episodes
- 1. Heraklion Operation The Heraklion Operation, carried out in June 1942. Major Georges Bergé's team landed in Crete and moved across land, intending destroy Luftwaffe planes at Heraklion airfield. They destroyed about 20 J...
- 2. Frankton Operation Operation Frankton, of December 1942. The mission was for Royal Marines to place limpet mines on German ships in the occupied Bordeaux Harbour, 62 miles along the Gironde River. Five cockleshell canoe...
- 3. Musketoon Operation Musketoon Operation, a daring, small-scale commando raid on a German-held electricity generating station at Glomfjord in Norway, carried out by British and Norwegian commandos in September 1942. The m...
- 4. Raincoat Operation Operation Raincoat, a 1943 mission conducted in Italy to break through the German defence line and open the way to and liberate Rome. Allied artillery was tasked with creating a diversion while the so...