Operation Jedburgh
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Operation Jedburgh was a World War II Allied special operations mission that parachuted small, multinational teams into occupied Europe to coordinate resistance movements and support the liberation effort.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II military operation
ⓘ
special operations mission ⓘ |
| codename | Jedburgh ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| coordinatedWith |
Belgian resistance
ⓘ
Dutch resistance ⓘ French Resistance ⓘ Maquis ⓘ |
| country |
Belgium
ⓘ
France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | development of postwar special forces doctrine ⓘ |
| hasPart | Jedburgh teams ⓘ |
| inception | planned in 1943 ⓘ |
| influenced | later NATO special operations cooperation ⓘ |
| location |
occupied Belgium
ⓘ
occupied Europe ⓘ occupied France ⓘ occupied Netherlands ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
combined British, American, and local resistance personnel
ⓘ
covert operations behind enemy lines ⓘ multinational composition of teams ⓘ |
| objective |
coordinate guerrilla warfare behind German lines
ⓘ
disrupt German communications and logistics ⓘ support Allied conventional forces after D-Day ⓘ support local resistance movements ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau Central de Renseignements et d’Action
ⓘ
Office of Strategic Services ⓘ Special Operations Executive ⓘ |
| participant |
Belgian volunteers
ⓘ
British Army officers ⓘ Dutch volunteers ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Free French forces
U.S. Army officers ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army officers
|
| partOf | Allied special operations in World War II ⓘ |
| result |
provided intelligence to Allied high command
ⓘ
strengthened resistance activities in Western Europe ⓘ supported disruption of German retreat and reinforcement ⓘ |
| significantEvent | deployment shortly after the Normandy landings ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| trainingSite |
Sudbury Hall
ⓘ
surface form:
Milton Hall
other SOE and OSS training camps in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| uses |
parachute insertions
ⓘ
radio communications with Allied command ⓘ three-man special operations teams ⓘ |
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