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Title
Operation Caravan
Description
Operation Caravan was part of Operation Agreement, which included four simultaneous raids on important Axis lines of communication. The operations were against Tobruk, Benghazi, Jalo, and Barce. The attack on Barce, code—named Operation Caravan, was the only successful operation of …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1942-09-14
Scenario#
NA10
Scenario Description
Operation Caravan was part of Operation Agreement, which included four simultaneous raids on important Axis lines of communication. The operations were against Tobruk, Benghazi, Jalo, and Barce. The attack on Barce, code—named Operation Caravan, was the only successful operation of the four. As well as aiding in some of the other operations, the LRDG carried out the attack on Barce. One part of the LRDG force attacked the airfield, while another attacked the barracks.
Location
Barce, Libya
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Bigamy a.k.a. Operation Snowdrop was a raid during the Second World War by the Special Air Service in September 1942 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling and supported by the Long Range Desert Group. The plan was to destroy the harbour and storage facilities at Benghazi and raid the airfield at Benina in Libya in coordination with the RAF. The raid was part of a deception plan for Operation Agreement, the much larger raid on Tobruk.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Operation Bigamy
Combatants
German
British

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