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| Operation Samwest | |||||||
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| Part of Normandy Landings | |||||||
 Côtes-d'Armor, 9 June 2012 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Free French Forces 4th Special Air Service Regiment |
 Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lieutenant Charles Deschamps Lieutenant André Botella[1] | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18 paratroops | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
During World War II, Operation Samwest (5–12 June 1944) was a large raid conducted by 116 Free French paratroops of the 4th Special Air Service Regiment.[2][3] Their objective was to hinder movement of German troops from west Brittany to the Normandy beaches via ambush and sabotage attempts.
The first phase of the mission was to establish a secure base on the Breton Peninsula, near St. Brieuc in Duault in the Bretagne Region. Their base was heavily attacked by German troops on 12 June and they were forced to disperse.[4]
- ^ "Operation Samwest – French resistance during the Battle of Normandy". www.dday-overlord.com. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Chant, Christopher (15 January 2021). "Samwest | Operations & Codenames of WWII". codenames.info. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Andrew L. Hargreaves (2013). Special Operations in World War II: British and American Irregular Warfare. Vol. 39. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0806151250 – via Google Books.
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