Operation Aflame

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Operation Aflame
Part of Operation Overthrow, World War II
DateSeptember 30 1942 - October 31 1942 (1 month, 1 day)
Location
North-West Europe
Result Cancelled
Units involved
No. 12 Commando, British Army, UK

Operation Aflame was a planned combined operations raid by No. 12 Commando, part of the British army, against Berck in October 1942.

The plan was to have been based on a naval demonstration off the coast, and to have a drop of dummy paratroops and the landing of No. 12 Commando to persuade the Germans that a major landing was about to be made, thereby forcing a major German air response.

Aflame was supposed to be part of the larger strategic operation, Operation Overthrow.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "List of operational codewords" (PDF). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Operation Aflame". Christopher Chant. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Raiding as an Intruder Strategy, 1942–1943". Ross. Retrieved 19 April 2018.