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Combined Operations Headquarters
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Agency overview
Formed1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Dissolved1947; 77 years ago (1947)
Superseding agency
  • Amphibious Warfare Headquarters
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersWar Office building
Whitehall
London
Parent agencyWar Office

Combined Operations Headquarters[1] was a department of the British War Office set up during Second World War to harass the Germans on the European continent by means of raids carried out by use of combined naval and army forces.

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Combined Operations Headquarters

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Combined operations

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In current military use, combined operations are operations conducted by forces of two or more allied nations acting together for the accomplishment of...

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Operation Aquatint

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acting as double agents. Despite the results of the operation, the SOE and Combined Operations Headquarters believed that the SSRF could still be of use, and...

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Operation Postmaster

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working with the Special Operations Executive (SOE). While being under operational control of Combined Operations Headquarters, No. 62 Commando itself...

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Project Habakkuk

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Mountbatten, Chief of Combined Operations, by the cabinet minister Leopold Amery. Pyke worked at Combined Operations Headquarters (COHQ) alongside Bernal...

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Geoffrey Appleyard

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designation was No. 62 Commando, under the operational control of Combined Operations Headquarters. Appleyard took part in many SSRF raids on the coast of occupied...

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Combined Air Operations Centre

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Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command...

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Special Operations Command Central

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special operations throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR), planning and conducting peacetime joint/combined special operations training...

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Special Operations Executive

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activities. With other military headquarters and commands, SOE cooperated fairly well with Combined Operations Headquarters during the middle years of the...

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Attack on the Iron Coast

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and Maurice Denham. The film depicts an account of Allied Combined Operations Headquarters commandos executing a daring raid on the German-occupied French...

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The Battle Box

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popular name of the Fort Canning Bunker, formerly known as Headquarters Malaya Command Operations Bunker, constructed under Fort Canning Hill, Singapore,...

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HMS Largs

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subsequently became a Combined Operations Headquarters ship for almost every significant amphibious operation of World War II, including Operations Torch, Husky...

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Operation Mincemeat

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(Acting Major) William Martin, of the Royal Marines assigned to Combined Operations Headquarters. The name "Martin" was selected because there were several...

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Joint Special Operations Command

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The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged with...

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Headquarters

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Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In...

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Operation Frankton

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part of Combined Operations inserted by HMS Tuna captained by Lieutenant-Commander Dick Raikes who, earlier, had been awarded the DSO for operations while...

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Permanent Joint Headquarters

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The Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) is the British tri-service headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled...

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Royal Navy

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aircraft ready for any operations that the Government requires. Fleet Commander exercises his authority through the Navy Command Headquarters, based at HMS Excellent...

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Combined Space Operations Center

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The Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) is a U.S.–led multinational space operations center that provides command and control of space forces for...

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Tom Gaskell

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Europe, Gaskell joined the Combined Operations Headquarters, advising on beach intelligence and bombardment. Days after Operation Overlord began, Gaskell...

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Amphibious warfare

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includes operations defined by their type, purpose, scale and means of execution. In the British Empire at the time these were called combined operations which...

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List of Commando raids on the Atlantic Wall

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on the orders of Major-General Robert Laycock, the chief of Combined Operations Headquarters. He suggested that they were no longer as effective and only...

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Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup

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Combined Air Operations Centre Finderup (CAOC Finderup) was located on the Jutland peninsula, approximately 20 km west of Viborg in the middle of the...

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Standing Joint Force Headquarters

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Expeditionary Force and the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (Anglo-French alliance) when on small and medium-sized operations. The headquarters is responsible to...

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Rhodesian Security Forces

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