St Nazaire Raid (Operation Chariot, 1942)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/St_Nazaire_Raid_(Operation_Chariot,_1942)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Chariot
gptkbp:awards 5 Victoria Crosses awarded
gptkbp:belligerent gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman approximately 360 killed
gptkbp:casualtiesUK 169 killed
215 captured
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:followedBy gptkb:Operation_Myrmidon
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:Saint-Nazaire,_France
gptkbp:method commando raid
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:HMS_Campbeltown
gptkbp:objective destroy Normandie dry dock
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Operation_Biting
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance prevented use by German battleship Tirpitz
rendered dry dock unusable
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saint-Nazaire,_France
gptkb:Saint-Nazaire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6