Operation Chariot

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:St_Nazaire_Raid
gptkbp:awards 5 Victoria Crosses awarded
gptkbp:casualties 169 British killed
215 British captured
~360 German casualties
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Augustus_Charles_Newman
gptkb:Karl-Conrad_Mecke
gptkb:Robert_Ryder
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:date 28 March 1942
gptkbp:executedBy gptkb:British_forces
gptkbp:hasUnit gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:British_Commandos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Chariot
gptkbp:location gptkb:St_Nazaire,_France
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Able_Seaman_William_Alfred_Savage
gptkb:Commander_Robert_Ryder
gptkb:Commander_Ryder
gptkb:Lieutenant_Clogstoun-Willmott
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Augustus_Charles_Newman
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Charles_Newman
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Newman
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Beattie
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Nigel_Clogstoun-Willmott
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Stephen_Beattie
gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Stephen_Halden_Beattie
gptkb:Sergeant_Major_Thomas_Frank_Durrant
gptkb:Sergeant_Thomas_Frank_Durrant
gptkb:Thomas_Durrant
gptkb:William_Alfred_Savage
gptkb:William_Savage
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:HMS_Campbeltown
gptkbp:objective destroy Normandie dry dock
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:plannedBy gptkb:Combined_Operations_Headquarters
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance rendered St Nazaire dry dock unusable
gptkbp:type commando raid
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_Admiralty_during_World_War_II
gptkb:US_nuclear_testing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5