Operation Animals

When

21 Jun 1943 – 11 Jul 1943

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

38.50° N, 23.00° E

Description

part of World War II in Greece

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Part of World War II in Greece

Operation Animals was a World War II mission by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), in cooperation with the Greek Resistance groups ELAS, Zeus, EDES, PAO and the United States Army Air Force. The operation took place between 21 June and 11 July 1943 and included an organized campaign of sabotage in Greece, to deceive the Axis Powers into believing that Greece was the target of an Allied amphibious landing…

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: As part of Operation Animals, British Special Operations Executive saboteurs destroy the railway bridge over the Asopos River in "Operation Washing", and…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Opération Animals : sabotage en Grèce, pour tromper les puissances de l'Axe en leur faisant croire que la Grèce est la cible d'un débarquement amphibie allié,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page