Disambiguation evidence for Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage) via surface form

"Operation Biting"


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Predicate Object
alsoKnownAs Operation Biting (Bruneval Raid support lineage)
surface form: Bruneval Raid
belligerent Nazi Germany
belligerent United Kingdom
captured German radar technician prisoners
captured key components of a Würzburg radar set
casualties light Allied casualties
commander Lord Louis Mountbatten
commander Major John Frost
conflict World War II
country United Kingdom
countryTargeted France
date 27 February 1942
enemyTechnologyTargeted Würzburg radar
forceType Royal Navy landing parties
forceType airborne troops
forceType commandos
instanceOf World War II operation
instanceOf airborne operation
instanceOf commando raid
instanceOf military operation
instanceOf seaborne operation
intelligenceBenefit contributed to development of Allied countermeasures to German radar
intelligenceBenefit improved Allied understanding of German radar capabilities
location Bruneval, Seine-Maritime, France
location German-occupied France
method airborne assault followed by seaborne evacuation
objective capture German Würzburg radar technology
objective capture German radar personnel
objective gather intelligence on German radar systems
occupyingPowerAtLocation Germany
outcome evacuation of prisoners and equipment to Britain
outcome successful capture of radar components
partOf World War II
surface form: Second World War
participatingUnit 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
participatingUnit No. 12 Commando
participatingUnit Royal Air Force transport aircraft
participatingUnit Royal Navy destroyers
plannedBy Lord Louis Mountbatten
surface form: Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
plannedBy Allied Combined Operations Headquarters
surface form: British Combined Operations Headquarters
precededBy earlier British interest in German radar sites along the French coast
relatedTo Allied electronic warfare development
relatedTo Battle of the Atlantic
relatedTo British radar and counter-radar research
result Allied victory
significance boosted British public morale in 1942
significance demonstrated effectiveness of combined airborne and seaborne operations
significance first major British airborne raid on continental Europe
theatre Western Front
surface form: Western Front (World War II)
year 1942