St. Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot, 1942)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Chariot
gptkbp:awards	5 Victoria Crosses awarded
gptkbp:casualties	169 British killed 215 British captured ~360 Germans killed
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Charles_Newman gptkb:Robert_Ryder
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:British_forces
gptkbp:date	28 March 1942
gptkbp:followedBy	German reprisals
gptkbp:HMS_Campbeltown	packed with explosives rammed dock gates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	St. Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot, 1942)
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:British_Commandos
gptkbp:location	gptkb:St._Nazaire,_France
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Able_Seaman_William_Savage gptkb:Commander_Robert_Edward_Dudley_Ryder gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Donald_William_Roy gptkb:Lt._Commander_Stephen_Beattie gptkb:Able_Seaman_William_Alfred_Savage gptkb:Commander_Robert_Ryder gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Augustus_Charles_Newman gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_Charles_Newman gptkb:Lieutenant_Commander_Stephen_Halden_Beattie gptkb:Sergeant_Thomas_Frank_Durrant
gptkbp:notableShip	gptkb:HMS_Campbeltown
gptkbp:objective	destroy Normandie dry dock
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Combined_Operations_Headquarters
gptkbp:precededBy	planning in early 1942
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	rendered dry dock unusable prevented use by German battleships
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:St._Nazaire,_France
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6