Raid on St Nazaire

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The Raid on St Nazaire was a daring British commando attack in March 1942 that destroyed the vital Normandie dry dock in German-occupied France, crippling the Kriegsmarine’s ability to service large warships on the Atlantic coast.

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Normandie dry dock destroyed 1
Raid on St Nazaire canonical 1
St Nazaire Raid 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
commando raid
military operation
alsoKnownAs Operation Chariot
awards multiple Victoria Crosses awarded to participants
belligerent Nazi Germany
United Kingdom
casualties high British casualties
significant German casualties
combatant British Commandos
Kriegsmarine
Royal Navy
commander Commander Robert Ryder
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman
Lord Louis Mountbatten
conflict World War II
country France
date 28 March 1942
describedAs one of the most daring commando raids of World War II
endDate 28 March 1942
followedBy subsequent Allied commando raids in occupied Europe
impact boosted British morale
forced Germans to increase coastal defences in western France
location Normandie dry dock
method surprise seaborne assault
use of explosive-laden ship as a blockship
notableParticipant Able Seaman William Savage
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman
surface form: Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Charles Newman

Lieutenant Commander Stephen Beattie
Sergeant Thomas Durrant
objective denial of Atlantic repair facilities to German capital ships
destruction of the Normandie dry dock
partOf Western Front
surface form: Western Front of World War II
place Saint-Nazaire
surface form: Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France
plannedBy Admiralty (United Kingdom)
Allied Combined Operations Headquarters
surface form: Combined Operations Headquarters (United Kingdom)
predecessor earlier Royal Navy operations against German Atlantic ports
result Allied victory
Raid on St Nazaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Normandie dry dock destroyed

St Nazaire harbour installations damaged
startDate 28 March 1942
strategicEffect Bismarck-class and similar ships unable to use Saint-Nazaire for repairs
reduced ability of Kriegsmarine to operate large warships in the Atlantic
tactic ramming of dock gates by HMS Campbeltown
time-delayed explosives in ship’s hull
usedShip HMS Campbeltown
Royal Navy motor launches
surface form: Royal Navy motor gun boats

Royal Navy motor launches

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Marines notableOperation Raid on St Nazaire
Raid on St Nazaire result Raid on St Nazaire self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Normandie dry dock destroyed
No. 12 Commando notableOperation Raid on St Nazaire
this entity surface form: St. Nazaire Raid
British Commandos notableOperation Raid on St Nazaire
this entity surface form: St Nazaire Raid