Operation "Huckabuck"

Briefing: Near the mouth of the River Seine lies the chateau of St. Valery-en-Caux, "acquired" by Reichsmarshal Goering in August 1940. The Kommandeur der Luftwaffe utilizes the chateau as his residence during his semi-frequent trips to inspect the OKL commands …

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Briefing: Near the mouth of the River Seine lies the chateau of St. Valery-en-Caux, "acquired" by Reichsmarshal Goering in August 1940. The Kommandeur der Luftwaffe utilizes the chateau as his residence during his semi-frequent trips to inspect the OKL commands stationed along the French coast. The chateau holds many French art objects pirated by Goering, and a private airfield nearby houses his personal collection of vintage aircraft. The airfield is also used by Goering and his staff during their conferences at St. Valery-en-Caux. An attack on Goering's "Kleine Karinhall" would be of immeasurable propaganda value; and, as a secondary benefit, a commando raid on the complex would make ''Fat Hermann'' very cautious in its use afterwards, severely handicapping the OKL command structure in occupied France. It has been adjudged by Plan-Ops that the chateau itself is too heavily guarded for any conventional raid to be other than futile. However, the airfield and Goering's collection of WWI biplanes lie outside the grounds of the estate, and ore less-closely protected. Therefore, a raid on the St. Valery aerodrome has been planned and assigned to your Commando. Provided that no alarm is raised prematurely, the actual attack should prove relatively easy. But once the attack is in progress and the chateau garrison consequently alerted by the sounds of battle, withdrawing your force from the fray with minimal losses may prove less so.

St. Valery, 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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