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"Chariot" (raid on St Nazaire) Part 4: photographs and drawings. Includes 54 photographs...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 2/128
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This record is about the "Chariot" (raid on St Nazaire) Part 4: photographs and drawings. Includes 54 photographs... dating from 1942 in the series Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DEFE 2/128
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- 1942
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"Chariot" (raid on St Nazaire) Part 4: photographs and drawings.
Includes 54 photographs depicting: St Nazaire: photographs of submarine pens under construction and completed, interior photos of German submarines in wet and dry pens, port facilities in preparation for raid of 28 March on dry dock (Operation Chariot). Dated 1942.
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For other items on the St Nazaire raid see MFQ 1/328
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Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters...
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