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| Operation Chestnut | |||||||
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| Part of World War II, Invasion of Sicily | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Italy | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Major Geoffrey Appleyard | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20 | |||||||
During World War II, Operation Chestnut was a failed British raid by 2 Special Air Service, conducted in support of the Allied invasion of Sicily.[1][2]
- ^ Fowler, Will (2016). Last raid : the Commandos, Channel Islands and final Nazi raid. [Cheltenham, Gloucestershire]. ISBN 978-0-7509-6879-9. OCLC 946105016.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ McCrery, Nigel (2021). The complete history of the SAS : the story of the world's most feared elite fighting force. Barry Davies, Andy McNab. London. ISBN 978-1-78739-687-6. OCLC 1246540104.
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