individuals.
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
Operations involving British special forces (4 C, 26 P) P. Punitive expeditions of the United Kingdom (1 C, 23 P) S. Sieges in the United Kingdom (8 P) W.
Some British battalions served in the Far East with Indian Army formations. One Canadian parachute battalion served in a British parachute brigade and a Polish parachute brigade served with a British division. [6] Almost all the battalions played some part in British airborne operations. The first of which was a platoon sized