Operation "Bristol"

Briefing: It has been learned that the major communications center linking Ob.d.H. (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) Paris with all German coastal commands from Dunkirk to Ushant is located in a requisitioned French chateau near Courselles. The solid, old chateau lies only …

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Briefing: It has been learned that the major communications center linking Ob.d.H. (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) Paris with all German coastal commands from Dunkirk to Ushant is located in a requisitioned French chateau near Courselles. The solid, old chateau lies only a few hundred yards from cliffs overlooking the sea. Destruc- tion of this installation would sow confusion and disarray among the German coastal commands, and be very costly for OKH to replace the equipment and communication specialists concentrated there. Since, due to the high concentration of flak defenses in the region, pinpoint daylight bombing by the RAF would prove extremely costly-with no guarantee of success-the job has been assigned to Brigade 1140. In tum, your Commando has been ordered by Brigade HQ to undertake this mission to cripple German command control on the northern coast. German security in the area of the chateau is tight; it is difficult for Plan-Ops to provide more than a rough estimate of the troops that your force will face. Suffice to say that the communications center is heavily guarded. But, regardless of opposition, your raid is to destroy that center.

Courselles, France

The Commandos formed during the Second World War, following an order from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in June 1940 for a force that could carry out raids against German occupied Europe. Churchill stated in a minute to General Ismay on 6 June 1940: "Enterprises must be prepared, with specially-trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts, first of all on the "butcher and bolt" policy..." Commandos were all volunteers for special service and originally came from the British Army but volunteers would eventually come from all branches of the United Kingdom's armed forces and foreign volunteers from countries occupied by the Germans. These volunteers formed over 30 individual units and four assault brigades. The commandos would serve in all the theatres of war from the Arctic Circle, to Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Their operations ranged from small groups of men landing from the sea or by parachute to a brigade of assault troops spearheading the Allied invasions of Europe and Asia.

Wikipedia: British Commando operations during the Second World War

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