What the records say
- When
- 18 Feb 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 105
- Coordinates
- 49.91° N, 2.32° E
- Description
- 1944 operation against Amiens prison in World War II
Placed at the coordinates of its Wikipedia articles (2 of 2 languages agree).
Operation Jericho
WWII bombing to save French Resistance fighters
Operation Jericho took place on 18 February 1944 during the Second World War. Allied aircraft bombed Amiens Prison in German-occupied France at very low altitude to blow holes in the prison walls, kill German guards and use shock waves to spring open cell doors. The French Resistance was waiting on the outside to rescue prisoners and spirit them away.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “lors de l’opération Jéricho, 19 avions anglais attaquent la prison d’Amiens pour permettre aux prisonniers français de s’évader”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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