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49°25′48″N 2°21′54″W / 49.430°N 2.365°W / 49.430; -2.365

Operation Basalt
Part of World War II

Sark Occupation and Heritage Museum
Date3–4 October 1942
Location
Sark
Result British victory
Belligerents
Operation Basalt United Kingdom Nazi Germany Germany
Strength
12 20
Casualties and losses
None three killed, one captured

Operation Basalt was a small British raid conducted during World War II on Sark during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.[1]

The objective of the raid was of offensive reconnaissance and capturing prisoners.[2]

  1. ^ Fowler, Will (2012). Allies at Dieppe: 4 Commando and the US Rangers. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781780965963.
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