What the records say
- When
- 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 36.12° N, 5.34° W
- Description
- planned WWII stay-behind observation system in Gibraltar
Operation Tracer
Secret Second World War military operation in Gibraltar British Overseas Territory
Operation Tracer was a secret Second World War Royal Navy military operation in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory and military base. The impetus for the stay-behind plan was the 1940 scheme by Germany to capture Gibraltar, code-named Operation Felix. Operation Tracer was the brainchild of Rear Admiral John Henry Godfrey, the Director of the Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty.
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